If you haven't heard of The Tester, it's the competitive reality show on PSN that the winner gets a job as a game tester for Sony. http://www.thetester.com/

Well, today, while I was in line for the Killzone 3 demo, 2 people walked up to me and asked me if I could spare them a moment for a question.  I was like, "Sure, I have a few minutes."  Now these people looked the type to be from a modeling agency or the like.  They asked me if I had heard of the show The Tester.  I said I had.  Then they asked me if I would like to audition be a contestant for the next season.  I asked when the audition would be because if it had to be in LA anytime soon I couldn't possibly do it.  They said the audition would be over skype and all they needed right now was some basic information so they could contact me in the future.

I gave them my email, phone, and name and they wrote it all down.  They had official E3 badges for Sony, so I made sure I wasn't being scammed or something, lol.  They said they would be contacting me soon for the audition and I can't wait!  It would be so fun to just do the show and maybe even win!

I guess these people must've thought I looked good or something

I also did a testing session for Nox Audio headphones and they took a few questions via video so I might be on the Nox Audio website coming up soon!

I love E3!!!!!

Also, here's all my pics and videos from E3!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/114673562934524488291

DAMN!!! thats awesome bro.

I think it would be fun to be on a gaming reality show.....but the $10 and hour pay for a game tester doesnt seem appealing. Either way good luck and have a blast.

I'm pretty sure the game tester job the winner gets is much better than that.  It's more of a quality assurance position.  Probably at least a 30k starter job.  If it were only $10 an hour I'd decline and wouldn't even bother.  I already make way more than that per hour.

I hope I get picked just because I would love to do it as an experience and as another couple week vacation from everything else!

Defo you should go for it. You'l get to meed a lot of people high in the industry. 

I'd get a "Thanks, but no thanks," email ready then. They probably pay a bit more then 10 an hour, but barely livable wages. I have known plenty of experienced testers that got put into the credits of games for their work, and still couldn't get 30k a year. The job itself will also suck, but perhaps that is something they would help insulate you from.

I want to audition too.. but it sucks that it's in LA.. fuck =( I start UNI next week =(

Well in season 1, the winner got a $5k signing bonus or something like that in addition to the job, so good luck.

I've heard bad things about game testing, but I imagine they would make it a lot more fun for the winner of this show than what it would normally be just for good PR.

So good luck and congrats!

It's a pretty grueling, thankless, mind numbing job.  The real developers generally just walk all over you, at least that's what I do.

(just kidding, testers rock but it's a terribly difficult job, I wouldn't be able to do it)

Congrats though, if you get in it should be at least a fun experience!