You can make it as one of the PS3 beta testers if you use these 4 EASY steps to start with!
You are going to learn where to look for jobs, how to focus your resume, and how to make your application stand out so you have a really good chance of getting hired.
For the record, being amongst the highest paid PS3 beta testers is great---but it will take time to work up to that! You can work from home, and get paid to play video games. It truly is the job of jobs, but you have to work at it to make it happen.
Step 1: Finding jobs for PS3 beta testing
Make a list of all the game developers for the PS3, like SEGA and EA. Make a list of 10-20 game developers and check their websites every few days. If you look for a few weeks, chances are good you will find a job posting for a game tester of some sort.
Step 2: Apply FAST and emphasize the right things
One key to becoming one of a PS3 beta tester is that you need to get your application out fast. If yours is one of the first ones read, you have a much better chance of getting hired. If you are checking game developer websites every few days, you will probably be one of the first people to spot the job offer and it will be easy to apply fast. Remember, there are probably quite a few PS3 beta testers applying for the same testing position---you need to stand out (see step 4)
You application (cover letter and resume) should emphasize these 4 skills:
" Strong communication skills
" Good attention to details
" Patience
" Persistence
PS3 beta testers are hired to TEST games, not play them to have fun. You want them to know you can work long hours and still find bugs (even minor ones).
Step 3 is for getting your first job as a video game tester. You can skip it, but do so at your own risk.
Step 3: Offer to work as a PS3 beta tester for free
Since you will likely have no experience or references, offer to work your first job as game tester for free. This will get your foot in the door and a chance to add a reference and experience to your resume. Besides, working for free playing video games isn't that bad of a deal. All PS3 beta testers started out somewhere, and you need to too.
Step 4: Stand out in some way
Try sending a letter with a plastic bug and have the letter say something to the effect of "don't let your game get ruined by bugs, give me a call". That would leave a positive impression and make your resume stand out.
You could also trying sending a controller with the buttons sanded down saying "I play games non-stop. I will test your around the clock, give me a call at..." Do something that sells your skill as a game tester and stands out. Both suggestions focus on your selling points---you find bugs and you can play for long hours!
Now you know where to start looking, how to apply, and how to get hired for your first job. As you get better, you will start making contacts and your references may be able to tell you about job opportunities that aren't meant for the public.
There is nothing stopping you from becoming one of the PS3 beta testers who work from home. Get out there and get gaming!
Anthony has been an avid gamer for the past 20 years. He is currently into first person shooters.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Don't Confuse Rare Yugioh Cards for Rare Yugioh Cards
Did I lose you at the title? If you stick with me a little bit, I'll explain. Rarity for yugioh cards is relative. Based on what a card does will actually affect how rare it really becomes in the market. First, there are basically two types of people who buy yugioh cards. The first is the player. Every single time a new yugioh set comes out, a player will go through the yugioh card list for the set and determine which cards will be beneficial to him. The second type is the collector. The collector collects according to his or her preference. Some collectors collect only the rare yugioh cards, while some collect the entire set. I'm a bit of both, I like collecting rare foil yugioh cards and using them to build a deck.
Although both the player and collector can affect the value of any one yugioh card, the player has greater influence on card value of a current tournament legal card. In short, if the card is playable in a tournament, then the player affects the value more than a collector. Another reason collectors don't affect value as much is because they often just buy one copy of a particular yugioh card. Whereas the player will buy multiple copies of a rare yugioh card to complete the deck.
Now, yugioh cards are classified by the manufacturer based on the ratio of each print run and how much of each classification is placed in a single yugioh booster pack. There are eight common cards in every nine-card yugioh booster pack. One of the nine will be a rare. Sometimes, that rare is replaced by a higher rarity kind of card. In yugioh, there are super rare yugioh cards and ultra rare yugioh cards. There is one super rare in every six booster packs and there is one ultra rare in every twelve booster packs. These are just the numbers based on the print run. It doesn't mean that if you buy twelve booster packs, then you're guaranteed an ultra rare yugioh card.
