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	Game Tester
		Tester states that he/she is complying with all laws, policies and regulations in applying to be a Tester with EdUGames.
		Tester agrees that any data, including suggestions, created as a result of this agreement constitutes a work for hire when submitted to EdUGames and that all intellectual property rights in said data or suggestions shall vest in EdUGames when so submitted to the extent permitted by law.
		Tester certifies by his/her submission that any data he/she submits is his/her work and that to the best of the Tester's knowledge, the electronic data is not claimed by another.
	www.edugames.com /edugames/ContractDocs/TesterContract.html (806 words)

	Game tester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The role of the game tester in game development primarily involves analyzing video and/or computer games to document software defects as part of a quality control process.
		Testers get new builds from the developers on a schedule (daily/weekly) and each version must be uniquely identified in order to map errors to versions.
		Most games go into what is called "crunch time" near deadlines—developers (programmers, artists, game designers and producers) work twelve to fourteen hours a day and the testers must be right there with them, testing late-added features and content.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Game_tester (1027 words)

	Game Tester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Being a game tester is not all that bad, though.
		The real highlight of being a game tester is that in many occasions you'll be required to play an active role in the making of the game: rather than limiting your task to just testing existing code, sometimes testers are asked to suggest alternative solutions to problems in either playability or game structure.
		The testers' main task is to flag any problems arising but they are often asked to give their precious input in order to improve the game.
	www.videogametimes.com /game-tester.html (803 words)

	RPGamer - Editorials - Testing my Patience
		For many projects, this is the first time the testers may have had a chance to play the game without a debug mode (to 'cheat' through the game quickly), or check for actual programming bugs instead of simple text errors.
		Your average tester has to be pretty thick skinned, as after days of being ignored by the staff, they're then blamed for the game not being perfect.
		The testers find a bug that all the "blue" monsters show up as blue, but are listed as "violet." You might think it's as easy as writing in that "violet" should be changed to "blue" in a text file, and everything is fine.
	www.rpgamer.com /editor/2004/q1/020904an.html (1356 words)

	Penny Arcade - Porkfry's Game Tester Extravaganza
		Game crashes) so that one of the programmers on your game can follow the steps to find where the break in the code is. Then the bug is "fixed" you have to go back and verify that the bug is actually fixed by retracing the steps you laid out in the report you wrote up.
		Examples might be to play an RTS game and fill the entire map with Your troops leaving the enemy with one building (like an energy converter or some kind of Non-aggressive unit that won't be attacked) so that the game will continue because Technically the enemy hasn't been defeated.
		Humongous the test cases were written by the test leads, which left the testers to a TON of Adhoc and the occasional test pass.
	www.penny-arcade.com /porktester.php (1367 words)

	GameSpot:Video Games PC Xbox 360 PS3 Wii PSP DS PS2 PlayStation 2 GameCube GBA PlayStation 3
		I wanted to stay within the game industry, but it seemed less and less likely that I'd get any sort of media job, as people were being laid off and sites were shutting down at a record pace.
		Testers are brought in for the length of a game's development cycle, used, abused, and eventually sent back into the wild.
		These are guys with wives, children, car payments, the whole nine yards, and there they sit, still testing games after all these years, making the same crappy hourly wage and still hoping for their shot at that lucrative production job.
	www.gamespot.com /gamespot/features/all/gamespotting/032303/2.html (1022 words)

	wantingseed.com » Blog Archive » Video game tester
		We didn’t do the LAN party thing (we were working on console games, though I’m sure the developers did a good bit of their own gaming in their cubicle farms), but we would have fun.
		At Tiburon the testers and the development staff are pretty far apart, both physically and socially, so we tended not to hang out with each other, but the other testers were great people.
		With all the games i played i was able to tell that there were things still wrong with the game they were good games but they could have ben beater.
	wantingseed.com /weblog/2003/05/24/video_game_tester.php (1454 words)

	How to become a video game tester
		It's hugely competitive with video game manufacturers vying to take advantage of this phenomenal growth, and as a result, there is a constant need for game testers and game designers.
		This is to ensure the games are fully compatible and meets the criteria they have set before it is unleashed on to the general public.
		There aren't any real age barriers to become a video game tester as this is a very youth oriented market and manufacturers need the opinion of young people, who make up a large proportion their markets.
	www.howtoall.com /Computingfiles/howtobecomeavideogametester.htm (469 words)

