Show about game testing: not so good
Over on Wired’s Game|Life blog, writer Chris Kohler gives a detailed and humorous account of the first episode of “The Tester,” Sony’s idea of reality television appearing exclusively on the PlayStation Network. There are lots of times I wish I owned a PlayStation 3, but this isn’t one of them! Straight from the article, here’s a bit of background information about the show:
The battle has begun. 11 contestants have entered the ultimate game of Russian roulette. 10 of them will win. One of them will lose, and have to spend a year bug-testing PlayStation games.
The first episode of Sony’s The Tester, a reality show only available through the PlayStation Network downloads store, went live last week. The premise is simple: 11 gamers will put themselves through all sorts of humiliations at the hands of their cruelly whimsical masters at Sony, and at the end of it all, one of them will get a one-year contract gig doing quality assurance.
EDIT: Over at C.Dump Magazine, forum member Necromaster also wrote about “The Tester” in his review of the first episode. I guess Kohler was not alone in his dislike.
Comments
Range Hood Investment (February 23, 2010 @ 6:26 am)
It is a true representation of the playstation player demographic. 
I just knew it from a friend, Oh, there’s a game reality show. It’s a new thing for me.. I was a little bit bummed with the show..
Hotel U Leva in Slovakia (April 13, 2010 @ 9:10 pm)
I wish to know more about this because it actually catches my attention. Keep on posting added information about this dude! Thank you so much for sharing.
Necro (February 22, 2010 @ 9:56 pm)
Haha I kinda feel bad about the people on the show. I’m not sure what they were expecting but the winner isn’t really a winner if they only get a QA job and 5k. I had a few of the cast members post on C.Dump. Which was cool.
I’m a fan of reality TV but Sony is just making a show with all the bad aspects of reality shows. The driving force for reality tv is personality’s (characters). Not product placement and stupid challenges that have nothing to do with QA or even video games. A boring generic host doesn’t help.