Comments on: Poll: and the best job in gaming is… /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/ We're not PlayStation but we sometimes get to speak to them Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Name withheld upon request /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-205756 Name withheld upon request Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:47:50 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-205756 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 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

]]> By: Moses /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-202118 Moses Wed, 28 May 2008 13:42:04 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-202118 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. 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.

]]> By: mikeck /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-201353 mikeck Tue, 27 May 2008 11:54:25 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-201353 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. 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.

]]> By: JohnSketch /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-201232 JohnSketch Tue, 27 May 2008 10:16:59 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-201232 Being John Sketch: Because I am Me and that is the BEST JOB EVER!!!! Being John Sketch:

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

]]> By: Randy /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-200561 Randy Mon, 26 May 2008 17:43:25 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-200561 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. 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.

]]> By: mark /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-199587 mark Sun, 25 May 2008 13:51:43 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-199587 Localisation because it's my ideal lazy job :P lol Localisation because it’s my ideal lazy job :P
lol

]]> By: disaster_area /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-199212 disaster_area Sun, 25 May 2008 00:44:17 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-199212 whoever put games tester has obviously never worked in the industry...it truly is the lowest of the low. whoever put games tester has obviously never worked in the industry…it truly is the lowest of the low.

]]> By: Static-X /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-199002 Static-X Sat, 24 May 2008 20:47:03 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-199002 Thankyou "fanpages" have applied and hope I get through. I come from Portsmouth, so Reading isn't too bad 8) Thankyou “fanpages” have applied and hope I get through. I come from Portsmouth, so Reading isn’t too bad 8)

]]> By: SH4RKY /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-198867 SH4RKY Sat, 24 May 2008 18:40:41 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-198867 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. 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.

]]> By: fanpages /blog/2008/05/poll-and-the-best-job-in-gaming-is/comment-page-1/#comment-198845 fanpages Sat, 24 May 2008 18:12:59 +0000 /blog/?p=1105#comment-198845 Games Testers? FYI: [ http://www.1upgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=415 ] BFN, fp. Games Testers?

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

BFN,

fp.

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