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An Interview with Jeffrey Kalles

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the life-in-the-day-of dept.

Jonathan writes "Former associate producer for Nintendo of America Jeffrey Kalles granted an interview with n37radio. The interview covers a wide range of topics from his time spent at Nintendo to the upcoming Nintendo Revolution release. The interview is available in both text and audio format for those who are interested."

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  1. For those who are unaware.... by Cherita+Chen · · Score: 5, Informative
    For those who don't know, but are curious - Here's a link to a little more info on Jeff, and his contributions to the industry.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/deve loperId,67266/

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  2. No Revolution Info by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 3, Informative

    he doesn't seem to have any info about the Revolution, and wouldn't say it if he did anyway.

  3. He's almost poor by slashedmydot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He only makes something like $18.75 per hour... that's not the kind of money I expected.

    He earned 7 something (I'll translate that into 7.5) per hour when he started and at the end he earned 150% more. So 7.5 * 2.5 = 18.75. Let's say he works 160 hours per month: 160 * 18.75 = 3000. Let's be kind and give him 13 payschecks per year: 3000 * 13 = 39 000.

    1. Re:He's almost poor by thedogcow · · Score: 5, Insightful

      39K/yr is not poor. Check yourself. Thats well above the average American salary.

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    2. Re:He's almost poor by slashedmydot · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I didn't say he was poor, I said "he's almost poor";

      My point was that the article pitched him as a bigshot at NOA, but with that kind of salery in the US, he can't be.

      I live in the Netherlands, and I earned 25 euro per hour 5 years ago with a simple part-time PHP/MySQL QA job. And now that I have my own company, I earn his annual salary per month.

      And the average income in the US doesn't say anything, all those McDonalds and WallMart jobs pay less than hobo's get with begging on the street.

    3. Re:He's almost poor by ClamIAm · · Score: 2
      And the average income in the US doesn't say anything,

      What convoluted train of logic derailed for you to say this? OF COURSE the average income in a country/region/job has a bearing on whether or not someone could be considered "poor". If he was making 39k and lived in China, he would definitely not be poor.

    4. Re:He's almost poor by slashedmydot · · Score: 2

      The average income doesn't matter to the discussion because comparing the income of someone who flips burgers at McDonalds an a associate producer for Nintendo of America is pointless. Comparing his salary with his peers makes more sense to me, and compared to his peers he doesn't earn allot.

      I think it was clear that I was not actually calling him poor. I was saying that he didn't make allot of money for the kind of job that he had.

  4. Re:I have a question by toadlife · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm having trouble reading your comment. There are too many words. Can you condense it into a couple of sentences please?

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  5. My Idol :) by Chaffar · · Score: 4, Funny
    Jonathan: Do you have any comments about the recent X-Box 360 release, more specifically, the problems they've been having?

    Jeff: [...] its funny to make fun of and ill laugh with the best of them and say 'haha, Microsoft blue screen of death, no matter what product you release!' It's not going to hurt them in the long run...

    Jonathan: Isn't that fun though?

    Jeff: It is fun, well, it's always fun...

    My kind of guy :')

  6. Big Corps by oman_ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Isn't it scary how skittish most people have become about big corporations? So careful not to do anything that might anger them for fear of a lawsuit. Was it always this way?

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    1. Re:Big Corps by ScottCooperDotNet · · Score: 2, Informative

      Jeff says in TFA that the industry is so small that he's bound to work with some of the people at Nintendo again. That, and pissing off your longest reference isn't a good idea.

  7. Salmon Max? by tequesta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jonathan What are some of the other game genres you enjoy and the games in them?
    Jeff [...]The Lucas Arts and the Sierra Online stuff; that's probably where I really fell in love with the adventure games. [...]I'm crossing my fingers that the new Salmon Max is gonna be good.

     Myself, I found Salmon Max vastly inferior to Polish Quest, Funky Island or Day of the Testicle. Seriously, can somebody shoot the guy who transcribed this?