Dennis Allard Crow

By Dennis Crow, Associate Producer, Kaos Studios
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Dennis Crow

Associate Producer

Kaos Studios.

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Dennis Allard Crow, Associate Producer/QA Lead - Kaos Studios

Paying your rent playing videogames sounds fun, but the reality can be far more tedious, says Kaos studios associate producer Dennis Allard Crow.When he started his career as a game tester, he played the game Tony Hawk's Underground for days at a stretch, searching for errors.It might sound mind-numbingly monotonous, but the job is one of the few left in the industry for inexperienced youngsters.The problem: The secret is out, and studios are inundated with applications.Crow says that for every tester at his studio, they have 10 applicants.To get your resume noticed, write summaries of 10 games you played, detailing what you liked about the game and what you didn't."Demonstrate a love for videogames," says Crow.

Dennis Allard Crow is an associate producer at Kaos, but he broke into the industry by working as a tester for Activision (nasdaq: ATVI - news - people ) in Santa Monica, Calif.The gig was tough.Crow says you should expect to work those sweaty controllers for up to nine hours a day."It's hard on the fingers."

Coray Seifert (Kaos Studios), Dylan Tredrea (Organic Motion) and Dennis Crow (Kaos Studios).