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Thanks for all the great suggestions last week. Lots of you suggested video game technology and I think that's a great idea. We'll be here for a couple weeks or so, then we'll move on to some of the other suggestions.
Have you ever thought about how cool it would be to be a video game tester? Sitting around all day, drinking Dr. Pepper and eating Cheetos and testing out the latest releases of all the coolest games on the market? (Maybe the Dr. Pepper and Cheetos is just MY fantasy)
Well, turns out you're not the first to think of it. In fact, a reporter (a chick!) for the Seattle Weekly News did just that a couple years back. I think what she found will actually surprise you.
So take a bit of time to read this article. It's long, but it's a good read. Wait to comment until Thursday. Answer these questions for credit: 1) What surprised you about this article? 2) Now that you've read this article, would you want this job? 3) Why or why not?
Talk to me . . .
http://tinyurl.com/286zbd
105 comments:
I always believed testers were hired full time and in a specific field. You could become a hardware tester, a gameplay tester, etc. The industry is much more cruel than I pictured it. I'd like this job if I were lucky enough to gain full time employment but the money you are paid is not enough to make it through the times of low activity.
Blake 4th
i think it would be a fun to have a job such as a video game tester.. but i would like to get paid more than 8.25 lol :P
-Andrew 8th
that so easy xbox live gold to i play to halo3 and gear or war2 that was easy to gear of war2 to but that easy and halo3 that so sound like fun
lucasjardon 10/5/2011 8prideo
I was not really surprised about the artical because I always got a feeling that a job that tests out video games sounds to good to be true.
I wouldn't really want to have this job, because you are never sure if you will keep your job and its only 8.25.
All in all this article interested me a lot and I hope I won't become a video game tester.
Tyler S. 8th
It surprised me that it can be so random whether or not you work that day; I always assumed it was a more stable job, even if there was time with no work. I didn't want this job before I read the article, and I still don't. It sounds extremely stressfull with pay that wouldn't be enough considering all the time you don't work, and I don't really like video games anyway.
-Tobin, 1st
I actually thought they just played games the whole time and no i wouldnt want the job because it just seem like it would be boring
-K.Mac 1st
1. That video game testers dont judt sit around and play video games, its more to the job.
2. No.
3. Its not a for sure job, its a first come first serve situation.
-Vincent, 1st.
i was so supraised cuz i thought video game tester was the life but come to find out its not i didnt know that they had to sit there and wait for a problem to occur and fix it they really should change the name of the job its kinda miss leading i wouldnt eveeer in my life want this job because i would be thinking about actually playing and that would make me mizerable for the rest of my life
-Miara 1st
i was so supraised cuz i thought video game tester was the life but come to find out its not i didnt know that they had to sit there and wait for a problem to occur and fix it they really should change the name of the job its kinda miss leading i wouldnt eveeer in my life want this job because i would be thinking about actually playing and that would make me mizerable for the rest of my life
-Miara 1st
nothing really surprised me about the article..No I would not like to have this job, because I easily get frustrated with a lot of thinking.
-Takarya 1st
The thing that surprised me about the article was that its not all fun and play like i thought it would be. At this time i would want this job because the money is good per hour just to sit on ya butt and test video games. TUTT-1
One of the things that surprised me about this job was the fact that some deaths are caused by addiction to the video games. I didn't know video games could cause something that serious. I would not want this job.
I don't like video games to start with. And I feel like it would hurt my eyes really bad...I can't sit at the the computer for more than an hour without my eyes hurting, much less video games. I wouldn't like to become addicted and die either...
Ellen 1st
1)nothing really surprised me about it.
2)yes i would want this job.
3)i would becuse although this is my job i will also do other things becuse just sitting there testin games isnt enough for me to do.
D'jarius Williams-1st
#5W@Gg
I thought testing video games would be a little more interesting, but there is such much more than what I expected. The number of steps that they have to go through before they can even play the game is just unbearable. After I read this article, I don't want this job because they switch out the people and plus, you don't get paid enough. There's no stability in that profession.
