| The video game industry has become much | | | | more so that they're getting paid handsomely to |
| different from the one we were familiar with as | | | | do so. But believe it, because this is big business |
| kids as we grew up playing our Nintendo | | | | nowadays and I'm sure all of the fine men and |
| Entertainment Systems, Super Nintendos, Sega | | | | women who paid for and fueled their children's |
| Genesis, etc. The game industry is thriving like | | | | ability to play games as they were growing up |
| never seen before, and is now a multi-BILLION | | | | buying console after console will be glad to see all |
| dollar industry. No longer is it predominantly | | | | of their hard earned money ended up being quite |
| children and teenagers that compose the majority | | | | useful in the end, helping their children prepare for |
| of the consumers for the industry as grown | | | | a great career in the end. |
| adults and even senior citizens get involved in | | | | Many companies are currently hiring game |
| gaming nowadays thanks to the presence of | | | | testers, in fact. EA, Rockstar, THQ, Blizzard, and |
| Nintendo's DS and Wii systems and their casual | | | | even Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are all |
| gamer friendly atmosphere. | | | | constantly looking to build to their testing teams. |
| As the industry grows so does the demand for | | | | The best part? You don't even have to know |
| employees at publisher and developer | | | | someone to get involved with the industry |
| headquarters, of course. In fact, demand is higher | | | | anymore! There are tons of guides and books |
| than you could ever imagine. One position that is | | | | that can show you how to become a video game |
| highly needed is game testers. Video game | | | | tester out there and give you all of the contact |
| testers basically play a title hours on end running | | | | information you need to be getting in touch with |
| through it with a fine tooth comb to make sure | | | | these companies ASAP and help you start playing |
| there are no bugs or errors present in the game's | | | | video games for money quick! And they can be |
| design. It's a highly desirable job, and the pay is | | | | had at a very reasonable price. So what are you |
| surprisingly very, very good at times. Hard to | | | | waiting for? Kiss your nine to fiver goodbye and |
| believe people get paid to test games, right? Even | | | | start doing what you love for a living, people! |