Talk:Ken Lobb

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What a weirdly written stub. His ""masterpiece""? What?

So why is there no Leading Directorship by Goldeneye at Mobygames? He is under the NOA Staff

Without checking the game's credits, he was a Nintendo of America game tester, wasn't he? --Nick R^Talk 16:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

This IGN video has some details on his professional background. He was an engineer at AMD and then worked for some Japanese gaming companies before going to Nintendo.

I'm not sure about sources and details, which I'm not going to expand the article myself, but Ken Lobb was indeed an important figure at Nintendo for many years. I remember that he was the second game industry name and face that I could recgonize after Miyamoto.--olanmills 02:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Klobb naming

Just out of interest, I head that the "Klobb", the gun that was named after this chap, was called that because Rare didn't want to/or legally couldn't call it by it's original name, which I think was "Spyder" or summat? JayKeaton 16:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes this is true. Though the guns in GoldenEye were all based on real guns, the names were changed to avoid copyright/license issues. The Klobb was indeed named after Ken Lobb, but I'm not sure where you could source that information from. If I recall correctly, several games that Ken Lobb worked on with Rare (then a Nintendo second party developer) featured something based on his name, such as an item or a minor enemy.--olanmills 02:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)