Amanda-1st
I love games!! I always wanted to be a game designer and a game tester I got like good ideas for new games!!! I know I want this job but I want to know what I am going to start off doing before I can just sit around and play with games. Has anyone seen the movie "17 again"? Because in that movie there is a person who sits at his house and play games.
I think that is what a game designer does and thats what I want to do I am sure they get a lot of money!! Because of what they do.
Nhi #1
Well I guess if I want to be sitting at home playing games then I would have to work really hard to make a game that would entertain a person right?
Nhi #1
I still want the job and probably get some extra backup jobs just in case ya'll know? Does anybody else think the job is ok besides me?
Nhi #1
The article suprised me, of how hard the job is. To order to work you have to get there super early just to write your name on a spot so you will work that day. Its sad if someone else takes your spot for that day. Now that i read this article, i wouldnt want it. I will rather work at ciciz pizza. I dont want it because the job or game tester job seems too eeehhh not for me, and too boring, just seating there all day. What suprises me about the article is that, its kinda sad... After eigh hours of playing or testing the games, you have a major headache, and when you get up you feel all dizzy.
H.M 1st period
1.I was supprised to find out that the job had no stability, and that even if you lan a job you could be laid off at any time.
2.I wouldn't want this job.
3.I wouldn't like to sit at a screen and play for 24 hours or any more than a hour.
Michael 1st period
I feel like I'm typing to myself!! Is anyone reading other people's blogs or are all of you just reading your own blogs!!!! :(
Nhi #1
Honestly i thought the contracting of the testes would be more easy, and orginised than it was tat was what suprised me abou tthis job. Well aother thing was how you have to take the same steps every day to even start palying a game. Before i thought this would be a greatt way to get easy money but the stress and and the time for the console to load is too much, i cant stand slow thing i can't. I couln't work like that, i couldn't, this job would be perfect to gain calories if i was skiny, but unfortunatly i am fat so this job would not be for me.
Victor - 1st
Nhi i read it, dont worry i think that to...:(
The things that surpised me most about the article is that the testers and gamers actually work twenty four hour shifts of testing and testing. They each sit for hours and hours on end looking at and for the most tedious little things.
I wouldnt not want a job like this, i am inexperienced in video games and i have no real patience to sit for hours while continuosly fidgeting with virtaul people, weapons, animals and other objects.
I would Go INSANE.......
Brittany Diaz 1st period
I was suprised at the long hours and general uncertainty of the job. I wouldn't want to do this job because it is to uncertain and precarious as well as physically and mentally taxing.
Alejandra Diaz 4th Period
what suprised me the most about the article is how boring in reality the job was. no after reading that article i would not want that job. you are making almost nothing with 8.25$ per hour and it probably isnt as fun as you would think it would be.
Curly 4th
it surprised me that xbox systems are crashing and the testers are actually tryimng to fix this. tho im not really into game systems i wouldnt want this job because i would get mad at the xbox and "crash it myslef"
jasmine-4
What Surprised Me About The Article Was The Female Doing It. Now That Ive Read The Article I Wouldnt Want To Do The Job Because I Dont Wanna Just Sit Down A Play Video Games All Day, Wasting The Time Of My Life. . .
Jeron G. 4th Pd.
I think that building video games and testing them can be a very fun but also difficult. I would like the job because i play video games on a daily bases so it would be fun to sit there and test them everyday. I was suprised that every one in the group had to test the game and take many notes over it and communicate with the group to see if the decision of the error was accurate.
D'Ante Riggins 4th
Wat surprised me more is the video game tester job!!! it is awesome, i would be more than happy to have that job lol because it is kinda enteristing and more if you get pay for having fun!!!!!!!!!!! =D
-Paz 4th
I was surprised that it was so hard to keep a job as a game tester; people are randomly fired. I wouldn't want to do it, and didn't really even before I read the article. Sitting staring at a screen all day for days at a time, I already know, makes me feel like absolute crud. lol but I know I'll do my best to do this anyway when Arkham City comes out later this month! woo
-Brittany Wells, 4th
it surprised that the feild is so unstable and that there are really that many people who actualy want this job. i would never want to be a video game tester. it seems to unstable, boaring and underpaied and i dont like video games to begin with. emily 4th
igot surprised of videos gmes and
new game systm someting like that
i like this article and the job cause it is amazing, awesome, and fantastic.
