Thursday 1 December 2011

Become a Games Tester




I like films and for some reason although its not the best film in the world, it is one that makes me laugh everytime. Made in 2006 for a Stoner Gaming Audience, staring Doris Roberts from the Golden Girls, with Allen Covert and Peter Dante.  It follows the hap hazard life of Alex who really on the surface has a fantastic job, and he's using that with ambition. He's a 35 year old games tester, and he has to find a new place to live, and you've guessed it Grandma comes to the rescue. There is a brilliant scene in the film after a little bit of a mix up Grandma and her 2 wrinkly house mates, on a pot of what they thought was tea end up with fits of giggles, major munchies, and a curoristy for gaming they never knew exsisted, at which point all manor of hellish things start occurring,  for our amusement and enjoyment.



Don't get me wrong working for the Games Industry is amazing, yes it is filled with long hours, and sleepness nights. But that's how we role right. !!!


So if you want to take the long way or the short way to a career here are a few links that will hopefully show you what jobs are out there and what you have to do to get to be there in the first place. 


I am doing a 3D Art and Animation in Gaming long distance learning course with Train2Game
we use, 3d Studio Max, Maya, Mudbox, and Photoshop
It;'s long hours, understanding modelling, camera, lighting, animation, texturing, rendering etc, 
the course should take 3 years to complete. 


If you are interested in doing a long distance learning course then take a look, Train2Game are sponsored by TIGA 
is the trade association representing the games industry in the UK


TIGA logo

Have a look at the jobs page below to see what is currently on offer:
http://www.tiga.org/jobs



Have a look at some of the courses on offer for long distance learning:
Games Art and Animation
Games Designer
Games Developer
Games QA Test Course


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