| There is a lot of hype surrounding video game | | | | Best Buy, but you get to work from home, you |
| testing jobs right now. There are some people | | | | get to play video games and you get to set your |
| out there claiming that you can make your | | | | own hours. |
| fortune doing nothing but playing games all day. | | | | There are other benefits to video game testing |
| But what is the real story? How much money can | | | | jobs too. Most games companies let you keep |
| you make testing video games? Can you even | | | | the games that you test, so you can build up a |
| make any money at all? | | | | nice games library for free. Testing games is also |
| Well the short answer to that last question is yes, | | | | a great way to get into the video games industry |
| of course you can make money testing video | | | | and work your way up to become a games |
| games. Games developer have to thoroughly test | | | | designer or even producer. These jobs really do |
| new titles and there are hundreds of title released | | | | pay well. |
| every year for PC, Mac, consoles and now even | | | | After you have completed a few successful |
| iPhones and other handheld devices. It takes a lot | | | | assignments, you will make more money. Maybe |
| of manpower so there is certainly a need for | | | | as much as $80 per hour. But you must be |
| people to do the work. | | | | professional when completing your early |
| But whats the truth about potential income for | | | | assignments. Follow the instruction that you are |
| this? In fact, when you first start out, you can | | | | given carefully, complete all tasks and provide |
| expect to make maybe $10-$15 an hour. Now | | | | well-written reports to the company. In short, be |
| that's not terrible by any means. It's as much or | | | | professional. Its a fun job, but you still need to |
| more than you would get for a part time job at | | | | treat it like a job. |