So Sony is doing this reality TV show (8 episodes) which features avid gamers wanting a shot at being a game tester at Sony.
I'll just quote it from
http://www.thetester.com/
PlayStation®Network's Original Reality Series Set to Debut
"The Tester" is a new original reality series set to debut exclusively on PlayStation®Network. The eight episode series features 11 avid gamers competing in a series of physical and mental elimination challenges to win an actual job as an official PlayStation® game tester along with a $5000 signing bonus.
Would you find watching this interesting? Would you like to see more types of shows like this but for other departments?
I think it would be good if they show the people while they work, how they work, what they assumed the job would be like and what they now think the job is like after working in it for 3 months.
Doubt I'll watch it but just a heads up if anyone is interested.
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I suspect a lot of these kids think they can actually change and decide things as a tester.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwlE1aASc4g[/ame]
' Can you believe we get paid to do this..... commercial?'
PS: Check how convienently everybody has a PSX game/character for their favourites: http://www.thetester.com/TheCast.html
Haha yeah, but you know they will never show that.
I would rather play the video games, then watch people play video games...
The general public is tragically misinformed about game design. Not just the ones who could give two sh*ts about it, but also kids who would love to be in the industry but are just in the dark about what it actually is. It's damn near impossible to know what goes on behind the doors of game studios. Obviously every studio and game is different, but the vast lack of openness from the game industry from proprietary information to shear apathy is kind of saddening. Some day as game development grows, the doors will open and people the world over will have a clear obtainable goal for breaking into this industry, but right now it's all smoke and mirrors. Shows like this do not help the matter, or maybe they do, haven't watched it yet
I'd like to see the first episode though, for comedy's sake.
And the prize for this show is just bizzarre. Why don't they just strap the winner to a board and slowly drip water on their forehead, it would probably be more pleasant. Game testing is easily one of the most mundane, shit jobs in the industry. It takes someone with incredible patience and anal-retentive attention to detail to be a really excellent tester. Again, these are not qualities that make for an entertaining show.
Yes in the game industry. But out of all the mundane, shit jobs such as garbageman/fast-food/data-entry/lots more, it is one of the better ones
True, quite true. I myself have had jobs that would make game grinding seem like a luxury. Of course, that kind of makes it look like they are pitting the underprivileged against each other for the entertainment of the wealthy. (ie, people who can afford to buy PS3s, and subscriptions to premium web content on their PS3s)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIkPQ0ow_08[/ame]
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-developer-infamous/49650 (part3, 1 and 2 are on youtube)
Its done by the same people who are doing the PennyArcade TV show... which i found out just now after rewatching \o/
http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/