I didn't think that when you get an update for a game the game testers would have start making new updates right after they just came out with one.
No I don't think I'd like to be a game tester because of the time you have to spend working on it.
Gavin~4th
What surprised me about this article is how the article described the job as if he did not like it. Most people would enjoy that kind of job. I guess it just depends on how you view it, because one of the guys did not even have to be there. He just chose to. I would like to work there but not permanently since keeping a job like that would be impossible. And making a living with that kind of pay is not really good. I would just work there for a few months until i find a real job or something like that.
Bonifilio Soto 4th
what i think about this article its that i thought they would of done more but i guess they dont. i wouldnt want to be a video game tester becasue i would get bored and no that aint going to happen and also its not worth it.
yoana- 4th period
i was surprised at how long the prosses of testing a new game or game system takes. but yea i wounld still do this job. cause no mater where you go a job is still going to require work so as long as i get to kick of my shoes and play some video games afterwards then im all for it. and its only part time so its all for fun and you get payed! so sighn me up
Luis M.-4th
igot surprised of videos gmes and
new game systm someting like that
i like this article and the job cause it is amazing, awesome, and fantastic.
-johnny 4th
I never thought that with all there game places on the planet that there was a full time job for each place. The industry is a lot harder to get a job in then i figured. I always thought that testers were everywhere but nevere so much that a few minutes late and your out of a job that day. The job sounds good when you talk about it to your friends but I wouldnt want a job that pays peanuts.
Zach-4
Yeah i always that a game tester was awsome because you play new videos games and sat and ate all day while getting paid easy money but i was wrong. Because what surprise me more about the article was that is the opposit of that. You sit in a type of cube close together and theres people all around you every one is trying out the games but to see which ones are not good and good.I wouldn't like this job because it is not how i picture it i picture it at a comfortable place were everyone was chilling and having fun. Also how can you be working in a place were everyone is so neutral and dont even communicate with one another.
Marsilo-4th
1.that they actually get a chance to play with the games
2.in a certain kind of way yes
3.because i get to try it before anyone else
JacQues 4th
What surprised me the most about this article is the way that not all shifts were guaranteed. I thought once you were hired, the job was yours. Personally, I wouldn't want this job because although I like video games, I only choose to play them for short periods of time.
Jameika 5th
1. because they get to play the games and have fun
2. Yes
3. They get to play them before anyone else
- LANDON-5th
it really suprised me to find out that people die from video games..thats just not right. but i wouldnt want this job because i dont like playing video games, i just dont really see how they are entertaining. i personally think they are kind of boring.
it really suprised me to find out that people die from video games..thats just not right. but i wouldnt want this job because i dont like playing video games, i just dont really see how they are entertaining. i personally think they are kind of boring.
ellen ash-5th
what suprised me the most about the article is how boring in reality the job was. they dont make enough money to even work i think. and no i wouldnt want to do this job for a living. not enough money at all.
Osman 5th
What surprised me about this article was that it was not at all what i expected. The name is so misleading. Now that i have read this i wouldn't want this job because you won't have a real secure stable job and umm well i would really like to get paid more than 8.25 |:
-Ivette F. p5
I would hate to be a video game tester. Ew like that doesn't sound fun at all. All you would do is sit on your butt all day long and twiddle your thumbs around. Your thumbs would be in the best shape, but you as a whole..well not so much. And most of the video games today are so violent and bloody, yuck! Im not surprised that the "dream job" was too good to be ture. There had to be a down side to it.
Elizabeth Turner
5th
I was surprised that they let really anyone do the job. I would never want this job, ever; just not me. That job requires you to stare at screen for a long period of time, which I never do even for an hour, and also sitting still in the same spot; never something I can do.
this article suprised me because it talked about video game tester. i would and i wouldn't want this job because people could call you a nerd.
