1. Games tester all the way…

   
   Comment by PSN ID: Artiom — May 23, 2008 @ 3:04 pm

2. Oh dear, I can’t believe you actually put localisation up there, have you any idea what that takes?

   
   Comment by ojko — May 23, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

3. While games testing isn’t quite as exciting as everyone seems to think, it’s my job so it gets my vote.

   For anyone who has glamourised it in their heads, imagine playing a broken game over and over again for months and then when it finally works they take it off you. Thats the life of a games tester.

   
   Comment by Marious — May 23, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

4. i’d have put games tester if it paid well!

   decided on games writer.

   
   Comment by wratty — May 23, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

5. Games testing fun?

   Hahahahaha!

   
   Comment by Ricky — May 23, 2008 @ 3:20 pm

6. localisation lol

   
   Comment by iagdad — May 23, 2008 @ 3:21 pm

7. Go localisation!!!

   
   Comment by Gul — May 23, 2008 @ 3:36 pm

8. I can give first person account that it is definitely not the programming part.

   Being a game designer/director is definitely where the action is at. You order people to do all the hard work and get to keep all the credit and glory to yourself.

   Bliss.

   
   Comment by Kamiboy — May 23, 2008 @ 3:55 pm

9. level and character design!!!

   
   Comment by JohnSketch — May 23, 2008 @ 4:13 pm

10. The only good job in the games industry is being the I.T. guy. You do nothing all day long and get to hog the entire company’s internet connection in order to get the latest episodes of Lost / Battlestar Gallactica / Heroes / etc.

    All other games industry positions are in some way disappointing.

    
    Comment by CaptainGoldfish — May 23, 2008 @ 4:31 pm

11. I vote for level/character design here too.

    
    Comment by Mad Godji — May 23, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

12. @10 exact,

    or localization in SCEE,
    generating months delay of content ,while actually doing nothing and releasing the demo (or games) 1-1 to the store..
    (see pain,ratchet,HV bowling)

    
    Comment by terrortime — May 23, 2008 @ 4:49 pm

13. How does someone become a games tester… i would seriously love to be one, having played games for over 15 years and watched as the generation of gaming has evolved. What would it take to become one???

    
    Comment by Static-X — May 23, 2008 @ 5:24 pm

14. has to be producer, they do naff all from what i gather.

    
    Comment by mobiletone — May 23, 2008 @ 5:30 pm

15. Not surprised people have said games tester - but a lot of people don’t realise that testing means more than just playing game upon game. You have to note every little bug and report on it in every exact detail so the codies can fix it. Then you have to play levels over and over again, trying different approaches so nobody can do anything to find glitches in the final game. It’s not just playing.

    
    Comment by Youlikeyams — May 23, 2008 @ 7:01 pm

16. I think a good example of games testing that I heard would be to walk into every single wall section from every possible angle in a Zelda game with all the concievable combinations of items, weapons and armour.
    Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but zzzzz.

    
    Comment by Estel — May 23, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

17. As a developer & tester of desktop PC & internet applications, I would vote for…

    Blog writer.

    Gissa’ job… I can do that!

    Getting paid to surf the internet, read press releases, gaming magazines, other blogs, speaking to people all day about gaming, and then writing reviews, speculation & rumours, your own opinions, ridiculing other people’s suggestions, and generally having a laugh at every delay, bug, poor game-play, odd characters, and just broken ideas, is just what I do now… all apart from getting paid for it

    BFN,

    fp.

    
    Comment by fanpages — May 23, 2008 @ 7:31 pm

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19. A good storyline is one of the most important things for me in a game so I would probably enjoy working as a script-writer them most.

    I would really love to do mo-cap and voice acting as well. That would be really awesome.

    
    Comment by Mace — May 23, 2008 @ 9:31 pm

20. Game tester and I don’t give you my reasons.
    I believed that then, and I believe that now.

    
    Comment by Ton Capone — May 23, 2008 @ 10:16 pm

21. I always thought that being a game tester would be pretty a pretty awesome job, but then I thought about how much I’ve really hated most of my jobs. Would games - over all - still be fun if it’s what I did all day? If I went to work and had to play through a game, would I then go home and still enjoy GT5:P? Would I even login to play Warhawk? Would I have played Ratchet & Clank: ToD through 4 times like I have?