When you're trading your yugioh cards to either complete your collection or your deck, keep this mind. Not all rare, super rare or ultra rare cards are useful to a player. What this means is that the rare cards that don't show up in tournament decks are easier to trade for when you're trading with a player. On the flip side, a rare card that's playable might be easily traded for when you are trading with a collector. The rarity of a yugioh card depends on the trader's perception. Some players even trade away super rare cards to get a few rare cards that they need for their tournament deck. So the next time you're looking to complete your yugioh card collection or tournament deck, find out if the trader is a player or a collector. From there, you'll know the differences between a "rare" yugioh card and a rare yugioh card.
Caleb is an avid gamer and hobby writer. Aside from actively trading yugioh cards , he also teaches new hobbyists in his local game shop. He's been known to be a fan of foil rare yugioh cards and loves building all foil decks for tournaments.
Although both the player and collector can affect the value of any one yugioh card, the player has greater influence on card value of a current tournament legal card. In short, if the card is playable in a tournament, then the player affects the value more than a collector. Another reason collectors don't affect value as much is because they often just buy one copy of a particular yugioh card. Whereas the player will buy multiple copies of a rare yugioh card to complete the deck.
Now, yugioh cards are classified by the manufacturer based on the ratio of each print run and how much of each classification is placed in a single yugioh booster pack. There are eight common cards in every nine-card yugioh booster pack. One of the nine will be a rare. Sometimes, that rare is replaced by a higher rarity kind of card. In yugioh, there are super rare yugioh cards and ultra rare yugioh cards. There is one super rare in every six booster packs and there is one ultra rare in every twelve booster packs. These are just the numbers based on the print run. It doesn't mean that if you buy twelve booster packs, then you're guaranteed an ultra rare yugioh card.
When you're trading your yugioh cards to either complete your collection or your deck, keep this mind. Not all rare, super rare or ultra rare cards are useful to a player. What this means is that the rare cards that don't show up in tournament decks are easier to trade for when you're trading with a player. On the flip side, a rare card that's playable might be easily traded for when you are trading with a collector. The rarity of a yugioh card depends on the trader's perception. Some players even trade away super rare cards to get a few rare cards that they need for their tournament deck. So the next time you're looking to complete your yugioh card collection or tournament deck, find out if the trader is a player or a collector. From there, you'll know the differences between a "rare" yugioh card and a rare yugioh card.
Caleb is an avid gamer and hobby writer. Aside from actively trading yugioh cards , he also teaches new hobbyists in his local game shop. He's been known to be a fan of foil rare yugioh cards and loves building all foil decks for tournaments.
Shooting Games - A Great Way to Improve Alertness
There is no doubt about this that playing shooting games, one can find a great way to expand the realm of thinking, alertness and multitasking. For parents, especially for their children, shooting games are the best options to entertain them and make them alert as well. There are many parents who allow their children to spend quite a lot of time in front of the idiot box! But, then, what good does that do for children? There, the characters perform and they watch, in these games character perform what they do. A big difference! Isn't it? This is something like you watch a football match and feel great when David Beckham kicks the goal but it would make you feel million dollars when you are in his shoes!
If you want children to learn something while they are zoned out, probably this guessing of yours stands nowhere and you are lost. But, if you flip on the computer, get some great shooting game, you may really be able encouraging children to learn more and you encourage excellent thinking skills as well. Alertness is not something that everyone can feature well. Now, here, we are referring this to a process that comes along with solving problems, being alert so that the character playing leading role in these games does not get killed and an adroitness to find many secret things and finally to accomplish the mission without losing health and life.
For almost all the children, this is something in their life they struggle with. Dear mamma and dad always look after it and they become solely dependent creatures! Even many scientists favor that video games, if played in a positive way, can make their players clever and alert. This is because the character or the Hero in lead role in game is being targeted by hundreds of enemies with thousands of bullets. Where to crawl, where to hide and when to attack make player perfect in many ways and that is why, such games carry much importance than just being a video game.
Well, so too much time in front of the computer makes your child a real couch potato. It's okay since you are secured that your kid is not moving around with his friends who are gone astray! Games' genre like MMORPG has created milestone in online gaming zone and your kid does not require any company since he finds millions of guys who are available 24X7! However, it also depends upon you to make them study apart from being a real warrior in shooting games!
