I decided to write this article because i saw a question in a gaming forum asking if there are any video game tester schools around because of all the ads for "video game testers wanted"! Now i have been a pro video gamer for over a year now and i have never heard of any actual video game tester schools.

If you are serious about joining the gaming industry, which is getting bigger every year, you need to join a professional gaming community! Joining a pro game testing community is just like finding a bunch of  VIDEO GAME TESTER SCHOOLS! For example, in the pro gaming community i am a member of you are given step by step instructions on exactly how to succeed in the gaming industry, we have over 50 gaming companies on our books so we always have an over flow of work!

You of course work as a team each person helping the other at least until you become expert enough to take full control yourself. So, in that way you could say that video game tester schools do exist but it is more like on the job training!

There are a lot of myths surrounding the gaming industry like video game tester schools and how much money you can make, when you first start you will be making about $20-$50 an hour, when you become an expert video game tester you can get alot more, even as much as $150 an hour!

My advice to anyone looking for video game tester schools is to make sure you join a pro gaming community to make sure you get the support and guidance you need to start your new career!

New video game testers wanted is a call that we are hearing alot more of now and the reason for this is because the gaming industry is growing bigger and bigger every year and they do not have enough video game testers to test all of the games are being produced every year!

If, like me you love video games, whether it is pc games or xbox,wii or ps3, and you have heard the cries from inside the gaming industries for "video game testers wanted" then you will no exactly what i am talking about! I never thought when i was growing up that i would be making over $100 an hour to do something i love!

If you have heard enough of the video game testers wanted ads and want to come join us and start a new career working from home and setting your own hours, let me give you a little advice...do not get scammed by the guys out there telling you they can get you into the industry for free because they can't! We (pro video game testers) see it all the time and it gives our industry a bad reputation!

It is true that video game testers wanted ads can be found every where online and there are some great reputable companies to work for like mine (i've placed a link below) but like everything else in life you get nothing for free! To get your new career off to the best start you need to join a membership community of pro gamers, they are the ones who have put up the video game testers wanted ads in the first place!

Membership usually costs no more than $40, take it from someone who knows it is worth every penny! With membership you get access to every resource you need to be a pro video game tester and if it is membership community like ours, they will have contracts with over 50 gaming companies so that work is guaranteed!

Yes, Video Game Testers Wanted Urgently! is a call we are going to continue to hear for a while yet, feel like joining us?

Video games can be selected by children by choosing a particular gaming platform, or by narrowing their game choices by a particular character that they find entertaining. Many of the popular characters that can be found in video games include Harry Potter, YU-GI-OH and Dragonball Z. The Star Wars selections will give another generation of space alien feature enthusiasts the chance to explore the galaxies in style, and create lifelong pals in many of the video games character roles that they avidly play regardless of the weather conditions outside.

Younger children can choose characters like Dora the Explorer, Curious George, Spiderman, or take to exploring the Lord of the Rings trilogies in amazing detail. Little girls have fun with video games that focus on the Bratz doll collection, or they find Jimmy Neutron very appealing, and play his video games for hours on end if their parents will allow them to.

Many children are captivated by the brightly colored antics that are presented through the adventures of SpongeBob Squarepants video games. This yellow spongy character wearing designer underwear styles csan be found handsomely designed in any type of outfit, along with his equally colorful sidekick, Patrick in many video games whose titles take him through one level of adventure after the other.

Video games provide children with a form of entertainment that they can enjoy by themselves in the comfort of their living room, or in the privacy of their bedroom. Parents create recreation rooms where children can spread out dancing mats out on the floor to test their musical talents.

While some children enjoy stomping on the floor using their feet to create a rhythmic beat that is uniquely all their own, other children enjoying using steering wheel accessories and spend hours racing a variety of sports cars through city streets in time trials that violate most city speed laws. When police cars are in hot pursuit of these speed violators, children will quickly realize the importance of obeying the laws of the highways.

Parents need to realize that video games come ready for play and are packaged for sale to many different age groups. Some video games are not suitable for young children, and parents should pay particular attention to video games that are rated for Mature audiences. These video games are a bit racy, violence oriented and may feature blood and gore that many small children can not rationalize in their wildest imaginary efforts.

Overall, video games are a good source of entertainment that parents can easily control. Many of the video game consoles are very portable and are the perfect thing to have in the car to occupy a child's mind when they are traveling on vacation or other trips that require many hours in the car.

Families can spend many hours playing video games with their children and see the world through their eyes for a short time. This type of familiar family interaction is very important and shows kids that their parents can be fun and exciting, and gives children the opportunity to consider that perhaps they will allow their parents to win a video game once in a while.

There are video games that can be played on multimedia consoles in the home, or on a home personal computer system. The formats of these video games may be rated for an entire family to view, or the video games may be labeled strictly for play by people over the age of 21. These Mature rated video games contain graphic violence, and may contain lewd language and graphic content.

Before a parent invests more than $30 on any given video games collection, they may choose to rent several video games for their child to play to see which ones are a true delight, and which video games will be ignored after just a short time. Some video games are offered in collector's series in decorative tins, and are cherished by all children who view them as a status symbol.

