As part of my occasional series on different types of home business, today I have a free resource for anyone interested getting paid to test video games.

In earlier articles in this series I’ve talked about making money from Flash skills, and the different types of skill you can get paid for.  Today I want to mention something a little different that will appeal to some of my readers.

As many of my regular readers will know, one of my primary interests is gaming, and I’ve been working in the games industry for almost 8 years as a developer and a publisher.  Recently I’ve seen a number of blog posts and articles about beta games testing and how it’s possible to earn an income, from home, by testing games for development companies.

I’m always a little skeptical of such claims, since in my opinion anything you can really get paid proper money for takes real effort, and most of these articles and products seemed to claim that you’d be paid simply for playing games.  However, as a gamer and someone who is always looking for an extra stream of income I was intrigued and decided to investigate further.

Over the past few weeks I’ve researched the subject in detail, bought and read several of the “make money from gaming” guides, and interviewed a good friend of mine who works for a major UK games developer.  Since I had gathered so much information, rather than post it all here I’ve written a short report on the subject called How To Become A Game Tester which you can download for free.

Essentially my findings were as I suspected, there is moreto being a game tester than simply sitting in front of a games console all day and watching the money roll in, but it certainly is a genuine income opportunity and for the right person it can be a great way of earning money, or of getting their “foot in the door” of the hard to break into games industry.

It’s certainly not for everyone, but if it’s a subject that interests you then grab my free report!