Please welcome new community manager Nathan (@kenjisalk)!

puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni

We're thrilled to officially welcome @kenjisalk (aka Nathan) on board today as our new community manager!

Some of you might have noticed Nathan already for his unusually rapid promotion to modship on the forums here. Job and I actually met him at PAX South earlier this year, and as we got to know him better over the following months, it turned out he was exactly what we were looking for in a new community person.

He's an all-around great dude, super into videogames and Telltale stuff, and I just know you guys are going to like him as much as we do! Please join us in welcoming Nathan to the Telltale team. :)

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  • Holy, wow, this guy. Congratulations Nathan, or @kenjisalk

    You going to run for CEO of Telltale next?

  • I saw him tweet that out on Twitter, congrats to him! :D

  • Congratulations good sir @kenjisalk

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2015

    Thanks everyone! Insanely excited to be part of the team!

    Telltale games are really special, combining so many awesome things I'm incredibly passionate about. I'm unbelievably thankful and ecstatic to get to work with such an outstanding community (y'all are just so freaking friendly, funny, talented, a bunch of other words) as TTG continues to put out some of gaming's best.

    As a stupidly enthusiastic fan, this is a dream come true!

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    haha yes, Chief Enthusiasm Officer.

    Holy, wow, this guy. Congratulations Nathan, or @kenjisalk You going to run for CEO of Telltale next?

  • I like that title, fits you well.

    kenjisalk posted: »

    haha yes, Chief Enthusiasm Officer.

  • dojo32161dojo32161 Moderator

    Congrats Nathan, you running for supreme overlord of the universe next month?

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    That would be quite the impressive career trajectory! I'll settle for 'gets to work for his favorite game company'. :D

    dojo32161 posted: »

    Congrats Nathan, you running for supreme overlord of the universe next month?

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    kenjisalk posted: »

    Thanks everyone! Insanely excited to be part of the team! Telltale games are really special, combining so many awesome things I'm incredi

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    10/10

    Pros: It's rad

    Cons: Too many nice people raising the bar on being nice

  • Hey now. Congratulations.

    Thanks for serving our community. And remember to pass on to the other staff: TFTB NEEDS Rhysha!

  • TFTB NEEDS Rhyiona!

    Ahem, fixed.

    Hey now. Congratulations. Thanks for serving our community. And remember to pass on to the other staff: TFTB NEEDS Rhysha!

  • TFTB NEEDS Rhoaderbot

    Man, you guys need to work on your spelling.

    TFTB NEEDS Rhyiona! Ahem, fixed.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    I'll be sure to pass it along. ;)

    Hey now. Congratulations. Thanks for serving our community. And remember to pass on to the other staff: TFTB NEEDS Rhysha!

  • I dunno man I'm certain Golden got it right

    TFTB NEEDS Rhoaderbot Man, you guys need to work on your spelling.

  • I for one welcome our new Nathan overlords.

    kenjisalk posted: »

    I'll be sure to pass it along.

  • I won't accept him as my overlord unless something Rhyiona related happens in TFTBL Ep 3.

    I for one welcome our new Nathan overlords.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    The pressure is on!

    Green613 posted: »

    I won't accept him as my overlord unless something Rhyiona related happens in TFTBL Ep 3.

  • edited June 2015

    Woo! Congrats @kenjisalk

  • While you are at it, let Telltale know we want The Wolf Among Us Season 2. ;)

    kenjisalk posted: »

    I'll be sure to pass it along.

  • Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Oh believe me, I've made that abundantly clear :P

    While you are at it, let Telltale know we want The Wolf Among Us Season 2.

  • Congrats @kenjisalk, I bow before you.

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  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Rise, MetallicaRules, for you are indeed worthy!

    Congrats @kenjisalk, I bow before you.

  • Congrats Nathan!

  • Congrats man. Must be really fun working there, enjoy and do what you can to make Wolf Among Us Season 2 happen, heh? ;)

  • edited June 2015

    Huh. That website has some interesting quotes.

    indecisive abusive leadership hides their incompetence by punishing and firing staff for problems that originate with the executives bad decision making and worse communications skills

    Product reviews are horrendous and extremely long and painful meetings where feedback from anyone other than execs is pointless. It's never a discussion about how to improve the game.

    Fear-inducing attitude and childish behavior by execs ruins every attempt at creating a stable, trusting, and collaborative process to create games.

    Bonuses for episodes being released on time but no bonuses for episode quality -- this incentivizes people to take shortcuts and then blame each other when an episode doesn't come out on time

    Which are put against quotes like this:

    There's no "seasonal" mentality where people are hired and fired from project to project, and there aren't any blocked websites or administrators watching your traffic

    I've been at Telltale a little less than a year and have watched the company grow quite a bit both on the Administrative and Product teams side.

    Those quotes are really the most in depth the positive reviews get. The second one goes a bit more in depth, and describes areas of growth, but really, I don't see as many significant positive reviews as negative ones. I wonder why that is.

  • If that actually works, you might want to mention a little about official soundtracks, too, especially Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. :)

    Congrats on your continually rapid promotions! You may in line for CEO next month....

    kenjisalk posted: »

    Oh believe me, I've made that abundantly clear :P

  • haha yes, Chief Enthusiasm Officer.

    You got some big shoes to fill.

    kenjisalk posted: »

    haha yes, Chief Enthusiasm Officer.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Well I'll certainly do my best!

    CrazyGeorge posted: »

    haha yes, Chief Enthusiasm Officer. You got some big shoes to fill.

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator

    Congats, i hope you enjoy working there and teasing us before new episodes release :P

  • Blind SniperBlind Sniper Moderator
    edited June 2015

    Welcome to the party - and on the eve of an episode launch too! You'll be consulting your handy Telltale Thesaurus for countless variations of "soon™" (or similar phrases) before you know it. ;)

  • If that actually works, you might want to mention a little about official soundtracks, too, especially Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. :)

    In the mean time, several of the songs from each episode are on the Vault over at Jared Emerson Johnson's website to keep us occupied. :D

    The Penal Zone (Soundtrack)

    The Tomb of Sammun-Mak (Soundtrack)

    They Stole Max's Brain! (Soundtrack)

    Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (Soundtrack)

    The City That Dares Not Sleep (Soundtrack)

    WarpSpeed posted: »

    If that actually works, you might want to mention a little about official soundtracks, too, especially Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. Congrats on your continually rapid promotions! You may in line for CEO next month....

  • Congratulations @kenjisalk I'm happy for you!

  • LMFAO! Congrats :)

    kenjisalk posted: »

    haha yes, Chief Enthusiasm Officer.

  • Congratulations, Nathan!

    Laura Job, and now you.

    BEST COMMUNITY-TEAM! :)

    Technically, I'm the chef on this forum.

    If you want yummy - PM me and hottest pictures of food are at your nearest comment.

    And while that take these cookies ;)

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  • Wow, that was quick! Keep going at this rate and you'll be CEO in no time.

    Seriously though, congratulations @Kenjisalk

  • TelltaleMikeTelltaleMike Former Telltale Staff

    Welcome to the team @kenjisalk! I'm mostly on the Support Forums, but browse the Community when I have time.

  • edited June 2015

    I'm calling it, in 2 weeks he's going to be CEO. Congrats though Nathan.

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