Video Game Tester’s Manifesto

Mary Beim at The Tech Zone has published her manifesto as a game tester. It's not as glamorous as you'd think, and she details exactly what goes into the process. From the article:

Chances are you'll end up dealing with people who just care about the financial success of the company, with marketing executives who don't give a damn whether the game is good or not because "We'll put two-million bucks behind it and it'll sell like donuts", with programmers who cannot understand why an arcade-style racing game cannot have the intricacies of a complex simulator.