Many children think that their popularity at school is based on the number of video games that are in their collection, and the number of multimedia entertainment consoles they have in their home. There are several handheld models that are viewed as very desirable for youngsters because of their portability and compact features.

Many of the video games for the handheld game consoles require daily interaction with pets, and failure to participate on a day-to-day basis might cause people to move out of town because nobody is interested in them. This form of game play teaches children to keep appointments and remind them that there are people in the world that do count on them on a day-to-day basis.

The imaginary friends that some video games feature can make up for friends and pals that a child does not have in their real life. Children learn to repair their own self-esteem by making contributions to the games that are truly unique for their character. A gift of a fish is a big thing in some hand held games, and the gift of a new dresser can brighten a young girl day better than blue sky and rays of sunshine could ever hope to accomplish.

The competitive spirit of children learning to adapt in the real world, can be safely contained within the small cubicles of visual space provided in many handheld game console models. Children can use video games to teach themselves how to play basketball, football, and learn what it takes to be a competitor in a World Series Playoff.

As a child progresses through many experience levels in video games, their characters are not the only ones that grow strong. Children learn to make quick decisions, and manipulate screen data to make shots that are typical of a seasoned football or basketball player at a college or university level school.

These athletic achievements might seem quite small and insignificant to an adult, and generally are. Until the parents take the time to try and maneuver through course after course, they do not actually realize how hard some of those movements are, and think that many of the moves are unattainable. Savvy game players will quickly add salt to the wound. Parents must sit back quietly while their children beat them soundly with very few moves required in the entire game process.

Many people seem to think that video games are bad for children to play. This is not an entirely true statement. There is a proper time and place for all activities. As with every other activity, video games and gaming, when played in balance, can be both fun and healthy for children.

However, many activities have both positive and negative contributing factors, and video games are no exception to the rule. Let us discuss some of those factors. If we can acquire or maintain a healthy and balanced view of video games, perhaps a compromise can be made from both child and parent concerning this subject.

Monitor The Type Of Video Game Being Played

Action video games may contain a good amount of violence that may not be suitable for children. However, not all video games contain violence. Some video games are actually quite educational and can be very healthy as it could quite possibly stimulate a good amount of mental activity in the brain of your child.

Monitoring and screening the video games that are being played by your children could help solve this dilemma. You may even want to sit down with your children and play the video games with them so that you can get more involved in what games your children are playing.

Set A Time Limit

If you are worried about your child playing too much video games, setting a time limit or an allotted time each day that he are she is allowed to play could help. As children do need limits and boundaries, this could assist you in getting your child to realize what healthy time amounts of gaming are. When he or she is allowed to play video games for only a certain amount of time, they will get used to to this schedule and will eventually come up with other things to do after.

Use Video Game Playing As A Reward

You can use time for video games as a reward for either good behavior, the completion of tasks and chores, or whatever you please. By using video games as a reward, you can teach your child, or children if you have more than one, the value of time and purchased objects. You will also be able to teach them that recreation or entertainment is a privilege that can be attained by hard work. You will, in effect, be preparing them for what is to come later on in life.

So, do not so easily cross off video games as a terrible method of entertainment for kids. Be balanced, and teach your child how to be balanced also.

Many people think that video games are not a healthy recreational hobby for children, or anyone for that matter. Video games are associated with television binging and being a couch potato. Being sedentary is not a healthy lifestyle. However, the gaming and video game console scene is changing and incorporating a much larger measure of physical activity and exertion more than ever before. Let us consider some gaming examples that support the statement that video gaming is not a couch potato sport anymore. Yes, there is an uprising in the making. The twenty first century has spawned a new wave of gaming concepts. Physical activity and video games are merging, thus making it a bit more appealing to those who are aware and conscious of their health.

Movement and Video Games

There exists certain video games that require more than sitting down and pressing buttons with your hands while your eyes are fastened tight to the television screen. It is becoming a trend these days for children to become couch potatoes. These children stay at home a lot and sit for hours in front of the television or computer. However, because of the stressing of the importance of physical exercise, gaming has been slowly being reinvented with exercise in mind.

For instance, take the video game Dance Dance Revolution. This video game requires a complimenting dance pad where players are required to jump and move and land on certain parts of the dance pad according to what the directions are on the screen to get points to win. This game requires constant motion and movement, so players are not sitting down but rather they are getting some physical activity.

To add to this, the Nintendo Wii uses sensory technology and incorporates it into their new concept of video gaming. All video games require motion and reenactment on the part of the players, and therefore these players are also constantly in motion.

Although just playing video games that require physical movement is not enough to keep a person healthy, it is a great step towards making exercise fun, and curing the debilitating couch potato disease. In a way, video games that require movement is a really great disguise for physical exertion and a great way to get your kids to be a little more active than usual. And it is not just for kids, because although many adults will not admit it, they enjoy video games just as much, if not more, than kids. So take a small but focused step towards getting yourself healthy and substitute your traditional couch potato gaming for video games that require movement.