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Okay, you know what? Let's settle this argument once and for all by going back in time: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/2014/08/25/gamers-revolt-another-take-on-the-zoe-quinn-scandal/ This is an article written by Derek Strickland for the Bright Side of News on August 25, 2014. Before the...

Sorry for being gone longer than intended, but I'm back and ready to finish off that last batch of questions... Well, that depends on what you meany by "crushingly tedious". Sometimes you have to play the same game over for weeks on end, but usually testing out different areas of it...

Just for your information, SweetShark and Batou667, I haven't forgotten you. But I only had enough time to answer a few short questions tonight. Probably bad. You'd get a much better paycheck being on a reality show. Though I guess it really comes down to whether or not you love your job...

This is looking to be a rather long and tedious work week for me, so, to everyone I didn't get to this time around, don't worry. I'll get to you as soon as I can. :) Oh, I've seen more than my fair share of games that really, really sucked. But the answer to that is a resounding no. One...

Something like that is pretty much impossible on consoles because there're a lot of safeguards in place. When all the major bugs and other outstanding issues in a game have been fixed (or at least addressed) by the developers, a so-called sanity check is performed, where testers play through...

No problem. :) There've been a few games I've played that changed substantially between testing and release. I really need to play Bioshock 2 one of these days because I'm curious to see what it's like now since all the testing I did on it was from before they scrapped everything and started...

One popular misconception is that testers somehow get to pick what kind of project they work on. It doesn't work that way. You test what they tell you to test. Don't feel like playing that Wizards of Waverly Place flash game on Disney's website? Well, tough luck. You're going to do it anyway...

Well, it wasn't that bad. Contrary to popular belief, there are actually three different types of video game testers, though the work they do overlap to a certain extent: 1. Functionality testers are what come to mind when most people think of video game testing. Their job is to not only to...

Pretty much. Saw an ad in the back of one of the free dailies being handed out in front of the subway and gave it a shot. :) They won't hire just anyone, though. I had to take a practical exam where I was told to play the early alpha build of a game and find and list as many issues as...

Pretty much what the title says. Since there seems to be quite a bit of mystery surrounding the specifics of what exactly video game testers do, I decided to start this thread in order to answer any questions curious forum members might have about the profession. Work keeps me quite busy, but...

I don't mean this in a bad way, but you've fallen victim to the anti-GamerGate false narrative. The pro-GamerGate side has no problems accepting the perspectives of women and minorities...except that the journalists involved are trying to force diversity by calling out, publicly guilting, or...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Provide solid, irrefutable evidence that "our most vocal segment" has actually done this and we will do our best to deal with it. And if you can't prove it, then kindly stop acting as if constant repetition would somehow make it real or give...

Well, don't give up hope. My friend's cat disappeared suddenly and showed up a month later skinny and bedraggled. Maybe your cat will as well. :)

What shocks me is that people fail to realize how bad this is or could get in the future. Everyone just looks at where this started and seems to be stuck there. It's like not being able to get past the break-in at the Watergate Hotel when we're already at the point where Nixon White House...

The reason that the women appear to be bearing the brunt of the attack is that ZQ and AS keep getting shoved back into the spotlight for one reason for another. Leigh Alexander keeps coming up because not only was her Gamasutra article particularly vile, but because she seemed to almost revel in...