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Brandon Kraus
Senior Game QA & Open-World Content Specialist in AAA and live-service titles
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Game QA specialist with experience across major studios and titles including EverQuest II expansions (tradeskill/content focus), Zynga Farmville (sole QA in a pod), and Rockstar (mission/scripting-related testing under NDA). Known for player-first exploratory testing and rigorous negative testing, plus building Excel-based tracking/automation to manage hundreds of items and producing high-quality bug reports with video/log evidence.
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Key Strengths
- Player-first exploratory testing that surfaces real usability/design issues early
- Strong negative-testing mindset; finds edge cases by intentionally breaking intended flows
- Clear, reproducible bug reports with step-by-step repro, severity rationale, and attached video/logs
- Built and maintained large-scale test tracking in Excel; automated item import to manage hundreds of test cases
- Effective cross-functional collaboration to isolate and resolve complex scripting/system issues
- Owned end-to-end QA quality risk as sole QA within a Zynga pod (Farmville)
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