    I think being an artist would be pretty sweet. In all the extras you see on movies or “The Making” video for games they always show how they progressed to get to what was actually used. That looks like a crap load of fun honestly.

    
    Comment by tdh — May 24, 2008 @ 1:12 am

22. is there anywhere that applys for games testers? I would happily play any game in an form to test for bugs glitches… even the whole walk into walls constantly with zelda etc. sure it maybe not fun in many eyes i would happily enjoy that experience knowing im helping to make the game better experience in the final version.

    Please someone employ me!!!

    static_x_o@hotmail.com

    Thanks

    
    Comment by Static-X — May 24, 2008 @ 11:43 am

23. MARKETING!!! You get to smoke drugs all day and make cray adverts then have sex with hookers then kill them to get your money back, then sleep and turn up to work maybe once a month. Well if you are a marketer at SCEE that is…

    
    Comment by carl — May 24, 2008 @ 5:34 pm

24. Don’t forget the musicians! The music and sound effects in games are equally as important as the graphics and programming. More so these days when we have 5.1 surround sound and cinema-style soundtracks. Geesh look at Warhawk - didn’t they use the national orchestra from Slovakia to create the soundtrack! I used to write a bit of music on my computer (back in the Amiga scene days:)) and would have loved to have had the chance to work in the games industry on the music.

    
    Comment by reakt — May 24, 2008 @ 5:45 pm

25. Games Testers?

    FYI:
    [ http://www.1upgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=415 ]

    BFN,

    fp.

    
    Comment by fanpages — May 24, 2008 @ 6:12 pm

26. Are you kidding me?? who actually thinks games testing is fun??

    you sit there repeating monotonous tasks until something breaks. Games testing is not fun. You don’t get to play GT5 as you would normally do. you get to go in and out of every menu hundreds of times checking the controls work and things behave how they should. you get to drive round the tracks at 1mph nudging every wall to check you cant fall through one of them.

    but meh, what ever floats your boat. Personally i would vote for a creative position.

    
    Comment by SH4RKY — May 24, 2008 @ 6:40 pm

27. Thankyou “fanpages” have applied and hope I get through. I come from Portsmouth, so Reading isn’t too bad

    
    Comment by Static-X — May 24, 2008 @ 8:47 pm

28. whoever put games tester has obviously never worked in the industry…it truly is the lowest of the low.

    
    Comment by disaster_area — May 25, 2008 @ 12:44 am

29. Localisation because it’s my ideal lazy job
    lol

    
    Comment by mark — May 25, 2008 @ 1:51 pm

30. Anyone who thinks game tester is the best job in the industry is ignorant of the industry. The pay is low; the work tedious and monotonous, even when testing a good game, and excruciatingly so when testing a bad game; and the hours can be quite long.

    Before you form opinions about things, do a little research. Game testing is an OK job, but does not compare to most, if not all, of the other jobs choices in the industry.

    
    Comment by Randy — May 26, 2008 @ 5:43 pm

31. Being John Sketch:

    Because I am Me and that is the BEST JOB EVER!!!!

    
    Comment by JohnSketch — May 27, 2008 @ 10:16 am

32. Well I see I’m pretty much alone in this, but I would say script writer.

    This is only because as someone who came from Uni with a degree in film and script-writing I see endless possibilities for great game stories and scripts to be made…although this isn’t happening too much now, I think game producers are wise to the fact that we want better game scripts and stories.

    I would love to move from the current department I work in now within the games industry to script development/creation, but I can’t see that happening anytime soon.

    
    Comment by mikeck — May 27, 2008 @ 11:54 am

33. best job in gaming is being a PR rep for the company. You get to go to all the big shows and play the working versions of the games while doing interviews with the press. Since that wasn’t listed as an option I put Level and Character designer.

    
    Comment by Moses — May 28, 2008 @ 1:42 pm

34. Gamestesester, eh??

    You don’t REALLY do any work on the game itself, you just tell the [real] developers where the bugs are… Not exactly a dreamjob, imho.

    I am a texture artist in the gaming industry, and I love that my hobby has been turned into my moneymaker. :p

    
    Comment by Name withheld upon request — Jun 2, 2008 @ 11:47 am

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