Podcast #003 – Get a job

Posted by jaynoon on July 3, 2008 – 8:17 am

Our third podcast (51 minutes). Our mic levels are fixed, and we have an interview! Leave us comments or send us email, we’re going to read some on our next show. Also, find us on My Space, Facebook and Twitter. This week we talk about:

  • Finishing up Too Human
  • Battlefield: Bad Company, Devil May Cry 4
  • Breaking into the game industry with Porkfry

Here are the books mentioned in the interview:

  • Testing Computer Software by Cem Kaner
  • How to Break Software by James A. Whittaker
  • How to Break Software Security by James A. Whittaker

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28 Comments

  1. Posted July 3, 2008 at 8:38 am | Permalink

    If people are down wih the Platform Biased gamertag we will link it up on the site. I think the first game this week will be Battlefield Bad Company and next week will be Civ Rev!

    Also coming up is our coverage of E3, and Comic Con!

  2. Sausage
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 9:40 am | Permalink

    Sounding good guys… maybe Justin should explain how he terrorised us on PGR3 by bellowing at the in-house test team and speaking to us only via an Arnie soundboard… good days… ;)

    I have to say that the job you guys have done over the years has been second to none, the level of support and the quality of test support we’ve received has made our lives so much simpler. I’m gonna miss you…

  3. Posted July 3, 2008 at 1:08 pm | Permalink

    Yay. Another show! Going to listen to it very soon!

  4. Eric - Tag Monkey454
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 2:24 pm | Permalink

    Show was great guys from beginning to end. I especially loved the interview, It was very interesting and informative. You guys are doing a great job. Hopefully Major doesn’t start charging ya to borrow his stuff cause the show is sounding great.

    I have a suggestion: For E3 you guys should have a special show, live from the floor with all sorts of interviews, insider info with other testers that are at the event, developers, and any other crazy things that may happen. You probably thought of it already but its just a thought.

    You guys are awesome. Keep it up, and maybe I’ll catch ya on live.

  5. treyh37
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    porkfrys the man, you should have him on as a semi regular guest if possible. hes how i found this nice little site, really wish his site was more active though :(

  6. OperatingSumo
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 9:46 pm | Permalink

    Great show! The sound was much better. Music between segments wasn’t bad at all. Nice interview too. Try doing an interview with the guys from OXM or Major Nelson. They in-turn will help promote your podcast. Do a show about E3. How about doing contests?

  7. Ralph C.
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

    again great podcast, loved the interview after highschool i want to try to get in to testing. Very informative looking forward to the next podcast

  8. Robert
    Posted July 4, 2008 at 7:41 am | Permalink

    These podcasts are going really well. Even the Hot Pocket shinanigans were entertaining. I’m totally game for playing with Platform Biased on Live. I’m totally stocked about Civ Rev and have been looking for some others that shared my enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!

  9. Posted July 4, 2008 at 9:15 am | Permalink

    Civ Rev FTW!

  10. Robert
    Posted July 4, 2008 at 11:23 am | Permalink

    The interview was very informative. I’m a Junior English major and have always wondered how to tie my love of video games into my love of writing. Thanks a lot!

  11. david kerr
    Posted July 4, 2008 at 11:34 am | Permalink

    love the podcast ,gamertag idea great.keep it up guys.

  12. Posted July 4, 2008 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

    Happy 4th of July guys.
    I really enjoyed the show. Your gamertag idea sounds good. Keep up the good work.

    PS: Thank you for doing something about the Ninja Gaiden 2 glitches. It got patched very fast and I am sure that you & the team at the Gamerscore Blog had something with it.
    Thanks again.

  13. exkon
    Posted July 5, 2008 at 1:57 am | Permalink

    WOW. This is awesome guys!!! I’m in the QA industry myself, not game testing, but on the software side.

    This is really great to hear from the QA side, I hope you guys keep it up!!

  14. Jerry
    Posted July 5, 2008 at 6:03 am | Permalink

    Thank you for this valuble info !
    The podcast is going to right way.

    greetings from the netherlands

  15. Posted July 5, 2008 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    By the way guys, here are our myspace and facebook profiles. Be our friend!

