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Just Yesterday... So I was playing a new shooter last week, that you haven't heard of yet (but it'll be big, trust me), and I found a bug, when I switch from the shotgun to the knife while swimming, the shotgun ammo disappears. I emailed the developers, who emailed the project leaders, who emailed me back saying "thanks, this is exactly what we have you for. " The week before that I got 2 free copies of games that don't hit stores for 6 months. I've already passed the racing one though (can't give you the name); so I sold the full version to my brother... he was showing off to his friends and telling all of them how awesome his big brother is... As I look back though, I used to be in my brother's shoes, I'd go out, buy games, pay monthly subscriptions to play those games online, and zero work done while playing games... And now? I go to school, I come home, I have games waiting for me in the mail months before anyone hears about them, I test them, and I get paid. I "work" with unreleased games about 4 hours a day, or less, and my checks blow away what I used to get while making coffee for others.
In The Beginning... Life wasn't always this good though. I'd go to school, go to work, come home (late), play games, wake up tired, and repeat the same thing the the next day. It sucked. And on top of that, I had to spend my hard earned money to buy games and pay monthly subscriptions, AND THEN spend hours looking for cheat codes and guides. One day I came across an ad that changed my life. As this website will change yours. The ad was from a company looking for video game testers. At the time I was in college and I thought I'd be more than qualified. I applied, I got the interview, and I got the job. I could not help myself. I knew they had tons of applicants. I thought it was my education that got me the job. So I asked them, why me? why not someone else? You won't believe what my manager said... He said it was... my passion for games. That's it. Not my current studies or previous education. They said they "saw" me playing their game, they knew I had a ton of experience playing other games and they knew I would find things that they couldn't. They wanted a gamer to play their games; not a computer programmer. The Search & The Guide After that job, I knew that I would not work in any other field again. Since then, I've worked for 2 other companies testing video games. I knew that if I wanted a job as a video game tester that I had to stand out. Because I would not get hired otherwise. I tried and tried. I took me a lot of trial and error. Mostly error, but I got it down. I wrote down the websites that help, the tactics that work, and I came up with my own methods to get these companies to contact me when they had new positions open. I wrote everything down so that I could use it later. I never thought about selling it or anything. But things change. An old friend saw me getting paid to play video games, and asked me what kind of genie in a bottle I've found. I told him that I would teach him what I learned, but that it would cost him. Soon, another friend asked me... so, I decided to make a guide that would outline all my strategies, resources, tactics, and so on, on how to land a job as a video game tester. It's been highly revised since my first edition, and A LOT of stuff has been added thanks to others' contributions and such... But, I know that it takes time to find a job. And so, I'm offering you, access to my guide for a minimum duration of 6 months. SIX MONTHS MINIMUM. You will not get this anywhere else.
Frequently Asked Questions So this is my brief-story (my life-story I will not share). So here's a recap and some frequently asked questions: 1. Why would companies pay me to beta test games? #1 asked question. Because the game industry is now over a $50 billion dollar business. In the case of nationwide companies, producing games that have bugs in them -- games that the customers will return, means losing millions of dollars, and likely jobs. If you buy a new MMORPG that crashes every time your character jumps while running, chances are you will not like the game and tell all of your friends not to buy it. This is a serious setback for the game company. The customers that bought their product will not buy it again and neither will their friends. This company now will have invested millions of dollars in game development, manufacturing, shipping, and marketing costs but no one will buy their game because of one glitch. What if a game company creates a new way to play online, but it's just too complicated? This is a serious setback, the company executives might of thought that the this new system was "cool" but in fact, from the gamer's perspective, there's nothing "cool" about trying to figure out how to login to play the game online. Again, no one will buy this game and the manufacturing company will lose millions! The answer is NO - programmers are not gamers, they won't find all the bugs that a gamer will. If a company pays you $40/hr to play games and find glitches for them that would otherwise ruin the game experience for the user, and possibly hurt their sales, from their perspective it's really a good deal. 3. What kind of games will I beta test? These games have all been beta tested before release:
4. Can I still go to school, or work my 9-5 job, what about Education requirements?
5. Can I test games on the XBOX 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, Gameboy, etc? This will depend on the job that you land. If you only want to test games on the XBOX ONLY then your employment opportunities will obviously be limited. You will apply for jobs that you like and test on whatever system that you wish to test on. 6. Is there a position open in California, Texas, Ohio, [Insert State name here]? Yes, we have listings NATIONWIDE. Including test from your home positions.
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