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    March 6th, 2003 @ 3:22 pm

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    The Life of a Game Tester

    Kicking back as a career
    Life of tester not all fun, but it is all games

    George Alcantara, 18, dreams of working as a video game tester, where he could make good money playing games all day.

    “I think it would be a really kick-back job,” said Alcantara of San Francisco, who was hanging out at the video arcade on Pier 39 Monday night.

    Andy Alamano, 24, has that job.

    As a lead game tester for San Rafael’s LucasArts Entertainment Co., Alamano acknowledges that he works in a kick-back atmosphere, and he likes his $40,000- a-year salary.

    Life is not all fun and games for Alamano, though. It’s all games — with little time left for sleeping or eating, at least during the busy months before Christmas. The longest week he has logged was 106 hours, and 60-hour- plus weeks are typical in deadline crunches, he said.

    Game fans “think it’s all fun,” said Ernest Adams, a game designer and industry expert, with a cackle. “In fact, there’s quite a lot of sitting in meetings.”

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    Comments on The Life of a Game Tester

    • Lindsey Anderson
      i love playstation
    • Lindsey Anderson
      can I order things without a credit card
    • kathy
      please i would love to be a beta tester thank you
    • kathy
      please i would love to be a beta tester thank you
    • Paul Collins
      Like to Play Diffent types of games. I try to play differnt games not just 1 or 2 types.


      Tight magazines
    • Paul Collins
      Like to Play Diffent types of games. I try to play differnt games not just 1 or 2 types.


      Tight magazines
    • I appreciate your enthusiasm, Kevin, but you should NEVER post your phone number on a public website. I removed the number from your comments.

      As a side note, i'd just like to point out to everyone that this is an entertainment weblog, not ANYBODY that can help you out with becoming a game tester. This is only an article ABOUT a game tester.
    • Kevin sellers
      I would love to be a game tester.I play for about 50 or more hours a week.
    • Kevin sellers
      I have been watching xplay and other tv's show's. I have an playstation underground paper in the mail about being playstion beta tester.for everybody in this daily haggis thing go to www.us.playstation.com/welcome. but also they have playstation tournaments going on all over different states.I guest thats how you get look at. I mist my oppertuniuty in ohio so make sure you guys and girls get to that website in time for your oppertuniuty before your guys be like me and mist your chance.
    • Kevin sellers
      I play all game system's I don't like playing the computer I like playing real people online or offline I'm good at both if you don't beleave ask people on ghost recon jugle storm for the ps2 or xbox my name online is kcmob2,and on nbalive 2004 my name is ohiozone.See me in both games if you are ready.
    • Kevin sellers
      I have a playstation 2 and I play online all the time ,but I just want to become a game tester.Are there any companies out there in ohio or anywhere on the eastcoast. please if their are call (REMOVED).thank you.
    • Kevin
      My name is kevin and I am trying to get a job in being a game tester because all I do is play the game all day long even at night I still play the game and I have school at 7:30am . I even stayed up play the game at 5:00 am that was when I got off the game to get ready for school .I play people online every day so I am looking forward to being a game tester sometime soon.Please call this number for advice (REMOVED) ask for kevin thank for this post comment.
    • Anonymous
      Look, I'm 17yrs old I love video games and I'm flat broke, I've wanted to become a game tester for a while....so if you know somebody I could talk to, plz e-mail me,(darklegacy753@yahoo.com)
    • Miranda
      I would love to be a video game tester. I love video games and I have quite a lot of free time on my hands. I am soon moving to Colorado, any openings?
    • Erik Johnson
      I have tested two games- Fairly Odd Parents Breakin Da Rules for the Nintendo GameCube and MX Unleashed for the PS2. That was a really fun way to earn money. I am currently looking into job ops at Take2games and EALA wish me luck. Moving on from THQ. Erik Johnson aka "Gameface."
    • i would like to be a tester or something else i can't go through one day without doing something with games and i think that being a game tester for whatever company that wants to hire me will get an employee that will work his ass off for them night and day. and the thing is i will love it.
    • Aldwin Aponte
      I'm 16-years-old and I play video games all my life, can somebody gonna help me find the place in the United State.
    • Aldwin Aponte
      I like video games so much that i want to have this job, please someone help to find it thank you
      I'm 16-years-old and when I graduate from college I will get this job.
    • Josh King
      I would like to know more information on how to become a video game tester.
    • Kevin
      i have been interseted in being a game tester for a long time. i was just curious on what experience u may need and how i could get this experience.
    • Evan White
      hey i want free games for xbox
    • CJ Trent
      I am interested in becoming a game tester. I currently live in West Virginia but my family and I are considering moving to North Carolina this year if I am able to find a better job. Most of my free time is spent playing games on different consoles. I would really appreciate hearing back from someone.
      Thanks.
    • tony howell
      I have a lot of game ideas
    • Bob
      I would like to become a video game tester, i have played games my whole life, can someone please help to teach me how to do this, thank you
    • Don jones
      Im 17 years old .Im trying to get job as a video game tester what can i do
    • John McCord
      I recently graduated from College and I'm looking for a career change. I am currently working a job for Yum! Brands which owns KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut, and A&W.; I'm 22 years old and I've played video games all my life. I enjoy playing them, and rating their playability, and re-playability. I think that I would be great at testing video games, and giving accurate information regarding the game. I'm willing to move anywhere to do this. I currently live in Louisville, KY. Somebody has got to have an opening!!!
    • Sean
      i want to become a tester> I play games at least 90 hours a week and dont stop till i beat it or half to go to school i live in cumberland Maryland
    • Michael
      I am interested in becoming a video game tester. I am a stay at home dad (by necessity) and pass my days playing video games non-stop. Is there a need for game testers in the midwest?
    • I have done 1 test, more beta than QA. Back in the days of AOL 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0, AOL had games that people could play for fun. I signed up to do the Warcraft 2 game. Let me tell you, I enjoyed it. No, we really didn't play the game to play, but to test it. IE One day we were told to sign in at the same time set up as many games as we could, and try to crash the server. I think what I liked was I felt useful. I felt that what I was doing mattered.
    • brad
      are there any needed game testers in Oregon for any gaming companies
    • Chris Morrey
      i want to be a games tester and i know whats involved but are there any needed in any Game companies in England. thanks.
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