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Billy Stever's Blog

I've been working in video game QA for the last 3.5 years and recently moved into an IT position for the QA department at the THQ Montreal Studio. Feb 1st 2010 I launch a new video game website based around testing and QA. It's called C.Dump Magazine. Originally it was meant to be a online pdf magazine but it ended up just being a blog. You can check it out at C.Dump.net. If you work/ed in QA feel free to write a review of your employer in the Rate You Employer section of C.Dump.

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5 Ways To Best Utilize Quality Assurance  Featured Blogs
Posted by Billy Stever on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:35:00 EDT in Production
5 points I believe management should utilize to get the best they can out of their QA teams.
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3D Gaming: A Tester's Worst Nightmare?  Featured Blogs
Posted by Billy Stever on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:00 EST in Production
An opinion piece on 3D Gaming from the view point of a person in QA.
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Comment In: Are Tax Breaks Dooming Canada To Second-Class Status? [Blog - 07/08/2010 - 10:01]

As soon as high-quality development ...

As soon as high-quality development talent comes on stream in other countries that have lower costs-of-living or better tax breaks, Canada is in trouble. Unless it offers even bigger incentives. That has already happened in some ways. I've been working in a QA in Montreal Canada for nearly 3 years. ...

Comment In: Aren’t We Smarter Than This? [Blog - 07/05/2010 - 03:27]

I'm one of those people ...

I'm one of those people who could only afford one of said games. I went with Blur because I got it used for 45 bucks. off craigslist The Multiplayer is awesome. And from the demos of modnation and split/second I think I picked the game for my liking. I would ...

Comment In: 3D Me... [Blog - 06/22/2010 - 08:01]

3D tv/gaming is all a ...

3D tv/gaming is all a bunch of industry hype to cash in on a silly fad. And as a game tester it will make my job even more annoying. 8 hours wearing 3D glasses would give me migraines. Even 5 minutes at my local mall testing out the 3D tvs ...

Comment In: ESA Canada Urges Copyright Law Update [News - 05/04/2010 - 11:03]

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/05/copyright-reform-bill.html New reform legislation will ...

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/05/copyright-reform-bill.html New reform legislation will be introduced in the House of Commons in the next six weeks, likely in June, Geist said on his blog Wednesday. Citing unnamed sources, Geist said the bill would mirror the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act by enshrining copyright holders' rights in several ways, to ...

Comment In: Analysis: What the Video Game Industry Can Learn From the Death of Glam Metal [News - 05/05/2010 - 09:07]

So your saying we should ...

So your saying we should go for shity flashy over the top games to shity boring depressing games

Comment In: Capcom Addresses Online-Only Final Fight PSN Sharing Protection [News - 04/23/2010 - 08:39]

@Alex K If the way ...

@Alex K If the way Capcom uses this DRM is anything like how the demos by Gameloft work on the PS3 then you do have to stay connected to play. As soon as the PSN account is logged out your given a disconnection message and sent back to the Main ...

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