Many shooting games come with some latest devices or joysticks and so many games are equipped with guns that one can shoot onto the TV or computer screen. Isn't it amazing to improve shooting skills and to point out where exactly it is needed? Not surprising that your kid may become some great archer or a hardcore dart player!!!
Play online free Shooting Games and Fighting Games by visiting website http://www.webgameawards.com
If you want children to learn something while they are zoned out, probably this guessing of yours stands nowhere and you are lost. But, if you flip on the computer, get some great shooting game, you may really be able encouraging children to learn more and you encourage excellent thinking skills as well. Alertness is not something that everyone can feature well. Now, here, we are referring this to a process that comes along with solving problems, being alert so that the character playing leading role in these games does not get killed and an adroitness to find many secret things and finally to accomplish the mission without losing health and life.
For almost all the children, this is something in their life they struggle with. Dear mamma and dad always look after it and they become solely dependent creatures! Even many scientists favor that video games, if played in a positive way, can make their players clever and alert. This is because the character or the Hero in lead role in game is being targeted by hundreds of enemies with thousands of bullets. Where to crawl, where to hide and when to attack make player perfect in many ways and that is why, such games carry much importance than just being a video game.
Well, so too much time in front of the computer makes your child a real couch potato. It's okay since you are secured that your kid is not moving around with his friends who are gone astray! Games' genre like MMORPG has created milestone in online gaming zone and your kid does not require any company since he finds millions of guys who are available 24X7! However, it also depends upon you to make them study apart from being a real warrior in shooting games!
Many shooting games come with some latest devices or joysticks and so many games are equipped with guns that one can shoot onto the TV or computer screen. Isn't it amazing to improve shooting skills and to point out where exactly it is needed? Not surprising that your kid may become some great archer or a hardcore dart player!!!
Play online free Shooting Games and Fighting Games by visiting website http://www.webgameawards.com
Print Your Own Bingo Cards
I'm fairly sure that most people know how to play the game of bingo. For those who don't, the game is played:
1. Each of the players is given a card. The card contains a grid (usually 5 by 5) with a different number in each square (there is often a special "free space" square in the center of the grid).
2. When play starts, the announcer calls out numbers one at a time. If the number matches an item on their card, players check off the corresponding square.
3. When a player achieves an agreed upon pattern of marked off squares (usually a line of five in any direction, or two overlapping lines of five), he calls out "bingo!". The first player to do so is the winner.
It is possible to buy ready-to-use bingo cards, but an alternative option is to print the cards yourself using your computer. Printing the cards yourselfm allows you to play themed variants of the standard game. In these variants, the bingo cards are not printed with the usual numbers, but instead contain words, phrases, or perhaps even math problems.
These themed versions of bingo can played as a leisure activity to celebrate holidays or other occassions - for example, if you wanted to play Christmas bingo, you would use words or phrases relating to the holiday. Additionally, themed versions of bingo are increasingly popular in education, especially K-12 and English as a Second Language (ESL) - more and more teachers are printing their own bingo cards, and thus using bingo as a classroom activity.
By S. Tanna. To print your own bingo cards, go to http://www.bingocardprinter.com/
1. Each of the players is given a card. The card contains a grid (usually 5 by 5) with a different number in each square (there is often a special "free space" square in the center of the grid).
2. When play starts, the announcer calls out numbers one at a time. If the number matches an item on their card, players check off the corresponding square.
3. When a player achieves an agreed upon pattern of marked off squares (usually a line of five in any direction, or two overlapping lines of five), he calls out "bingo!". The first player to do so is the winner.
It is possible to buy ready-to-use bingo cards, but an alternative option is to print the cards yourself using your computer. Printing the cards yourselfm allows you to play themed variants of the standard game. In these variants, the bingo cards are not printed with the usual numbers, but instead contain words, phrases, or perhaps even math problems.
These themed versions of bingo can played as a leisure activity to celebrate holidays or other occassions - for example, if you wanted to play Christmas bingo, you would use words or phrases relating to the holiday. Additionally, themed versions of bingo are increasingly popular in education, especially K-12 and English as a Second Language (ESL) - more and more teachers are printing their own bingo cards, and thus using bingo as a classroom activity.
