In another article, we described a great number of educational opportunities that lay hidden in video gaming. This time, we're going to introduce a few employment opportunities as well.
1. Working as a Video Game Clerk. Working at video game store or rental place - either permanently or temporarily - has got to be a teen game's dream. In a single place, employees have access to the first games and game systems hot off the market and they're privy to peek inside magazines hot off the press before anyone else. If that wasn't enough, gaming clerks get a discount on what would otherwise be too expensive (games, game systems, and game accessories) to even think about buying. Sweet!
2. Working as a Game Tester. Before a game hits the market, it has to go
through extensive testing and if you think the programmers behind the
game test their own material, think again. The gaming industry is
extremely sensitive about what it puts out into the public. In an effort
to remain competitive, it must make absolutely sure that the games it
produces work as intended.
This is where testers enter the picture. But it isn't easy to become a
game tester. Becoming a game tester requires a little inside help but
once you're in there, you'll not only have access to games that no one
else knows about, you'll also have an opportunity to shape the game into
an experience that you and your comrades prefer.
3. Working as a Game Designer. Do you have good artistic skills? Can you
whip out a character faster than you can say, "I drew that"? If so, you
may be able to get a career designing video games. Today's video games
exude some of the most beautiful graphics ever seen and if you have a
good imagination, are able to use some of the most advanced graphics
software programs available, and can follow instructions, you could see
your own artwork in the next popular video game.
