The Era of Early Access

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Astronaut or Rock Star? Those were the two career choices I’d given myself by the times was 8.  A little cliché? Maybe, but I was already so into Power Rangers and Lego that I’d surpassed caring if that was the case. I also had a little trouble with my s’ so had a little difficulty pronouncing the word consumerism.

I’ve always loved PC games from the second I launched up windows 95 for the first time and bounced my way around Microsoft’s 3D maze that was ‘Hover’. So you can imagine my excitement when I had gotten word that ‘Video Game Tester’ was a job. I guess that the folks at NASA and all those screaming fans would have to wait. Growing up I always wanted to be a Games tester. The idea of making a living playing PC games whilst wearing my pants seemed to be  too good to be true.

What is Early Access? What…

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