Human Slaves Testing 360 Updates For You

Ever wondered how Microsoft tests their dashboard and 360 system updates? Not on machines. Not on monkeys. They employ human slaves. It's just one story from a fantastic piece up over at the Seattle Weekly's site, which explores just how batshit-crazy you have to be to work in QA in the games industry. Totally worth the long read, if only to learn that MS testers scream "HARD LOCK" when encountering a busted console. Just in case you get tired of saying "three red rings of death" and need something a little snappier.
Testing Video Games Can't Possibly Be Harder Than an Afternoon With Xbox, Right? [Seattle Weekly]