PART 1: GAMES TESTER

For this matter, its her ^^

Do you know that video games can ironically help at getting a job in the video game industry, or that there are so many people out there in the video game industry designing, programming, and testing games that you could easily land yourself a job at it if you’d just worked harder at playing games. Yes, you head me correctly, merely by playing games.



Well, the fact might be a little diverse than the ideas many people have in their mind. There are jobs out there indeed for people that test video games. And yes, they do sit all day and play pc, console and handheld video games. That's about it for the testers. Like so many jobs, it could be fun for a day or two but can you imagine being told to play a same old video game for the next six months and playing more. Basically, you are not even able to choose the game, it might be the ones that you have no interest in or a genre you hated a lot. But then again, you are not the boss. The game needs a tester and you are it.

Some of the companies have their testers associated closely with the designers, programmers and developers right from the beginning. They play games all day long and have no choice in that matter. There are numerous of video game companies out there and they all need their games tested. A soda sitting on the side, the screen flashing and the noise with all the squeaks, grunts and groans of the current odd monsters getting bashed around as the guy in the fresh looking clean shirt plays and has fun at his job of playing video games. Yes, I suppose the guy wouldn’t complain having a job like this, but it's probably his first week.


The video game industry hires people to test their games and there are a few different types of companies that do this hiring. There are three basic types of jobs for tester, the tester that works for the developer of the video game, the tester that works for a publishing company and the tester for the reviews and guides. This is one of the important knowledge of the industry if you are really interested in a job like this.

The three categories or areas that testers work in are not the only ones and it is not as simple as saying it's these three. But that's the major types or categories and I'll explain the differences. The first thing though is what is the job really, what do these guy's do and why would my kid really want this kind of job, does he even know what this would involve?

I can generally tell you right off the bat about what a job really is. It's doing what your boss tells you to. I really do not care what your job is and how much you get paid, either you're the boss and you do what is required to get the job done, or being told by your boss what to do to get the job done. Every job is the same, whether you play video games or an accountant. You do what you are paid to or get fired. The job of video game tester is like any other, you do the job or kiss goodbye to your joystick. You can like your job and enjoy what you do or not, but if you expect to get paid, you have to do your job.