By S. Tanna. To print your own bingo cards, go to http://www.bingocardprinter.com/
Grand Theft Auto Emulators
I've been a mentor in the local schools for eight years. There have been some happy times and some sad times, but what happened yesterday was the most devastating. When I arrived, my mentee was eager to tell me what had happened to him at the library. He goes there almost every day after school to play an online game with his pals. He has been working on his prized character for about two years for two to four hours a day. That's a lot of work. I can't help wondering what else could have been accomplished with that amount of energy, but never mind.
This twelve-year old boy was practically in tears as he sputtered what had transpired. It involved grand theft and ransom. It seems that some Junior High school larcenists had purloined his prized game avatar and stolen all its attributes that had taken two years to acquire. How would you feel if someone absconded with something you had so laboriously created? It's akin to child theft.
As he was finishing his tale of woe, his buddy walked into my office, which is really a closet, and unleashed his even sadder story. It seems that not only had his character been stolen but horror of horrors, turned into a female. To make matters worse, all of the avatar's hard-earned attributes had been stripped away in a cruel act of malicious mischief.
But, it was more than just malicious mischief. The Junior High library larcenists had given these grammar school guys 24 hours to fork over 25 bucks if they wanted their avatars back intact, and time was running out.
How were these Junior High hooligans able to perpetrate this kidnapping? Turns out that the gullible grade school guys gave them their passwords because the big bullies promised to use their superior skills to improve the younger guys' characters. How magnanimous. But how could they be so evil? Maybe it's from playing games like Grand Theft Auto IV. Do you think?
Here were two demoralized and depressed grade-schoolers needing justice and not knowing where to turn. Neither boy had a father, and I guess they looked to me as the next best thing. I think they just wanted me to kick those bullies' butts. I rose to the occasion by calling the library director on my Windows Mobile phone to make an appointment to discuss the matter right after school that day. I wondered if I should call my lawyer and the chief of police too. These junior hijackers needed to be brought to justice. They needed a good spanking, but who would administer it? Maybe it would be a far crueler punishment to banish them from the library and trash their avatars. That would show them.
At the library after school, we waited for the culprits to appear. When they did, we descended on them like a pack of jackals. Of course they denied everything and said they were just kidding about the ransom fee.
To save the day and resolve the situation, I proposed that the self-proclaimed innocents restore characters of equal prowess at their earliest convenience or suffer the consequences. The consequences I hinted were library banishment, telling their parents, informing the police, and possible legal action because they had committed serious crimes. I wanted them to be aware of the gravity of their transgressions.
Librarians, what would you do if this kind of thing happened at your library? By the way, the Junior High guys physically threatened the little guys if they did not turn over the computers.
Educators, Parents, Law enforcement officials and legal beagles, any comment?
I also wonder how other kids in this age range would feel about this situation and how they would react if it happened to them. Actually I understand that it is not all that uncommon. It's sort of an online fact of life, part of living in the real world of cyberspace.
Now, dear reader, how do you feel about this situation? Do you think a real crime has been committed that involves grand theft and kidnapping? To establish grand theft, there usually has to be stolen property of a certain monetary value. You could argue that an avatar has no real monetary value, but neither does a junker car, but if stolen would be grand theft. How much value could you put on something that took two years to create? Stealing a personal creation with human and super-human attributes and holding it for ransom is a form of kidnapping. Should we call in the FBI? At the very least, it's identity theft.
Actually, there is real value that can be attached to avatar assets. There are people out there making a handsome living selling game commodities online to those who do not have the time or inclination to earn them. The lazy ones are willing to pay real bucks for online game assets. The commodity brokers rarely generate the goods themselves. Instead, they organize nerd sweatshops in places like Mexico and China and pay chump change for the services of the foreign miners and sell the results for mucho wampum online. So, you see, one could argue legally that grand theft has been committed here. Should the perpetrators be tried as minors or adults?
I just hope these digital delinquents don't grow up to be adult thieves and kidnappers--they are not off to a good start. The line between online crimes perpetrated in games like Grand Theft Auto IV, and the real world can be transparent and present a whole new moral paradigm for the younger generation--a paradigm that our education and legal systems are perhaps not yet equipped to deal with.
