วันจันทร์ที่ 10 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Should Wii Game Players Use Cheat Codes?

The Wii console was designed for gamers that were growing increasingly dissatisfied by the over-complicated game play of many of the new breed of video games. For many gamers, this new breed of games are more like movies that offer great visuals, but not very much in the way of game play. In many of these movie like games, much of the skill, imagination, and pure fun had been lost from the games. What computer and video game producers saw as the latest state of the art games, others saw as a huge step backwards in game play and interactivity. The Nintendo Wii was specifically designed to solve these constraints by bringing fun and interactivity back in to the gaming market. They actually took this interactivity to a level that had never been seen before and have attracted a whole new breed of gamers.

Never before outside of an arcade have people become so involved in video game play and never before have people been forced to get off their armchairs to play video games. However, it was without surprise that this new revolution would soon get flooded by Wii game cheats for all those that wanted them.

So what are Wii cheat codes?

Wii cheats are special codes that you use to fix the game play in order to take an advantage or get special features. This allows you to boost your abilities, or cheat in a game that a normal player would not get.

Are Game Cheats a bad thing then?

Wii cheat codes can take much of the fun out of Wii games. This is because the gamer will miss the whole purpose of what it means to play games the way they are meant to be played. Games on a Wii are based upon interaction between the player and the game, so using cheats to try and get an false advantage just so you can finish a game faster is something that true game players should not ever do. It can ruin a game and takes most of the entertainment and challenge out of it. If you abuse Wii game cheats for this purpose then you will miss out on many skills and challenges that Nintendo designed the Wii to do. Not only that, but video games can be expensive so cheating to finish a game sooner is wasting your hard earned cash.

Game Cheats do have their benefits

All gamers at some point have been stuck on a level of game that they just cannot get past. You may only be half way through the game and no matter how hard you try you just cannot get to next stage. In these occasions, a game cheat can assist you to finish the level before carrying on without using the cheat, therefore allowing you to get much more game play than otherwise possible.

Think before you cheat!

Nintendo Wii video games are developed for optimum player interaction and in most circumstances cheats are designed to give someone an unfair advantage. It doesn't make sense to cheat just because you can. By removing the skill and interaction from a game you don't have much left.

Do yourself a favor and avoid game cheats for Wii unless you get really stuck and need a little bit of help to get you through a level. Try and play the games the way they were meant to be played and you will soon discover the whole point behind the Wii is to bring the fun back to video games. Cheating for the sake of it takes the fun away.

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วันพุธที่ 21 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Paid Video Game Testing- Why Does Every Gamer Want to Be A Game Tester?

Obviously, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out why gamers want to be paid game testers. They simply want to be paid to play video games, period. That is as far as the thought process goes. They think, "As a professional video game tester I would get paid to sit down, relax, and play video games." That type of job would be truly great, but that's not what a game tester does. They may sit, they may even relax, but they won't quite be "playing". They won't actually be playing video games for money; they'll be testing them for a paycheck.

"Whats the difference?" Well, in a word, work. Unlike testing, playing a video game does not require you to do any actual work. While playing, you sit back, relax, and just let the game wash over you. On the other hand, while testing, you will have to actually pay attention to the game you're playing. That doesn't mean paying attention to the storyline or plot; it means being aware of everything that is going on on-screen. It means watching, focusing, evaluating, and analyzing everything that you are seeing.

Why must you have a heightened awareness when testing video games? Because of what you have to do while testing the games; which is filling out bug and glitch reports.

In order to find bugs and glitches, you have to be in tune with the screen and know exactly what is going on; hence, the reason for the awareness. You must be able to spot anomalies on the fly and be able to determine "normal" from "abnormal". If you can't do that, well, then you won't be able to continue in a career in video game testing. However, before you decide to simply give up, try to practice & improve those skills a bit more.

Practicing can be done with any game on any system; preferably a next-gen console such as the XBOX 360 or the Playstation 3. You just have to play the video game as a professional video game tester would, with heightened awareness. Relax and take in the whole screen. Make sure that you can clearly see every nook and cranny of the screen and that nothing obstructs your view. Also, you should be sitting in front of the TV and not at an angle. The best form of practice obviously comes from actual testing jobs, but don't let that fact stop you from practicing the "testing" process. Who knows, you may even find some glitches or bugs in the game that no one ever came across.

Being a professional video game tester is obviously a dream job. After all, how many people get to say "Time to Go to Work" and then just flip on their video game console or computer?

Sean Saunders Spends Most of His Time Playing Video Games And He Now Has A Very Successful Career as a Professional Video Game Tester. If You Too Would Like To Get Started With Paid Video Game Testing, Visit Gamer-Testing-Ground.com, The Number One Resource For Video Game Testers Everywhere.