Sony's PlayStation Network-exclusive reality series "The Tester" will begin February 18th. The competition will have the above real gamers vying for a chance to win a glamorous testing job at PlayStation. Until April 8th, the PlayStation Store (for PSP and PS3) will update every Thursday with new -- and free -- episodes of the series.
Should "The Tester" successfully sidestep traditional employee recruitment and take off, don't be surprised if Sony announces "Who Wants to be Our Janitor?" next season.
Reader Comments (72)
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:06AM PlatinumSkeet said
Ah man this just screams Real World except they have 3 token black guys...
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:12AM iamnotafish said
3? I count 4.
Unless Roni is a chick? Either that or a really effeminate dude...
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Unless Roni is a chick? Either that or a really effeminate dude...
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:19AM (Unverified) said
Nowadays you need a token gay dude too
So they filled both slots with 1 stone :P
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So they filled both slots with 1 stone :P
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:36AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
yea I'm counting 4 as well...lol
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:07AM (Unverified) said
Looks interesting, hopefully it will be funny and not uninteionally like WCG Ultimate Gamer.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:24AM PlatinumSkeet said
What will be great is if all the gamers are conflicting types. Put 3 console fanboys, 1 thats all PC an MMORPG person here and throw in a few other gaming stereotypes and this maybe a show worth watching...
Seeing a PS3 and a Xbox360 fanboy getting in a fist fight maybe worth the risk of losing 20 minutes of my life...
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Seeing a PS3 and a Xbox360 fanboy getting in a fist fight maybe worth the risk of losing 20 minutes of my life...
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:27AM (Unverified) said
@Platinum
It'd be easy to get them under control. Promise the Wiifanboy a good Nintendo game this year, tell the Sony fanboy he'll get early access to GT5, tell the 360 fanboy he's got a lifetime warranty on his hardware, and just threaten to take away the PC fanboy's dedicated servers...
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It'd be easy to get them under control. Promise the Wiifanboy a good Nintendo game this year, tell the Sony fanboy he'll get early access to GT5, tell the 360 fanboy he's got a lifetime warranty on his hardware, and just threaten to take away the PC fanboy's dedicated servers...
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:08AM skaterdude said
how is this a reality show? theres more than one black person...
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:21AM PlatinumSkeet said
"See what happens when we put 10 gamers in a house...."
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:56AM PlatinumSkeet said
@Space
Yeah ever since that show was aired I've been waiting for them to do that. Throw 9 black people in a house with one white guy... lol
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Yeah ever since that show was aired I've been waiting for them to do that. Throw 9 black people in a house with one white guy... lol
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:13AM (Unverified) said
But will it be disasterous enough to be as entertaining as Jersey Shore, that's the question.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:38AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
My guess is these gamers are nerds....the Jersey Shore people are all dumb bastards....and probably can't tell me what a TI-86 is....
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:57AM PlatinumSkeet said
They'll probably handle their fights over DDR/Guitar Hero battles...
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:14AM The Albatross said
... dream job ... testing games?
Being a game tester is a dream job when you're like, 11, and then you realize that working in a factory mopping toilets would probably be more rewarding.
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Being a game tester is a dream job when you're like, 11, and then you realize that working in a factory mopping toilets would probably be more rewarding.
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:44AM The Albatross said
Don't underestimate the redemptive value of mopping toilets.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:58AM (Unverified) said
The idea of testing is that you move up as soon as possible.
Happens all the time. Harold Ryan, Bungie's current president? Started in test.
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Happens all the time. Harold Ryan, Bungie's current president? Started in test.
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 12:18PM Co said
@ Brazell,
You have no idea
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7675519043804402267&ei=sAxnS-XGLaPMqQK4uOmHCw&q=westwood+college+commercial#
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You have no idea
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7675519043804402267&ei=sAxnS-XGLaPMqQK4uOmHCw&q=westwood+college+commercial#
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 12:26PM Duke said
Brad, I had some friends that tested and they never acted like it was glamorous. One worked for vivendi in southern California and thought it would be a dream job...then he realized the pay sucked and in reality, playing games doesn't make you the person they promote up...game design is a tad more complex than being able to play the games. You have to have some abilities beyond that.
"Happens all the time" is hardly accurate. The majority of game testers go nowhere with it. Reality is your friend!
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"Happens all the time" is hardly accurate. The majority of game testers go nowhere with it. Reality is your friend!
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 12:39PM aughscreennames said
pretty sure I would rather test games than mop toilets
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:32AM Sidebuster said
They all look like actors with fake gamer names that some script writer made up. if it were real, they'd all be 13 with names like lolc0ck5 and sm0k3ab0lle6669 and the one PC gamer that thinks he's better than everyone else (and rightfully so).
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:38AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
uhhh no....they don't hire 13 year olds to test games....child labor laws and all that....
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:33AM Angel Mass said
If I wanted to see a bunch of geeks goofing around I would just hang out with my friends
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 10:56AM ACLerok212 said
Why wouldn't they do a reality show competing for a video game related job that's actually interesting? Like a designer. The competitions would be better, potentially more creative and the prize would actually be worth winning. I can't believe anyone would actually want to compete for the video game career equivalent of working in a call center.
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Posted: Feb 1st 2010 11:01AM Platy said
People actualy think that testing games at sony means be awesomely payed to play Last Guardian for the first time ...
While it means more be badly payed to navigate the psn menus in 697 ways possible using all the avaliable joystiqs with AND without the dvd cover open =P
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While it means more be badly payed to navigate the psn menus in 697 ways possible using all the avaliable joystiqs with AND without the dvd cover open =P
Posted: Feb 1st 2010 11:01AM johnperkins21 said
I'm not sure why everyone continues to report on this as if it's real. It's viral marketing. These are not real "gamers," and there is no job. This, being on the show, is the job.
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