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The Tester

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The first original live-action series distributed on a video game console, The Tester was a serialized reality program created by Sony Computer Entertainment and produced by 51 Minds. The Tester features eleven or twelve contestants, selected from thousands of applicants, competing in a variety of challenges to win a career at Sony Computer Entertainment as a game tester with a $5,000 signing bonus. The winner of the second season also received a PlayStation 3 video game console and a Sony BRAVIA 3D Television. In the third season, the prize includes a chance to work at Santa Monica Studio as a "Production Associate" on an as-yet unannounced Sony blockbuster as well as a Ford Focus. The series launched in North America on February 18, 2010 until its third and final season in April 3, 2012.The program is available as a free download exclusively on the Play Station Network. Meredith Molinari is the host, guiding the contestants through military-style, physical challenges supposedly based on skills required of game testers, such as an eye for detail and effective communication. Each week, with the exception of the finale, at least one contestant is eliminated by a panel of three judges: release manager for Sony first-party quality assurance Brent Gocke, actor and comedian Hal Sparks (model Adrianne Curry in seasons 2 and 3), and a special guest judge. Eliminations are based on performance in the weekly challenges. For the finale, the three remaining contestants race each other in a final challenge with multiple chapters with the first contestant to complete all chapters crowned "the tester."Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Artifact Title: As of season 3, it was realized that a minimum-wage job sitting in an uncomfortable chair playing the same level for hours on end wouldn't cut it any more as the main prize, so they added the extremely vague honor of "Production Associate" at Santa Monica Studios, which greatly overshadows the tester position. Regardless, some of the contestants still interview with their potential employers, and it's not obvious that they have any of the qualities that someone working in game industry usually has, such as artistic talent, experience with the game design process, or basic technical knowledge of how a video game is made.
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 A Wizard Did It: The likely explanation for how SkyD1ddy's ten-foot tall brick tower didn't collapse on itself, given the way it was constructed. Kristi Pryde even dubbed Sky a warlock for being able to pull it off (complete with Dramatic Thunder).
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