game testing

A day in the life of a game tester

By: Kendra Nelson Have you ever wondered what it's really like to test games for a living? I decided to follow a quality assurance (QA) tester, Paul Nelson, for a day at his workplace Navigator Games — the studio that brought the legendary mobile game Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast to life. Paul meets me outside a skyscraper in the heart of downtown Vancouver. We cross through glass doors, where an eclectic mix of business suits and casual T-shirted men and women mingle in the front lobby. The elevator lets us off at a floor with futuresque white walls and…

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