Review: Earn $10-$120 an hour while perfecting your hand eye coordination as a video game tester.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
Do you spend it on total number of hours every week with your eyes glued to the television screen or computer monitor protecting your and I coordination playing video games? Is your data measured in how many red Bulls you drink rather than actual hours? Do you know more about how to defeat Orcs and goblins than you ever thought anyone could? Has your mom or dad ever use the phrase. "If you spend half as much energy on studying as you do playing video games you could really make something of yourself" then being a video game or beta tester may be the perfect job for you. That's right, playing video games can be a job!! And you can earn anywhere from $10-$120 an hour!! For something, you were going to spend the vast majority of your day doing anyway. The only difference between playing video games in your house and at a game tester is that you are required to take notes on everything from how the game can be improved, to be more realistic and/or believable as well as documenting any technical glitches or bugs that interfere with game play occur.Although getting paid to play video games, sounds good on paper it can become rather tedious rather quickly, because then the game tester you don't simply play the game straight through, and then get paid. You have to take detailed notes on every aspect of the game that can be improved before its final release date. This process can be rather time-consuming. However there are some major advantages. The first and foremost (aside from being paid, of course) is that as a beta tester you will be able to play some of the most exciting and cutting-edge video games of the year before anyone else.Not to mention, that being a video game tester does not require any significant technical skills or background. All that is required is that a tester has an eye for detail decent hand eye coordination and an ability to learn the rules of a game quickly and possesses the ability to take legible notes and give constructive feedback. If being a video game tester sounds like a dream come true, than you definitely need to read "how to become a video game tester -- the simple guide to Landing gamer & beta tester jobs." By Swaggy Beta this book is a handy little volume that will provide you with the basic information to get started on the path to becoming a professional game tester in will explain to you in easy-to-understand language the literal definition of what a game tester is and what they do, and other important things such as the appropriate steps for preparing to be a game tester, as well as explaining the downside to having your dream job as a video game tester.Anyone interested in having a career in the videogame industry even if they don't necessarily want to be a game tester should read this book for the insight and information on the ins and outs of the videogame creation world.This book is a treasure trove of information backup with solid data noted your game tester should be without a copy on their bookshelf.