Chris Metzen 克里斯·梅森

克里斯多福·“克里斯”·文森特·梅森（英语：Christopher Vincent Metzen，1974年11月22日－）是一位美国作家、艺术家、游戏设计师。他为暴雪娱乐创作了数个科幻世界以及游戏剧本，其中包括倍受好评的三部游戏《暗黑破坏神》、《星际争霸》和《魔兽争霸》。有时，梅森也会使用自己的艺名“雷电神”（Thundergod）发表一些作品。梅森1994年进入暴雪娱乐，担任一名动画师和艺术设计师。他在暴雪的第一部作品是《正义联盟特遣部队》。担任暴雪娱乐的创意副总管，设计游戏人物角色，并进行部分配音工作。而在暴雪娱乐之外，梅森还创作了一系列以未来虚构的美国第二次南北战争为主题的图像小说。
2016年9月12日梅森宣布退休。
2022年12月15日梅森宣布回归暴雪，担任《魔兽世界》创意顾问。
Christopher Vincent "Chris" Metzen (born November 22, 1973) is an American game designer, artist, voice actor and author known for his work creating the fictional universes and scripts for Blizzard Entertainment's three major award-winning media franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft. On occasion, Metzen has published his art under the alias "Thundergod". Metzen was hired by Blizzard Entertainment as an animator and an artist; his first work for the company was with the video game Justice League Task Force.

Metzen was the Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development at Blizzard Entertainment and assisted the company's projects by providing voice talent for a number of characters, as well as contributing to artistic character design. Outside of Blizzard Entertainment, Metzen authored a graphic novel series based on a futuristic second American civil war. Metzen retired in September 2016 to spend more time with his family.

In his most recent work, Metzen co-authored graphic novels, Transformers: Autocracy and Transformers Monstrosity with author Flint Dille and artist Livio Ramondelli.