What Position Would You Like To Work For In The Gaming Industry?

[fdurso224]

Hi guys,

 

I have a good topic to ask. If you wanted to be involved in the Video Game industry, what position (or job title) would you like to apply for? If your already in the industry, please share with us, with your positive & negative words of wisdom! Any information will be appreciated!

 

 

Anthony.....

[+GroovyBee]

My words of wisdom : Like vending machine food a lot!

[fdurso224]

Hi guys,

 

 

I would love to be a video game tester. Playing games, testing them, and write reviews about my experience with it would be awesome!

 

Anthony....

[RASK1904]

I always thought I would love to be in the design part. Like character design. Where I use a pencil and draw bad ass guys over and over to give the people that actually do the coding ideas to what they look like. They use these people in movies too. I don't like computers too much, for art that is. But I love me some clay, pencils, paint, model making etc...

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

I would like to be the chief of the PR section, making advertising for the games!

[carmel_andrews]

The Missionary positition...oh wait a minute this isn't about SEX is it, I would'nt want to work in today's VG market (too many crap games and similarly very crap publishers), now working in the VG market of the 80's- early 90's...yes pleasey (pref. as a programmer on an ATARI system)

[VectorGamer]

Smokin' weed on the Centipede assembly line at Atari

[Ace_1]

One of three positions:

 

1) Artwork

2) Programming

3) Quality control

 

The third is especially if video game compilations are being developed because I notice a lot of them, especially those that are purely emulation-based, usually have some accuracy problems, more specifically in the sound department. If I notice a single flaw compared to the original versions of the games, I will make note of it and will not let any compilation released unless the games are 100% authentic(or as close to 100% authentic as possible).

[roland p]

Anybody wants to be a boothbabe?

[The_Laird]

CEO of Atari

 

Stop them being a total embarressment to the name!

[fdurso224]

Hi guys,

 

R&D always sounds interesting. They target the consumer on what they want, and try to publish a game for that niche market.

 

 

Anthony....

[4Ks]

I love to write about games. Reviews, reports, news, junk, whatever. If I like a topic, I can easily bang out a lovely long article in a day or so. I even did a short novel about the history of Atari for school last year, which passed with top marks.

 

I would also like to be a designer, since I spend my free time either playing games or inventing them. If I knew how, I would make a Sonic game that could blow the doors off anything Sega throws out.

[thegamezmaster]

CEO of Atari

 

Stop them being a total embarressment to the name!

 

 

Great Answer! Seems like they've forgotten their roots and are missing out a potential market out there. Would love to be a game tester with the ability to work with the programmers to fix problems I would notice. Just a thought.

Edited August 2, 2010 by thegamezmaster

[Emehr]

I would like to be the guy that puts the banhammer on developing any further first person shooters and forces *all* developers to think creatively. Gamers will whine for a little bit because their Medal of Duty isn't getting any incremental updates but hey, us old timers had to suffer these same growing pains when platformers went the way of the dodo. Then I'll put my money where my mouth is and try to come up with new ideas, character designs, and user interfaces.

[fdurso224]

I love to write about games. Reviews, reports, news, junk, whatever. If I like a topic, I can easily bang out a lovely long article in a day or so. I even did a short novel about the history of Atari for school last year, which passed with top marks.

 

I would also like to be a designer, since I spend my free time either playing games or inventing them. If I knew how, I would make a Sonic game that could blow the doors off anything Sega throws out.

 

 

Hey that reminds me. When I was lecturing in Columbia & Hunter College, students where concern on what topic they wanted to do a 30-50 page paper on in there computer and history classes. So when I heard on what they said, I called out "Why not Video Games? Its perfect for your papers". All the students where in shock, and believed there wasn't enough information to fill 50 pages. Boy, were they wrong!!!

 

Anyway, to make a long story short, about 10-13 students (and one friend from New York Institute of Technology) took my advice and I helped them out lecturing them and renting books at the library. We did APA format and all got A's. I'm glad they stuck to my suggestion.

 

 

Anthony.....