I love working with the internet function on my console. Its quick,easy,and accessible while using the TV as a huge screen. However I wondered if game consoles can get viruses because they are able to use the internet and have a hard drive thus they should be able to get them.

I decided to look at each main console to see what each one could hold a virus. Here is what I found on each site.



I first started out by looking at Nintendo and thought it would be easy after all they do cater to the casual consumer. But as I got further and further into the site all I did was find was someone on the support group telling me that the Wii can't get a virus. I exspected more from this company but I ended up disappointed.



Playstation 3 was the second website I decided to look at and it was just as disappointing as Nintendo. I also looked at the description and I found nothing on viruses. I also looked for it using the search button and it came up with two main themes. A game called Blast Factor that consisted of killing viruses and in the terms of service and agreement form it mentioned not being responsible for any virus you put up yourself.



The Xbox was easier to find although finding out this information was easier than the rest. Of course now I knew where to look for the information before I began. Once again I looked at the console discription and found nothing about viruses. I looked in the search tool and found a more reliable source than the other two. It listed that you are more at risk for viruses when you do go on to the internet. At least Xbox acknowledges the possibility.

I wonder why none of the companies post inform the public more about viruses. The consoles are expensive and is even more expensive to fix. People will have to look out for themselves when it comes to maintaining your security.

Now all wii can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best.

Sincerely,

Gamer Girl

Communication Job's in Gaming

If you originally thought you had to be a drawing genius to go into gaming, you’re wrong. Here is some jobs that you might want to look into if you’re interested. Video Game Designer - The video game designer thinks of the original concept of the video game. Say you have this great idea about farm animals in space that you and your friends think should be a video game. Your role would be being the boss of the entire operation. Every single part of the video game process would come through you. Like you would see the characters dialogue and pictures of the evil cow and brave pig, make sure the environment looks like space, look at all the puzzles and play the game a million times. Sure this may sound like fun but after the sixth time through the whole game you would want to become vegetarian. Audio Engineer - Audio Engineers are basically sound technicians. You would work with the voice actors, background music, and the different types of noise you might need in that particular world. You also take care of and set up the equipment that Ernie, the annoying and helpful side kick, would use. Writer - writing jobs include dialogue, story settings, and instructions. For the technical writer you have to have a degree in that particular area. This job would be to say the Jerry, the flying talking pig, has to cut into the moon for the cheese. However Sam, the evil purple cow wants it all for himself. How would you picture them speaking to each other? What would the environment look like? Do they have any defining characteristics, like does Sam have a lisp? Translator - If you are fluent in a specific language or languages, especially Japanese and Chinese, you will do well here. This is all about translating the dialogue and storyline that the writers has been already written. So you get to change Jerry saying,"Something stinks more than Gouda cheese" into any language you need. It is needed because most games reach into all types of countries and languages. Jerry says,"Algo apesta más que el queso del gueta.” You can find many interesting gaming jobs by going on job search sites so you can see what is out there as well as some of the in depth requirements. Good Luck,

Gamer Girl

First Day

This blog is being created for one of my classes. I will talk about gaming and how it relates to communication.