| Lots of gamers are in search of reliable video | | | | over and over and over again. Ask yourself, does |
| game tester career information. Unfortunately, | | | | repeating the same thing again & again sound like |
| not many of them are happy with the information | | | | a fun experience to you? Probably not! |
| they find. Why? Because the ads that say testers | | | | During this "repetition fest," a game tester will be |
| get paid up to $120 per hour aren't telling the full | | | | required to take notes on any problems he |
| story -- they're only telling part of it. And frankly, | | | | comes across; glitches, bugs, and other |
| they are telling the best part. | | | | abnormalities. These notes must be well detailed, |
| First, get the idea out of your head that you're | | | | as they will be used by programmers to repair |
| going to be paid to have lots of fun and play | | | | the game and make it tip-top. If the notes are |
| video games all day long. It's a fantasy, pure and | | | | incomprehensible, the programmers and coders |
| simple. Although you will be paid to play video | | | | won't be able to do their job; meaning deadlines |
| games and you might have "some" fun, you're | | | | will be missed and developers will be angry. |
| not going to have nearly as much fun & | | | | This is the video game tester career information |
| enjoyment as you think. Why not? Simply | | | | that most people tend to ignore. Although |
| because video game testing isn't meant to be fun. | | | | professional video game testing can be great, it's |
| When providing video game tester career | | | | the work described above that generally keeps |
| information, most people glorify the "playing" part | | | | gamers at bay. |
| of the job, but they don't actually say anything | | | | Is video game testing an awful career choice |
| about the testing part; the part that means the | | | | because there is a bit of work involved? No, of |
| most for a video game tester. | | | | course not -- it's just a necessary evil that must |
| Yes, it's true you'll be playing video games for | | | | be done in order to enjoy the perks of video |
| pay. But, the thing of it is you won't be playing | | | | game testing; which happen to be new free video |
| the games as though you were at home. No, | | | | games, an enormous salary, insider information on |
| instead you'll be playing them solely for the | | | | the latest and greatest new games, and above all |
| purpose of fixing & repairing them. Rather than | | | | else, the chance to test new video games from |
| enjoying the game from start to finish, you'll be | | | | home! |
| assigned areas of the game that you must play | | | | |