You queue for every new console, bail on the pub in favour of beating a particularly tricky boss, and take a day off work whenever a new Mario game hits the shelves. You even have a GameCube. And a GameGear. And a Dreamcast. But what if playing games could be more than a hobby? What if it could pay the bills?
Playing computer games for a living is your dream job. But getting there needn’t be the stuff of nightmares. We’ve chinwagged with a games journalist, a top strategy guide writer, and a games tester, to get the real-life low down on what life’s really like, working at a joypad instead of a keyboard. Is your dream job is really as dreamy as it seems? Read on, and get the inside track.




