Want to Get Paid to Play Games?! Become a Computer Game Tester!
Imagine being able to turn on your Xbox 360 and boot up the next Gears of War game before anyone else. Now imagine getting to play a portion of the game and kick locusts butt from the comfort of your own home (no standing in a line at convention booths) at your own pace. Now imagine getting paid to do all of this! Amazing, huh? Well guess what, this is the life for thousands of people that have become computer game testers!
If you’re interested in becoming a computer game tester, however, you need to know some key things about the industry and how to break in. This article will cover the basics to get you started.
First of all, computer game testing isn’t as glamorous as you may believe. Yeah, you get paid to test video games for companies, but all of your time isn’t spent getting head shots in Halo or leveling up your characters in World of Warcraft. No, a majority of your tasks as computer game tester will be almost remedial things like testing a character’s walk and run speeds and exploring locations to the fullest.
It can get pretty boring. But the time you spend doing the other stuff is what you always hear about. And for good reason, the job has its ups and downs, like any jobs, but the parts that you really enjoy are naturally going to come to the surface. If after hearing this you’re still interested in computer game testing, then read on.



