| First of all, a game tester does not play every | | | | is to search for bugs in the upcoming game "XYZ |
| game he wants nor he plays the game the way | | | | 2". After playing hours and hours the same levels, |
| he wants to. His job is to play the beta versions | | | | looking for all kinds of wrong things/bugs/glitches |
| and pre release games. Everybody thinks this is a | | | | errors, not only you know how the game is going |
| wonderful way to make money and play video | | | | to be and you will know what it will happen in the |
| games. I can't say it's not because it is way easier | | | | game story, but you will also find the game too |
| than a lot of other jobs, but it's not that | | | | boring to play when it will be released. That |
| enjoyable as you may think. | | | | particular game will not represent an attraction for |
| A video game tester has some well designed | | | | you as it would have had if you weren't a game |
| duties. He has to look for bugs/errors that | | | | tester. |
| particular game and he deals with level design or | | | | Let's move to the part you were all waiting for. If |
| game structure. | | | | you get past this little "inconvenience", you will |
| Another thing that everybody is interested in is: | | | | start to look at the bright side which is the pay. It |
| Do the video game testers play any game they | | | | is a fact that game testers get paid up to $80 an |
| want? Well, unfortunately for those people, the | | | | hour. Of course, this applies for the experienced |
| answer is NO. They play only the games that | | | | game testers but even though you have just |
| need to be tested and are not yet released or | | | | started, you can expect a $7-10 an hour pay. And |
| are only beta-released. So, this means that you | | | | remember, it's not such a hard work! With time |
| have to have a lot of patience to go through the | | | | passing by and you being very consistent and |
| same levels over and over again until there are | | | | good at this, your salary will only go up. |
| no bugs/errors/glitches left out there. | | | | Another good thing about being a game tester is |
| This is a slight disadvantage in my opinion. Let's | | | | that you can start only part time, so you won't |
| say you are a fan of Game "XYZ" and your job | | | | have to quit school or your current job. |