Keep connected!
Timothy Hillebrand, Ph.D. is a retired archaeologist and windows mobile expert who writes for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and several other publications. Visit his blog at http://professorpocket.blogspot.com/ and his Website at http://www.synergetics.org/sms
This twelve-year old boy was practically in tears as he sputtered what had transpired. It involved grand theft and ransom. It seems that some Junior High school larcenists had purloined his prized game avatar and stolen all its attributes that had taken two years to acquire. How would you feel if someone absconded with something you had so laboriously created? It's akin to child theft.
As he was finishing his tale of woe, his buddy walked into my office, which is really a closet, and unleashed his even sadder story. It seems that not only had his character been stolen but horror of horrors, turned into a female. To make matters worse, all of the avatar's hard-earned attributes had been stripped away in a cruel act of malicious mischief.
But, it was more than just malicious mischief. The Junior High library larcenists had given these grammar school guys 24 hours to fork over 25 bucks if they wanted their avatars back intact, and time was running out.
How were these Junior High hooligans able to perpetrate this kidnapping? Turns out that the gullible grade school guys gave them their passwords because the big bullies promised to use their superior skills to improve the younger guys' characters. How magnanimous. But how could they be so evil? Maybe it's from playing games like Grand Theft Auto IV. Do you think?
Here were two demoralized and depressed grade-schoolers needing justice and not knowing where to turn. Neither boy had a father, and I guess they looked to me as the next best thing. I think they just wanted me to kick those bullies' butts. I rose to the occasion by calling the library director on my Windows Mobile phone to make an appointment to discuss the matter right after school that day. I wondered if I should call my lawyer and the chief of police too. These junior hijackers needed to be brought to justice. They needed a good spanking, but who would administer it? Maybe it would be a far crueler punishment to banish them from the library and trash their avatars. That would show them.
At the library after school, we waited for the culprits to appear. When they did, we descended on them like a pack of jackals. Of course they denied everything and said they were just kidding about the ransom fee.
To save the day and resolve the situation, I proposed that the self-proclaimed innocents restore characters of equal prowess at their earliest convenience or suffer the consequences. The consequences I hinted were library banishment, telling their parents, informing the police, and possible legal action because they had committed serious crimes. I wanted them to be aware of the gravity of their transgressions.
Librarians, what would you do if this kind of thing happened at your library? By the way, the Junior High guys physically threatened the little guys if they did not turn over the computers.
Educators, Parents, Law enforcement officials and legal beagles, any comment?
I also wonder how other kids in this age range would feel about this situation and how they would react if it happened to them. Actually I understand that it is not all that uncommon. It's sort of an online fact of life, part of living in the real world of cyberspace.
Now, dear reader, how do you feel about this situation? Do you think a real crime has been committed that involves grand theft and kidnapping? To establish grand theft, there usually has to be stolen property of a certain monetary value. You could argue that an avatar has no real monetary value, but neither does a junker car, but if stolen would be grand theft. How much value could you put on something that took two years to create? Stealing a personal creation with human and super-human attributes and holding it for ransom is a form of kidnapping. Should we call in the FBI? At the very least, it's identity theft.
Actually, there is real value that can be attached to avatar assets. There are people out there making a handsome living selling game commodities online to those who do not have the time or inclination to earn them. The lazy ones are willing to pay real bucks for online game assets. The commodity brokers rarely generate the goods themselves. Instead, they organize nerd sweatshops in places like Mexico and China and pay chump change for the services of the foreign miners and sell the results for mucho wampum online. So, you see, one could argue legally that grand theft has been committed here. Should the perpetrators be tried as minors or adults?
I just hope these digital delinquents don't grow up to be adult thieves and kidnappers--they are not off to a good start. The line between online crimes perpetrated in games like Grand Theft Auto IV, and the real world can be transparent and present a whole new moral paradigm for the younger generation--a paradigm that our education and legal systems are perhaps not yet equipped to deal with.
Keep connected!
