{"id":74077,"date":"2015-04-13T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=74077"},"modified":"2015-04-13T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T10:50:26","slug":"the-worst-jobs-in-video-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74077-the-worst-jobs-in-video-gaming","title":{"rendered":"The Worst Jobs in Video Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you think you have it bad? Do you find your snazzy desk\u00a0 and comfortable chair just so pedestrian? Is sending the intern to grab sushi while you sit on Facebook the entire day not as appealing as it once was? Trust me, if gaming has taught us one thing it&#8217;s that someone always has it worse. Imaginative or not, these are the jobs you&#8217;re just not going to want to do.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74089\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mudokon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74089\" class=\"wp-image-74089 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mudokon.jpg\" alt=\"Mudokon - Video Gaming Jobs\" width=\"600\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Being born a Mudokon is unfortunately counter-intuitive to staying alive.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Mudokon \u2013 Abe\u2019s Oddysee <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Benefits: The chance of escape. It&#8217;s a cold comfort at best.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How does being bound to clean the very same spot until such time as you expire sound? And don&#8217;t think that these are serene, upmarket spots either; nay, these are nothing but hazardous. You&#8217;re going to be injured, a lot. That&#8217;s if you&#8217;re not beaten senseless by a merciless Slug, just because he can.<\/p>\n<p>The poor Mudokons; they are but humble workers trying to make ends meet. Even when their saviour happens upon them, their chances of actually being saved is a whole different state of affairs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74091\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Bell-Witch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74091\" class=\"wp-image-74091 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Bell-Witch.jpg\" alt=\"Bell Witch - Video Gaming Jobs\" width=\"600\" height=\"1016\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sucks to be you: When the Hunter finally finds you.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Bell Witch \u2013 Bloodborne<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Benefits: Self-revival. That&#8217;s got to have useful applications in the real world.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your job is simply this: to ring a bell, summon some lackeys and have them hunt down a hunter. And every now and then, you&#8217;ll force unwitting players upon one another. It actually doesn&#8217;t sound so bad. Not until you see the dagger you&#8217;ve been given to defend yourself. You&#8217;re in deep trouble should the hunter find you.<\/p>\n<p>This Bell Witch looks high as a kite, we&#8217;re talking recreational drugs here. Perhaps it&#8217;s because she&#8217;s fully aware of her inevitable fate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74099\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Roller-Coaster-Tycoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74099\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74099\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Roller-Coaster-Tycoon.jpg\" alt=\"RollerCoaster Tycoon - Video Gaming Jobs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Roller-Coaster-Tycoon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Roller-Coaster-Tycoon-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is far from the best gig at the park.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Janitor \u2013 RollerCoaster Tycoon<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Benefits: A Weekly Raise.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grab your mop and get ready to clean up a serious amount of spew. There are a lot of visitors who just cannot handle the sorts of speed your coasters deliver; it&#8217;s too bad it&#8217;s your job to arrest their rather disgusting contributions to the park. Being a janitor involves you walking around the theme park the entire day and night, scooping up vomit, burger wrappings and popped balloons. You will occasionally get a raise if you seem unhappy, but be warned that you can and will be replaced with the click of a mouse.<\/p>\n<p>Poor janitor, and it&#8217;s all because we want nothing more than faster rides.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74095\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Spectator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74095\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74095\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Spectator.jpg\" alt=\"Spectator - Video Gaming Jobs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Spectator.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Spectator-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Well this is fun and then it isn&#8217;t.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Spectators<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Benefits: Watching the game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re talking about those little blotches in the background of any game that demands spectators, the blotches that developers would have us believe are people. Imagine being one of those spectators. Being a spectator means that you get to watch the game the entire day; that&#8217;s pretty neat. But it&#8217;s also tedious and you&#8217;ll live your entire life knowing you&#8217;re meaningless filler, visual confectionery. Spectators visit the psychologist in their hundreds as a result.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74097\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Destiny-Sweeper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74097\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74097\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Destiny-Sweeper.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny Sweeper - Video Gaming Jobs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Destiny-Sweeper.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Destiny-Sweeper-230x130.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I feel really bad for this little guy. Really, I do.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Sweeper \u2013 Destiny<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Benefits: None<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being a sweeper in <em>Destiny<\/em> means that you have to, quite literally, stand in one place and sweep the same spot. You are not allowed to move, nor are you permitted to speak to anyone. You just stand&#8230; and sweep. It&#8217;s a life of solitude.<\/p>\n<p>The worst video game job of all time has to be that poor robot from <em>Destiny<\/em>. Located between the Tower Hanger and the Tower Watch, all he does is stand there looking at the ground, and he sweeps. Days go by and no one stops by and talks to him, nor do they even pay him any attention. I am grateful that you keep the place clean dear robot, really I am.<\/p>\n<p>If you had to have a job in a video game, what would it be? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trust us and stick with your current day job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":74087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[4932,12583,5524,3180,13509,12145],"class_list":["post-74077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-abes-oddysee","tag-bloodborne","tag-destiny","tag-feature","tag-jobs","tag-rollercoaster-tycoon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74081,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74077\/revisions\/74081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}