-david b. 5th
I was surprised that they let really anyone do the job. I would never want this job, ever; just not me. That job requires you to stare at screen for a long period of time, which I never do even for an hour, and also sitting still in the same spot; never something I can do.
-The Boss; David Radnitzer
-5th
What surpricsed me the most was the amount you get paid. But i mean ill take the job think about it getting pay for something i do all the time its like a dream coming true.
Miguelito 5th
I knew that there was such a thing as video game testing. I had no idea that it was actually like a job you go in for and have to sign up to do. Now that I know it is a job it would be really cool to just chill all day and test out video games, but I think it would get boring after a while. I like that the job doesn't require really any knowledge of video games though because I don't know a whole lot about video games.
-Meleah 5th
what suprised me about this article was that ive always though being a game tester would just be a easy job....[especially if you like video games] jst sit around playing a videogame...bt its more than that...it's actually playing it,testing it and finding out what needs to be fixed...so it kinda sucks that the game ur playing has glitches here and there.
i like playing videos but not too much to sit and play it everyday...a couple of hrs a day is enough for me
what suprised me about this article was that ive always though being a game tester would just be a easy job....[especially if you like video games] jst sit around playing a videogame...bt its more than that...it's actually playing it,testing it and finding out what needs to be fixed...so it kinda sucks that the game ur playing has glitches here and there.
i like playing videos but not too much to sit and play it everyday...a couple of hrs a day is enough for me
norma 5th :]
Nothing really surprised me about the article knowing that gamers sometimes will do anything to get pay for doing their favorite hobby; playing video games. No i wouldn't want this job because even though i do play them i would probably get tired doing it all day.
Eric M 7th
what surpriced me the most was that people actualy died from playing to much. i would not want to work there unless it was my only option because it is a lot of work and not enough life.
M.Huesca 7th
suprised by: how stressful it is, how hard the job is, and how hard it is to keep if you dont get there in time.
would i want that job....NO! i would starve i do not like getting up and getting there would be hard for me.....also stress and worrying and i suck at stuff involving games. and i kinda hate them....
Jasmine - 7th
what surprised me was that if you didnt show up on time or not early enough your job for that day would be gone. i would not want this job because you dont get paid enough and i dont like playing video games for more than 30 minutes at a time unless im playing online or with my friends
Shaq
7th
It seems game testers have been condemned to repeat the same part in the game over and over again just to make sure most of the glitches out of the game is a good thing. All work is hard, they don't call it work for nothing. Otherwise, for PS3, Betas can be downloaded either on the free internet service (which is really bad...They need to update it for reals), or the Playstation Shop. Beta testers are the gamers themselves in some of the new multiplayer games that are coming out. Such as the Battlefield 3 Beta, which I happen to have. ^_^.
-Matthew DeWard 7th
What surprised me is that the job that everyone wants sucks. No i wouldnt ever become a tester but to the people that do, goodluck. Why? Because I would get bored and lose focus.
One thing i found intresting was that instead of just enjoying their game playing, they had to look and make sure all the effects and graphics were working correctly. I wouldnt want this job because i would feel like im wasting my day by sitting around.
Mr.Dylan Rusk-7th
I always wanted to be a game tester, getting to sit around and play my favorite game before they even came out. It surprised me that none of that was true. The title of this job is very misleading. I would not like to sit there and turn consoles on and off for a living. And the worse part is..... not chips while playing!!!!!!
-Luke 7th
What surprised me is that the job that everyone wants sucks. No i wouldnt ever become a tester but to the people that do, goodluck. Why? Because I would get bored and lose focus.
gary b- 7th
I found interesting how they only get paid $8.25 per hour. I thought they would get paid more but I guess not. No, I wouldn't want to be a game tester because I'm not that type of person that is interested in video games at all.
-Diana 7th pd.
This was a pretty shocking article.
All this time being a vid tester was lame. Who woulda thunk. I know plenty of people who would kill to get a job like that. It was very suprising at what actually went on during the process of testing video games. Having to re-boot pause for glittches, call for assistence, etc. leaves about 1 percent of the job to actual game playing. Because of this, I would never get near this job and I think after reading this article, neither would anyone else.
