Sony glamourizes game testing.

Game testing's not a difficult job. Tedious? Yes. Time-consuming? Definitely. There's scant training involved, with most testers being handed a controller and a mission to "find broken shit." I know. I was a tester.

Sony's holding a casting call for a new reality show on the PlayStation Network where gamers compete for a quality assurance testing position. Here's their hype machine at work for "The Tester:" 

This original program will challenge a select group of gamers in a series of tests to determine if they have what it takes to make it as an official Game Tester. The elimination competitions throughout the series will not only test the contestants' video game knowledge, but they will also challenge the gamers' memory, stamina, dexterity, and overall mental prowess. Contestants must have the whole package to take home the coveted prize in this new original series. That's because the lucky winner will earn a contract position at Sony Computer Entertainment's Quality Assurance department in San Diego, CA, where he or she will get hands on time with the most highly anticipated games in the industry.

Oh, and just so you hopefuls don't get too excited by the "contract position" segment... The terms and conditions states "THE WINNING CONTESTANT WILL RECEIVE A TEMPORARY POSITION." 

I guess that's one way of getting a testing job. It sure beats waiting outside a testing facility hoping to get picked for daily work like desperate dock workers during the depression. Or does it? At least the latter retained some sort of dignity.