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Don't misunderstand me::wow power leveling
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harrisonail
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01/26/2010 22:54:49
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Don't misunderstand me::wow power leveling
It's a problem when talking to people about your job, when your job is videogames. Because to them, since videogames are fun, then obviously the just is fun too. And it is, don't misunderstand me - I get to play videogames for hours and - in your face, suckers! - it's research. Even being on-the-job is pretty fun, particularly when a product is nearing completion. There are worse things than spending all day, playing something you've worked hard on. And that worse thing are spending all day, in the months prior to release, actually making the game. Again, don't misunderstand me - I love my job. My job is awesome. But as a job, is is also at best "work" and at worst "hard." Hours of document writing, late nights when things need to be caught up, the general stress of working to keep a group of people headed in the right direction, on time, and within the budget. Post release support, customer interaction, etc. and etc. - like I said, it's a job and jobs, no matter how awesome and perk filled they are ("I'll be over here at EB Games while you shop, sweetie." "I thoug..." "RESEARCH! Whoo-hoo!") take effort. All of this game to mind when Sony announced The Tester, the reality game show where 11 contestants compete for $5K and the chance to go to work as a videogamer tester. And in an industry that is (as qualified above) both awesome, but work, testing has the suckier awesome-work ratio. I know this, because that's how I got into games.
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When I started, the games industry in Vancouver was basically booming, and Radical bestisdimob Entertainment was growing to the point that it was decided an internal testing team was required. Being lucky enough to have heard about it through friends, I applied and was accepted. Not because of my skills per se (I was a decent gamer working on a liberal arts degree, and hence, could both ponder and communicate with a minimum of "ums"), but because testers made jack, I held out for an additional squat, and viola, I was in the industry.
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