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1313389054
    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=389171674

  16. Posted July 5, 2008 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for posting them Jeff, but you should also make a spaces.live.com page (If that’s possible). I have Trixie, Elle and a few others on my list.

  17. Mike
    Posted July 6, 2008 at 1:12 am | Permalink

    Hey guys, great show. I just wanted to make a clarification before the XNA/GS guys flip out: “XNA” is a brand, “XNA Game Studio” is the product you’re suggesting budding game creators/testers use. Most people simply say “XNA” to refer to “XNA Game Studio”, and frankly it’s understandable, since XNA GS was the first XNA-branded product to hit the public spotlight and we didn’t really know what else there was at the time.

  18. Cow
    Posted July 6, 2008 at 9:07 am | Permalink

    I think that the Platform Biased Gamertag is a great idea and i think that you all should convince major to let you all use theis recorder when you need it because it made a difference

  19. Posted July 6, 2008 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    I found this podcast in the zune marketplace and i’ve got to say i love it so far guys! keep up the good work! It’s nice to here from insiders.

  20. Conner
    Posted July 7, 2008 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    Great show keep up the good work

  21. Posted July 7, 2008 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

    Great show guys! Thanks!
    Could you post the book recommendations from your interview?

  22. Posted July 7, 2008 at 8:40 pm | Permalink

    Certainly. Here are the books we recommended:

    Testing Computer Software by Cem Kaner
    How to Break Software by James A. Whittaker
    How to Break Software Security by James A. Whittaker

  23. Posted July 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for another great podcast! I’m currently a software tester for my local government but it can get a little dry. It’s refreshing to hear about how testing works in the gaming world!

  24. jon zero one
    Posted July 9, 2008 at 9:17 am | Permalink

    great show this week. i got civ rev yesterday, its amazing. i’ll def join a cod4 game and a civ rev multiplayer game!

  25. RidinSlow
    Posted July 9, 2008 at 11:24 am | Permalink

    One thing I noticed that was missing from the interview (and this is always missing from interviews about getting into the industry): There never any point of contact suggestions.

    I don’t expect someone to say: If you want a job call Ken Levine at Take-Two interactive.

    Books are a good start and thanks for those references. However, how about providing a list of known consulting agencies and developers sorted by country, state.

    Get us some example documents. Google is great, but it’s hard to find a really good example of design documents for games online (and probably for good reason).

    I would love to see how a game is written (script). It would be nice to see a couple of the formats that are popular in the industry that can convey the gameplay elements through the written storytelling.

    Provide a list of colleges that provide recognized industry credentials.

    The interview was great, but it wasn’t any more informative than the ones I have heard in the past. I have debated on trying to get my foot in the door, but when you have a secure job position that pays pretty well, you tend to not try to do anything too risky :-) . Maybe some day I’ll be brave enough to venture into the unknown. I’ll be the first 65-year-old tester working on projects for the Nintendo Geezer (it hasn’t been announced, but I feel it’ll be coming!).

    Anyway, keep up the good work and thanks for another enjoyable podcast!

  26. Posted July 10, 2008 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    First time commenter, wanted to let you guys know how much I enjoy your podcast thus far.

    I really enjoyed the “breaking in” interview this episode, it was very informative. I myself am an aspiring game designer/programmer and my break-in strategy thus far has been participating in Google summer of code (to produce a Risk ruleset for the Thousand Parsec project) and creating a blog. GSoC has been an excellent opportunity to hone my skills and get a feel for larger-scale programming for some one as inexperienced as myself. Not only that, I get to work with many individuals much more skilled than myself. In fact, my very mentor is a senior at Digipen, and his expertise and advice has surely helped me outside of GSoC in advancing my skills.
    To sum up, GSoC is an excellent opportunity to work with skilled developers on larger projects.

    PS. Podcast did sound bit better this week :P

  27. Michael
    Posted July 11, 2008 at 7:09 am | Permalink

    Loving the show guys keep it going!

  28. Esko
    Posted July 11, 2008 at 9:38 am | Permalink

    I have to say I really enjoy the show. Its great listening to the conversations and the interview with Porkfry ws cool to hear. I have an interview for a testing position next week and am gonna grab one or two of the books and get started on them.

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