Ross C. - 7
What surprised me the most was the bluntness of the company's to replace ones job. If I were to be interviewed by an associate and accepted into the job, I wouldn't want to show up early in the morning to figure out my job was taken by some random guys that "showed" he wanted to be there by arriving earlier than me. Honestly, I wouldn't want this job. It takes too much toll on the body and mind. Sitting there doing to same thing for extended hours (8 or 24)is not my cup of tea. I'd rather find a real job and get real money. The jobs seems boring too, depending on the tasks that they have set for you. My prefernece is playing a video game instead of pushing the "On/Off" button repeatedly by different methods. It's a waste of my time. Precious Time. 'Nuff Said!!
Neil Baquiran - 7th
I never realized that the job was demanding, not all fun and games like it seems it would be. And yeah, they get to play the games first, but it still seems super boring and hard too.
I would never ever want this job. I couldnt deal with looking at a screen for such a long time. It seems completely boring to me.
-Katherine :) 7th
i always thought that the testers would be there full time..thats what surprised me...yeah this job would be kinda cool, but i wouldn't want it just because..... i'm not a BIG video game player.
What surprised me about this article was the total lack of fun included in this job. I always imagined a group of people just sitting around playing video games but it turns out to be nothing like that. I don't think that i would like this job simply due to all the menial labor. It's just too boring. Plus, playing video games for work just takes all the fun out of it.
Gage Green-7
Nothing really surprised me about the article. I have a cousin in that line of work and he does alright.
Nicholas Morin - 7th period
1)it surprised me that a chick wrote it,because guys are usually the only ones who plays games or even tests them,but its also one of the facts that i liked about the article.i mean seriously who wouldnt like to have a girl friend that loves to play videogames??
2)i wouldnt ever want this job because i couldnt ever appreceate videogames the same way ever again,but then again it would be cool to get paid for "pushing buttions" all day.
3)look at num 2
-matt,7th
i was supriesd to find that she didnt get to work,to be honist iv never wanted to be a game tester, i hate games, iv never picked up a controller for an x-box or a wii or anyt other consol, i think being a game tester would be a waste of time.
michi-7
1) What suprised me the most was that it's so fickle with it's job security. It wouldn't be the kind of job that I would want if I were the breadwinner.
2)If it was just my partner and I, then yes. But if I had little ones running around then no.
3)I would enjoy knowing information before others but I would always be anxious about my job going POOF! Thus leaving me without any way to help provide for babies.
- Rye, 7th
Nhi! I'm listening! LOL
**** yes!!! Even though the job can be grinding at times the sense of gamers euphoria you get after playing a game on the finnal 24 hour shift is awsome! So i'm told. Plus after beating the enemy AI into the ground for the 4th time that day makes you feel like your a beast!
Nicholas Morin - 7th period
Hey Victor . . . you might wanna proof your stuff. Testes does not equal TESTERS. lol
Paz . . . ummmm . . . did you read the same article we read?
WHY does everyone hate this job it sounds awesome.
Nicholas Morin - 7th period
That A company based on its scientific accuracy could be so unorganized and unprofessinal. No, it is allot of work and long boreing hours for not allot of money.
@ReidPerry14 -8th
I always thought gamers were hired in a more professional way and organized differently. I wouldn't want this job because of the uncertainty of whether or not I'd get to work or even test the video games.
After that article I really wouldn't want the job, because it actually sounds kind of boring. I thought that a company just had a small group that they used for testers all the time, and I didn't know that it was just in some computer lab in the upper floors of a company office building.
Trenton B. 8th
what surprised me about this article is that you can get paid to do that. No i would not want this job. The reason why I would not want this job is because video games bore me.
Raul 8th
The fact that it is a girl that is really intense about gaming doing this job surprised me. I expected a bunch of south park characters from the World of War Craft episode. I wouldn't really want to have this job because that is not really my passion nor would I want to simply have to do what they all do. It would probably ruin games for me.
Sam 8
Sam 8
The article suprised me by the amount the employes are paid for a job that is not even guaranteed the next day. I would not like this job mainly because the amount paid is not enough. $8.25 would not be a good budget for me.
