Video Game Tester
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The information and tips created for this Lens will provide you with the knowledge you need to help you decide if you want to become a video game tester.
Hi, my name's Pete Wotton and until very recently I used to be a video game tester for a leading games company.
Now I am employed more on the production side of things and as such have more responsibility.
I know how hard it is to break into this industry - it took me over 12 months to get my first job as a game tester!
But if I knew then what I know now, it would have taken me just a fraction of that time.
That's why I created this little Lens. To help would be Game Testers break into this highly sought after, but highly rewarding industry.
As well as this Lens I have my own website - 'Pro Game Tester' which I set up to help the vast numbers of game players who have ambitions to become a tester for a major games company.
Trust me, it is NOT easy getting your first job as a game tester. In fact getting your FIRST job is without doubt the hardest part in the whole process!
Once you do get a job, then the next ones will become much easier and more opportunities will open up for you (as it did me).
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. I presume you are here reading this because you are interested in becoming a Video Game Tester.
Well let me tell you something straight up -
Life as a video game tester aint always a bed of roses! You'll have days when you absolutely hate the damn job.
But for most of the time you'll be smiling to yourself in disbelief that a major games company like Sony is actually paying you for playing freakin video games!!
I hope you enjoy my Lens and find the information useful to you.
If you want to get in contact with me, please reply to any of the articles on my website: http://ProGameTester.com
I still love talking about game testing and have written lots of useful articles to help you make up your own mind.
Whatever you decide to do, thanks for stopping by to read my Lens and I wish you the best of luck.
~ Pete Wotton
Hi, my name's Pete Wotton and until very recently I used to be a video game tester for a leading games company.
Now I am employed more on the production side of things and as such have more responsibility.
I know how hard it is to break into this industry - it took me over 12 months to get my first job as a game tester!
But if I knew then what I know now, it would have taken me just a fraction of that time.
That's why I created this little Lens. To help would be Game Testers break into this highly sought after, but highly rewarding industry.
As well as this Lens I have my own website - 'Pro Game Tester' which I set up to help the vast numbers of game players who have ambitions to become a tester for a major games company.
Trust me, it is NOT easy getting your first job as a game tester. In fact getting your FIRST job is without doubt the hardest part in the whole process!
Once you do get a job, then the next ones will become much easier and more opportunities will open up for you (as it did me).
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. I presume you are here reading this because you are interested in becoming a Video Game Tester.
Well let me tell you something straight up -
Life as a video game tester aint always a bed of roses! You'll have days when you absolutely hate the damn job.
But for most of the time you'll be smiling to yourself in disbelief that a major games company like Sony is actually paying you for playing freakin video games!!
I hope you enjoy my Lens and find the information useful to you.
If you want to get in contact with me, please reply to any of the articles on my website: http://ProGameTester.com
I still love talking about game testing and have written lots of useful articles to help you make up your own mind.
Whatever you decide to do, thanks for stopping by to read my Lens and I wish you the best of luck.
~ Pete Wotton
Video Game Testers In Action
What Game Testers REALLY think about their job..
The short video includes interviews with the testers, where they talk about the positive and negative parts of being a game tester.
This pretty much sums up the mentality of a game tester.. we're all pretty NUTS, but love the job all the same!
This pretty much sums up the mentality of a game tester.. we're all pretty NUTS, but love the job all the same!
Top 10 Benefits of Being A Video Game Tester
Working as a video game tester has got to be one of the best jobs you'll ever have! It won't last forever, but trust me -the benefits are awesome!
Here's my Top 10 Benefits:
1. Get Paid to play New Games.. Do I need to say anymore?!
2. It DOES NOT require any formal qualifications. Anyone with video game playing experience can be a video game tester.
3. It can give you a real chance to be involve in the creation of the game and also to give suggestions to improve the game.
4. You can choose your own working hours whether you choose to work at home
or office and still earn handsome money.
5. You can enjoy the new unreleased games before anyone else even hears about them.
6. Get Cheat Codes, Level Secrets, and other "inside knowledge" that only game testers know about.
7. Get vital Real-World experience working with various departments such as
development, marketing, manufacturing, and get your foot in the door
to this industry.
8. You become the envy of all your friends! Now you can do what you love doing, and get paid for it!
9. You get to work and hang out with like minded people, all of who have a passion for video games.
10. It sure as hell beats working for a living!!
Here's my Top 10 Benefits:
1. Get Paid to play New Games.. Do I need to say anymore?!
2. It DOES NOT require any formal qualifications. Anyone with video game playing experience can be a video game tester.
3. It can give you a real chance to be involve in the creation of the game and also to give suggestions to improve the game.
4. You can choose your own working hours whether you choose to work at home
or office and still earn handsome money.
5. You can enjoy the new unreleased games before anyone else even hears about them.
6. Get Cheat Codes, Level Secrets, and other "inside knowledge" that only game testers know about.
7. Get vital Real-World experience working with various departments such as
development, marketing, manufacturing, and get your foot in the door
to this industry.
8. You become the envy of all your friends! Now you can do what you love doing, and get paid for it!
9. You get to work and hang out with like minded people, all of who have a passion for video games.
10. It sure as hell beats working for a living!!
Here's my favorite link:
How To Become A Video Game Tester
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Video Game Tester Jobs
The video game industry is booming my friend. It is a growing, billion dollar industry that shows no sign of slowing down.And because of its popularity, the industry requires a constant stream of fresh, young employees to sustain the global demand.
Video game tester jobs are there to be had if you have your heart set on becoming one.
But let me make one thing clear.. It ain't easy to get into this business and you won't make $100 an hour (probably not ever as a game tester).
Tester jobs are highly sought after by young men and women who love the idea of playing video games for a living. So in that respect the demand for these jobs are extremely high and game companies are inundated with job requests, especially in this current economic climate.
If you are deadly serious about becoming a tester for a leading company, the first thing I recommed you do is grab a lifetime membership to 'Only 4 Gamers' in order to receive details of new tester job openings as they arise.
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Here's an example of the type of job you may be asked to do as a video game tester:
A video game is near completion and the developers in conjunction with the programmers require extensive testing of the game to ensure there are no bugs. i.e if a character gets shot, the blood should be red and not blue. Or it might look to be coming out from the wrong place. You get the idea, yea? It's called 'attention to detail' and quite often it's these small details or glitches that a game tester will find.
So the game company will call upon a registered game tester (probably one or several they have on file and have used before) and ask them to come in and test a small section of the game. There may be half a dozen testers all testing different stages of the game.
Your job as a tester might be to play that section of the game over and over again. What you're looking for are the 'details', as I've already mentioned.
After your 12th run through, you might discover that your character can partially walk through a wall. This would be a bug in the game and you would report it to the programmer.
Anything you think doesn't look right or feel right as you play the game needs to be noted down and passed to the programmers to correct.
It can be a long painstaking process, but it's too important and too costly for a games company to roll out a game worldwide, only for it to be recalled because of a major bug that prevents completion of the game.
Game testing jobs are a vital component to the video game industry and a video game tester with a good reputation can expect quite a lot of work and be well rewarded.
Video game testing jobs are increasing rapidly and becoming a great way to make an additional income or even a full time career.
Remember the hardest part is getting your first job. Once you're in, it becomes much easier.
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