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« on: January 25, 2005, 09:54:51 PM »
I'm about to start work at this new job where i test new video games for the company EA, they made such games as Soul Calibur 2, all the James Bond, and many of the Sports games out on cosole, do you guys have any opinions wether i should or shouldn't take this job?

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2005, 10:12:48 PM »
Game testing sucks all the fun out of games. But hey, DO IT, then give me a job.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2005, 10:20:44 PM »
lol, yea but im all bout comp games, and hey i get to test games 1-2 years ahead of time, so that is a plus  B)

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2005, 04:27:29 AM »
how much do they pay you darkhippo?..
plus, how do people apply?
and do they give you a deadline to submit a report?


personally, im not really keen on being paid to test games cos then i have to really make a good opinion for each game. eg: how to improve it. and if i give them suggestions, all they will do is take them away and use it to make themselves more money. unles you are going to be a compiuter programmer or somethingm, this is basically throwing away your intellectual effort and experience.

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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2005, 09:25:15 AM »
O.o my dream job :P
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And when they fly away,
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I guess I just miss my friend."
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2005, 05:41:54 AM »
ahh damn lost my post, ok basic is

get minimum wage, i get 1 game a month, compay = EA, i get to work at their places, i get to keep the game after im done testing and rating it... im 16, i live in san diego cali, so yea ^^ that's it i think

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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2005, 07:26:36 AM »
that's cool!

well cali is the place where a lot of people go work in silicon valley anyway. so its a good start. personally i wouldnt want to work in gaming cos gaming is my relax time i guess...

though i guess plot design, story writing etc will be big in gaming and i could do that. so gaming isnt just about programming now.

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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2005, 04:40:08 AM »
Game programming is tough, here's what u do, don't program ahahaha just write and draw and through in ideas, yey for slacking off! :)





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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2005, 06:56:00 AM »
grats m8 good stuff right there
"Some birds aren't meant to be caged,
their feathers are just too bright.
And when they fly away,
the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoyce.
But still,
the place you live in is that more drab an empty that they're gone.
I guess I just miss my friend."
-The Shawshank Redemption

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