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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
9:12 pm	Game Testing- The Truth About Getting Paid For Playing Video Games At Home. Are you interested in earning some cash while you play games at your place of residence? It is achievable to make some cash just by playing games. That is, if you are a video game tester. It seems like it could be the best job ever, don't you think? It absolutely is if you are someone who loves playing video games. You can be one of the first people to ever play the best and newest games prior to their release. Want to Get Paid to Play Video Games? Here's how you can get video game testing jobs. Make yourself known in the gaming business. No matter how much experience you have at gaming or how good you are, finding a job as a video game tester will be difficult if the game companies don't know who you are. You must have constant contact with the developers. Send the company your resume and include a detailed outline of your skills and experience with video games. Remember to behave professionally with video game companies. Though this is not a formal, suit and tie kind of job, a large company will usually respond better to you if you present yourself as a professional. It might be to your advantage to promote how many games you have completed or how many consoles you own. This is valuable because experience makes a difference. If you have the correct PC or console you will get a job. When you do, be certain to take your work seriously. Make sure you understand the instructions completely. The directions will inform you what the company promoting the assignment is looking for. Take good notes as you are playing. Don't rely on memory alone to retain all the relevant information. Be sure to pass the data on before the deadline is reached. Always check your documents for good spelling and grammatical errors. Once you are done with your first video game testing job, you will be very satisfied. But make sure you continue to be in touch with the developers so that you will be given additional jobs. Keep a freelancer mentality. Keep on working on your skills. Continue to find new developers for which you can work. Ways to Make Money as a Video Game Tester From Your House - What's True and What's Lies (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
2:44 pm	The Facts About Video Game Testing Jobs Video game testing jobs are a real profession. It requires a high level of professionalism, maybe even more so than certain jobs in business. Video game testing is fun if you really have a passion for playing video games. Basically, video game testers play games in order to catch any bugs or problems with the games. The First Misconception: You can earn $200 an hour by testing video games. Frankly, this is completely false. Various people running money-making schemes would love for you to believe this myth. However, $10 to $15 an hour is a much more reasonable wage for a beginning game tester. Those who have been in the business for quite some time and really know what they're doing can get paid around $80 per hour. The Second Misconception: Game companies hire underage children to test games. Again, this is totally fictitious. Legitimate companies won't hire anyone younger than 18 years of age; this is because of labor laws that are in place. Consequently, they only use the services of adults over the age of 18. The Third Misconception: The job consists of playing the game and offering a few comments and/or suggestions afterward. Actually, testers must play each game over and over in order to find bugs, glitches, and inconsistencies in the game. It is important to read through the company's instructions in order to be aware of what you're looking for. The Fourth Misconception: In order to be a game tester you need a college degree and outstanding computer skills. While it is essential to know some things about computers, academic education is not nearly as important. And even when it comes to computers, as long as you are not computer illiterate and you have some average level of competence in using various technological devices, you should be fine. Unless you are one of those people that constantly calls tech support, you should be fine. No college degree is necessary for this job. What you will need are, obviously, gaming experience with PC and/or console games and a refined attention to detail. Video game testing is a reasonably new field in the gaming community. Every experienced gamer has an equal opportunity to become a game tester, provided they meet the other requirements mentioned here. To stand out from the rest, you should develop a strategy to reach your goals. Video game testing can be fun and lucrative for passionate gamers, but be careful for scams and myths surrounding the industry. Looking for a great resource with the lowdown on video game testing jobs from someone who knows the truth? Check out this site. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
5:20 pm	3 Ways to Get More Video Game Testing Jobs With video games getting more popular every day, the career of video game testing is truly taking off. It's great to find employment with something that you truly enjoy and can effectively utilize your natural skills. Video game testing jobs essentially require you to play a video game and point out inconsistencies and bugs. Sound easy, right? If that sounds easy and fun for you then you could have been a tester at one point. Do you want to get more video game testing jobs? Then read on. 1. Follow up with the game company when you complete your first assignment. Your first job with a company should be used as a gateway towards obtaining future game testing jobs from that same company. Contact the company and ask for comments on the job you submitted. After you've received a positive review, let them know that you're eager to work for them in the future also.. 2. You should promote yourself during times when there's not many video game testing jobs around. Since there will be times when you are between jobs, you should really have a mindset of a freelancer. That means using the Internet to make others aware of what you can do. For example, you could create a website that includes game reviews or one that merely promotes your video game testing skills. You can promote your site by going to popular sites like Kotaku, 1up, or Joystiq and leaving meaningful comments. In addition, it could be helpful to participate in gaming forums that feature discussions about game testing or overall gaming. 3. Attend conventions related to gaming. E-mail is definitely a good way to make contact with various video game companies, of course. But you can really improve your reputation with face-to-face contact. You can begin valuable relationships by going to industry meetings such as Blizzard Con, E3, and PAX. So the thing that you need to do is to follow up on the game companies after your first video game testing job, promote yourself during downtimes, attend gaming cons to bolster your reputation and gain contacts. For the lowdown on video game testing jobs check out http://gamestestingground.net. You won't get rich doing this, but if you love playing games, you can get paid doing something you love. Video Game Testing Jobs : Three Tips To Get Better Jobs (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
8:21 pm	Get Paid to Play Games - Be a Video Games Tester Video game testing is not a job you will stumble across in a directory. But in the near future, video game testing will bloom into a major job industry. It's simply stunning that more people have not realized this. What you need as a video games tester is a good grasp of the English language and a good Internet connection. Needless to say, you need a particular gaming console or a gaming PC. It doesn't take a degree to be a game test fortunately. It does take a love for video games in order to handle the job however and an eye for detail. Even though when you test video games you are not going to an office in a suit, it is still a real job. You have to conduct yourself in a professional manner. When you are applying to a job or working on one already with a company, you must present yourself in such a manner. Doing so will really make you stand out among the other gamers. Whether you are a part-time job seeker or you want to be a full time employee, game testing is the right job for you. Also, you work at home which has plenty of it's own benefits. But you must understand you need to buy the correct systems to run the games on your own. As a video games tester you will need to detect obvious bugs and most of the time unnoticed mistakes made by the programmers. A skilled gamer will recognize these issues right away and be able to tell the company. In these modern times full of video games, many more video games testing jobs are becoming available. As the gaming industry continues to grow rapidly, more game testing jobs will have to be filled. If you have a passion for video games, don't hold back, go out and start getting paid to play games. If you really want to be a video games tester, you should try to get as much information as possible. Go to Games Testing Ground to find out more. (Comment on this)