- Juanita 8th
That would be awesome to just sit around all day doing nothing. I don't really want to play the game, I mean that would be awesome, but I want to actually design the game. This article was really interesting, my brother is the one who wants to be a game tester and that would be good for him to know. I was curious on how the game testing job works, not getting there early enough, and being replaced.
-Destiny 8th
I always thought gamers were hired in a more professional way and organized differently. I wouldn't want this job because of the uncertainty of whether or not I'd get to work or even test the video games.
Savannah 8
No, Nick it sounds like a WHIPPIN. On. Off. On. Off. On. Off. On. Off. On. Off.
I'm good, thanks.
Well im really surprised that people out there take or have this job. And yes, i would want to have a job like that because it would be really cool to have a job like a that and not everybody has that job.
-Andrew 8th
The thing that surprised me is that a girl was one of the video game testers. I would not want this job because I already want to be a Labor and Delivery Nurse.
-Kacy 8th
I was surprised by how easy it is to become a video game tester. I always assumed that it was a difficult process because if it weren't, there would be millions and millions of video game testers in the United States and around the world. But there aren't. Now I realize that the reason there aren't so many people sitting around playing video games for a living is that not everyone who signs on to test games actually gets a job. There are only a certain amount of spots; that's what makes it a competitive field. Only those dedicated enough can actually make it far.
I would not want this job. I'm not a big fan of video games, and I would be very bored if that was all I did all day, even if I did get paid. I wouldn't want to have to wake up so early and compete for slots in a job that I didn't even care that much about. And I wouldn't have to deal with the stress of half-baked games that kept breaking down, leading to days that were focused on technical issues instead of playing games.
~Miranda, 8th
And it surprised me that this job wasn't as anyone expect. They just imagine getting to play videos games all day and say 'yes' or 'no'
and Kacy copied my first thing
Sam 8
Umm, I'm pretty sure Sam is not telling the truth!
-Kacy 8th
Sam? Kacy is Copy McCopierson?
that xbox live gold need be carl to do not dorp beacuse have lot pay $350 beause but u need be carfully
lucasjardon
10/5/2011
8prideo
What i think about the article is that the people that are hire to test the games to me honestly i wouldnt wanna work doing that the game would be soo BORING!! And i didnt think anything was intresting about the article.
NElis 8th
i would not like to have this job because it pays very low and boring well for me. im not much of a gamer myself and plus the hours eehhh no lol i dont like to wake to early. what surprices me was how boring it is it sounds like its too good to be true. -__-
-eeelliiii(: <3
1. The thing that suprised me the most was video game testers do more work than you think. 2. No. 3. Video games are not something that interest me.
becca-8
i thougth that testers had full time jobs from movies i saw and i wouldnt want that job because there a lot of uncertainty in that deparpment
placido 8th
I was surprised by how easily one could lose their job for the day and also by the fact that their jobs aren't like normal ones where a set amount of people show up and somebody who just shows up when it's not their day can get the job if they were faster than others who were on the actual roster. Honestly, I've never really thought about doing this particular job, but now that I know more about it I most definitely am not interested in getting it because of just how easy it it to be out of work and because of the ridiculous hours that they have to pull whenever the employer says, no warning, no negotiation, just do it or no work at all that day.
Ashley R. 7th
Thanks Mrs. L i feel better!! :)
I love this blog thing cause we can talk to anyone!!!
Nhi #1
OMG it's FRIDAY!!! Yah Peprally!!! Hey everyone look for me!! and wave don't worry I will wave back I really wanted to be that dragon I would be very good at it how can I sign up does anyone know? :D
Nhi #1
What suprised me about this article was how boring the job is and how hard it is too keep a job as a videogame tester, and i would not want to be a videogamne tester because it seems boring to me and i dont like videogames.
Samantha Morris- 4th
im not surprised this is too good to be true! there had to be a catcxh to it. sitting in front of a screen seems soooooo boring and i would hate to do that. no matter what the circumstance!!
caroline kingham 5
i wouldnt want the job it soundsd boring dealing with video games :(
-Bria :) 5th
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