<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

After many years of working in the game industry, I want out. I've had enough of the shitty pay, insane hours, and constant layoffs. I've been applying to non-game jobs steadily for a while now, but a recent incident was the last straw and now I am absolutely desperate to get out ASAP. I am at the point where if I could afford to do so, I'd quit and take a minimum wage job. 

I am an SDET, with skills that also extend to database administration and various IT duties. I would be absolutely thrilled with pretty much any sort of IT job, and would also be very interested in a DBA position. I'm a lot less interested in other SDET roles. 

The problem: not a single person apparently wants to hire me for anything outside of games. I regularly get calls from recruiters for other game jobs (not only did I not apply for these jobs, I'm not even sure how they got my contact info), but nobody will even consider me for the most entry-level help desk position. I've had resumes submitted directly to hiring managers by friends who work for them, I've contacted recruiting agencies, and have done pretty much everything I can think of. I've done a lot of hiring myself, and understand how to write a good and specifically-tailored resume and cover letter, so I don't think I have any problem there. I am pretty sure my main issues are that it's a hard job market, and I have almost no experience outside of game companies. 

Have I permanently screwed myself over and rendered myself untouchable by any other sort of software company due to staying in games for too long? Should I get some particular IT cert? Any advice would be truly appreciated.

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<bot>: I'm an SDET and want out of the game industry. I will take pretty much any non-game software job, but nobody will hire me.)