Bug Reports II

16Feb09

During my time in QA I have encountered numerous ways of reporting a bug. Be it from beta testers or from external parties that claim to have done QA before. No matter how experienced the bug reporters are…

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Tags: beta tester, bug, but, commercial, informative, non-profit, Private, problem, product, QA, service, solution, solutions

Career Paths

04Feb09

On my 10th birthday I received my very first personal computer – the Schneider Euro PC (complete with color monitor and external 20MB HD). Back then I did not have games to play for the system but fiddled around with several graphics tools and DOS itself. Soon my father started buying PC magazines that came with…

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Tags: career, computer, console, dos, external hd, Game Design, games, gaming, job, job advertisment, Level Design, mobile, monitor, PC, QA, resume, schneider euro pc, Usability, usability game engineer

Beta Testers and Their Bug Reports

03Feb09

A software bug is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from behaving as intended (e.g., producing an incorrect or unexpected result). Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by…

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Tags: beta, bug, communication, developer, game, information, product, program, QA, report, reporter, screenshot, software, system, test person, tester

A Piece of Cake

03Jan09

My amazing and wonderful partner in crime and I have continued playing Lego Star Wars on the PS2. Even though I still think that it is a bit more fun on the Wii, merely due to the fact that the controller can…

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Tags: batman, cake, controller, controls, cupcakes, duel, gamepad, lego, light saber, mote, playstation, problems, PS2, QA, screen, star wars, wii, wrecks