	Lesson 5 -- Working As A Game Tester
		The fact that most testers come in at the end of the project, powerless to have a major impact on the design of the game, is perhaps what leads to some of the negativity about the job.
		Testers don't only test the game, they are also often called on to check the text on the package and in the manual.
		Games can't be tested and fixed forever, and as a tester is involved in the process a few times, he learns about the realities of making games for profit -- how to prioritize the bugs he finds.
	www.sloperama.com /advice/lesson5.html (5042 words)

	Game Tester - video game tester - game tester - game tester jobs - video game tester jobs - become a game tester
		Game testers play unfinished versions of games with tons of bugs in them.
		Games that are in such early stage of development are very little fun anf mostly frustrating to play.
		The game testers’ job is to find those bugs before the game is released and to make sure that the programmers fix those bugs.
	www.gamediscovery.com /game-design/game-tester.asp (336 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I was a kid and the thought of playing games and reporting bugs on games that arent even out yet was very exciting.
		I was a tester at SCEA for a year and got to work on 5 published titles.
		Starting out in QA at a gaming company is like starting out in the mail room at a Fortune 500 company, only way you can go is up.
	www.devhood.com /messages/message_view-2.aspx?thread_id=68547 (590 words)

	CCC Article - CCC Extra-Tainment
		One of the first things people say to me when I tell them that I am a game tester is, "Oh wow you play videogames all day!" While it is true that I sit in a cube all day playing games, there is a lot more to game testing than simply "playing games".
		Stereotyping game testing with "simply playing games all day" makes it seem that anyone and everyone can be a game tester.
		To be a game tester, the first thing you need to do is to get your foot in the door.
	www.cheatcc.com /extra/art_gametester.html (1217 words)

	Become A Video Game Tester In 3 Easy Steps
		Many gamers get paid very well just to spend time with their consoles playing the latest games, because they are video game testers.
		You actually have to go straight to the companies that develop games and let them know who you are, what your gaming skills are and why you would be a great video game tester.
		Making a living as a video game tester has got to be one of the world's best jobs.
	ezinearticles.com /?Become-A-Video-Game-Tester-In-3-Easy-Steps&id=375873 (566 words)

	Game Tester Interview - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		The right answer is that the tester department more than likely found and reported the bug, but for some reason the development team decided not to fix it, usually this happens due to schedule concerns.
		YOUR job as a tester is to help the programmer eliminate case 1.
		The exceptional tester will also look at the code and help determine if case 3 is at work.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/viewreply.asp?ID=1658359 (899 words)

	Video Game Testers
		A video game tester will have to be able to demonstrate their ability to play to high standards, and they also have to be able to use other software well, including Microsoft office products and have some knowledge of Windows and other operating systems used in games.
		A video game tester will also have to be tenacious as they need to test a game long and hard, and they have to be innovative to be able to test unlikely combinations of pathways.
		If you are interested in a game tester job, be sure that you have the necessary communications skills and can organize yourself and be disciplined enough to test the games, rather than simply playing them.
	www.adigitaldreamer.com /articles/video-game-testers.htm (316 words)

	Mario Kart Central / Editorials / Troopa's Video Game Tester Experience with Electronic Arts
		You know, as cool as it may sound to be a game tester, take my word for it...
		For 5 solid weeks (and Sunday's off) I played this game, great for the first week, repetitive at week two and f*cking boring at weeks 3, 4 and 5 (but the overtime pay was phenomenal).
		And whether you believe me or not, having to play the same game over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over for months on end will bore anyone to death.
	www.mario-kart.net /videogametesting.html (2896 words)

	Kicking back as a career / Life of tester not all fun, but it is all games
		As a lead game tester for San Rafael's LucasArts Entertainment Co., Alamano acknowledges that he works in a kick-back atmosphere, and he likes his $40,000- a-year salary.
		This week, about 10,000 video game industry employees like Alamano are hitting San Jose for the annual Game Developers Conference, where they take classes and trade war stories from the trenches of this $9 billion business.
		In past years, games were created by small teams of people on shoestring budgets, but these days, companies are committing millions of dollars to single titles -- and expecting profits on the same scale.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/05/BU78795.DTL (1078 words)