Timothy Hillebrand, Ph.D. is a retired archaeologist and windows mobile expert who writes for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine and several other publications. Visit his blog at http://professorpocket.blogspot.com/ and his Website at http://www.synergetics.org/sms
Do You Enough About Rumikub?
An international classic game invented by Ephraim Hertzano, a Romanian migrant to the state of Israel over seven decades ago, it has earned unparalleled popularity for being a mind boggling game that engages all the entire thinking faculties of the individual with an amazing blend of passion to provide a relaxing comfort to the player. Unlike most of the now forgotten games that have appeared from the market with the speed with which they came in, Rumikub has proven to have an enduring legacy of excellence with deep historical roots.
Its design, structure and playing system are simply an unbeatable package that captures the imagination and sustains the interest of all players.
What is Rumikub and how is it played? To begin with, lets get the details right! The game shares some basic similarities with the conventional cards game, but prominently is the usage of the joker.Every game set of Rumikub is made of special tiles of various clolors such as red, blue, black and orange, set on a playing rack. The original game has undergone several touches of inovation to reflect variety in consumer taste and style, this has taken place against the backdrop of the fact that the Israeli and American game continue to remain the most popularly used variants. On the market today, one can spot the new varieties suchg as Rummy-O, Rumi Blok, and Rummy chip. Irrespective of the type of game, an average number of four to five people can play the game at every given time.
During the playing process, the tiles are kept in a sack to be released on the playing table. This thrilling game is all bout actively employing the skill of manipulation and wits to achieve success against other players. A common feature of most experienced players lies in their ability to strategically rearrange the playing tiles along the smartest legally established rules. The American version is known o be less complex than the Israeli version which makes it a preferred choice for beginners or amateur players.
When it comes to the main playing process, some believe that it has a lot to do with how a player can combine his luck with a blend of strategic thinking to achieve optimum results. Let us see what has lead to this conclusion. The safest approach to pursue in making an initial meld (the first known move of the game) is to leave a few tiles on the rack, in order to provide yourself enough latitude for greater and succesful manipulation during the playing process.
Alternatively, you can outsource three or four sets of tiles in order to avoid the uncomfortable decision of prematurely drawing from the playing pool during the early stages of the game. Should a player fail to indulge in the first move or deliberately delays it, he or she is penalized by picking up an additional tiles to add up to his or he stock of tiles.
If you want to know more about Rumikub Strategy then feel free To visit Rumikub.
Its design, structure and playing system are simply an unbeatable package that captures the imagination and sustains the interest of all players.
What is Rumikub and how is it played? To begin with, lets get the details right! The game shares some basic similarities with the conventional cards game, but prominently is the usage of the joker.Every game set of Rumikub is made of special tiles of various clolors such as red, blue, black and orange, set on a playing rack. The original game has undergone several touches of inovation to reflect variety in consumer taste and style, this has taken place against the backdrop of the fact that the Israeli and American game continue to remain the most popularly used variants. On the market today, one can spot the new varieties suchg as Rummy-O, Rumi Blok, and Rummy chip. Irrespective of the type of game, an average number of four to five people can play the game at every given time.
During the playing process, the tiles are kept in a sack to be released on the playing table. This thrilling game is all bout actively employing the skill of manipulation and wits to achieve success against other players. A common feature of most experienced players lies in their ability to strategically rearrange the playing tiles along the smartest legally established rules. The American version is known o be less complex than the Israeli version which makes it a preferred choice for beginners or amateur players.
When it comes to the main playing process, some believe that it has a lot to do with how a player can combine his luck with a blend of strategic thinking to achieve optimum results. Let us see what has lead to this conclusion. The safest approach to pursue in making an initial meld (the first known move of the game) is to leave a few tiles on the rack, in order to provide yourself enough latitude for greater and succesful manipulation during the playing process.
Alternatively, you can outsource three or four sets of tiles in order to avoid the uncomfortable decision of prematurely drawing from the playing pool during the early stages of the game. Should a player fail to indulge in the first move or deliberately delays it, he or she is penalized by picking up an additional tiles to add up to his or he stock of tiles.
If you want to know more about Rumikub Strategy then feel free To visit Rumikub.
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