Making Money Online Through Playing Games

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  • Author Steve Cheng
  • Published April 21, 2011
  • Word count 517

Do you like playing video games? Do you want to participate in the testing of the game before the new products are released? I'm sure you like to do it if you are a gamer, but being a video game tester is far different from a gamer. As a game tester, you not just have to play the video game but also must be able to detect bugs.

However, with the following steps, you might have higher chances to become a video game tester, so that you could turn you interest into a business. Getting a job as video game tester has mainly 2 ways. The first one is through the recommendation from friends or relatives who work in those companies. It would be a good way because you could probably get the job very easily.

However, a problem would occur if you don’t know anybody working in those professional game producing companies. Therefore the other way of getting the job is through visiting the producers like Microsoft XBox, Code Master, Song, Nintendo, etc, in person. You should never expect to see an advertisement recruiting testers in magazines.

Sometimes, ads would be made on website of game producers recruiting testers. If you are willing to try, you could contact the person in contact. Once you get the job, you could work at home and test the game for any bugs or problems. You should repeat your work until you are satisfied with the game.

Of course, before the start, you should get yourself familiarized with the game first and you should have the basic knowledge about the common bugs found in video games. If you could provide a detailed report on the game, including your comment, the bugs found, any suggestions, etc, your hard work would be appreciated by the companies.

When doing your work, you should remember that time is money. You should remind yourself to work efficiently and you should meet the deadline set by your boss. After finishing your first task, you should be patient and wait for the coming ones. If you have done well, companies would ask for your help frequently at a later time with attractive payment in return. You could receive about $20-50 for each hour of your work and if you spend your time and effort in working as a video game tester for those companies, it is not special that you could receive a lot of money every month.

Usually, people working in this job would need to use online systems to report their findings in the playing of the games. Therefore, it would be a good way for you if you really love making money online. This is also a special kind of job in which not all people could do so.

If you doubt whether you love making money online in this way, you can try to search for information about details of this kind of job. You will definitely be able to finish the job efficiently as long as you are willing to work hard and do suitable researches before you participate in this job.

Steve Cheng writes articles on different subjects including online business, methods to make money online, freelancing and other related subjects.

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