	Video Game Tester Jobs - Game Tester Guide Review
		Game Tester Guide is a great resource available in order to help you land that video game tester job of your dreams.
		Game Tester Guide is another quality site which includes a 60 day money back guarantee and also uses the same secure ordering server as Game Testing Ground does.
		It wasn't difficult to land a video game tester job listed here and the assignments that you receive are easy to follow and understand which is a HUGE plus.
	www.becomegametester.com /game_tester_guide.htm (472 words)

	GameSetWatch - @ Play: Rogue and its Inspiration
		Because of this, a properly-played game of Rogue is always a seach for treasure carried out at break-neck speed, where every move counts, where both ruthless monsters and the player's limited food supply drive a continual thirst for more loot.
		A game of Rogue that is not won as rapidly as possible is probably lost.
		The player begins the game stronger that most of his opponents, but the average experience and equipment gain of the player on a given level is not enough to keep up with the increase in monster power.
	www.gamesetwatch.com /2006/09/_play_the_first_two_roguelikes.php (1566 words)

	Become A Video Game Tester - FREE GUIDE!
		If you ever wished there was a way to spend even more time gaming without being hassled by your friends or family to "go find a job", this is going to be the coolest thing you read this week...
		- before these games can be released, they need to go through a testing phase to make sure they play well and that all the bugs are caught and fixed before the games are released publicly.
		To do this, many game design companies send out free BETA versions of their games to be tested by avid gamers.
	www.beagametester.com (501 words)

	Video Game Tester Job : ArriveNet Editorials : Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Video game testers play video games before they come out and tell the manufacturer what they like and dislike about the game.
		Finding a video game tester job may be difficult unless you know a programmer that works for ea games or sony.
		The best way to find a video game tester job, and usually any job for that matter, is to find someone on the inside and work through them.
	editorials.arrivenet.com /technology/article.php/10233.html (569 words)

	MacGamer - Get In The Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		San Francisco news site SFGate.com has talked to Andy Almano, one of the lead testers for LucasArts, and their revelations may be surprising.
		Fewer careers are more coveted than that of the video game tester, and yet, while the idea of being paid to play video games is obviously very appealing, the reality often doesn't fit the dream.
		Game fans "think it's all fun," said Ernest Adams, a game designer and industry expert, with a cackle.
	www.macgamer.com /news/item.php?id=6544 (273 words)

	Blizzard Entertainment - Employment Opportunities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Blizzard Entertainment is looking for intelligent and highly motivated multilingual Game Testers to help test our upcoming computer and console games which have been localized in French, German and Mandarin Chinese.
		An ideal candidate would be a hardcore gamer who is good at finding bugs and is even better at describing the bugs they've found in an organized and clear fashion.
		Game Testers MUST be able to work full-time at our Headquarters facility in Irvine, California.
	www.blizzard.com /jobopp/qa-flgametester.shtml (227 words)

	Take This Job and Love It! - Game Tester - Colin Munson Feature on Gamepro.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The number of testers depends on the scope of the project and the platform on which the title will be released (PC or Console).
		Whether you are trying to break into the industry, or looking to be a career tester, I found the people who had an active interest in the game making process excelled the quickest and furthest.
		College is not a necessity to be a tester.
	www.gamepro.com /sony/ps2/games/features/26032.shtml (525 words)

	Take This Job and Love It! - Game Tester - Sean C. Johnson Feature on Gamepro.com
		General duties of your position/title: I manage testers who handle different tasks on a variety of titles and, most importantly, I keep on top of all the bugs in the games.
		I deal personally with game producers to create status reports on games, update bug lists and make sure everything is verified and fixed.
		If you apply for a tester position find out if the company has a phone number you can call to check and see if they are still hiring.
	www.gamepro.com /sony/ps2/games/features/26036.shtml (700 words)

	Critical News Archive - GameCritics.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chances still are that the 500,000 who pre-ordered the game are the only people interested in the game.
		Leonard covers most of the concerns someone might have regarding the games industry and touches on everything from the commercials that sell games to the content within the games themselves.
		At the recent Game Developers Conference, Gordon Walton tries to warn his fellow developers about the hurdles they'd have to jump over in order to actually create a successful online game.
	www.gamecritics.com /news/2003_0310_0314news.php (2097 words)

	How to become a game tester - Pokie Magic Forums
		Game testers assist by providing early feedback on gameplay and bugs.
		Testing can last from a day to a few weeks depending on the game and the feedback.
		I would really like to become a game tester, but I just can't download the game, it isn't working.
	www.pokiemagic.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3221 (527 words)

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