1. Proposal
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Working Title: Gaming magazine
What is it called? This can change if you think of something better later
Product’s Purpose:
What is the product’s purpose (entertain/educate etc.) and how will you achieve this?
The purpose of this magazine is to inform the reader of information about the new games that are
coming out as well as facts about old ones. I believe that this magazine will appeal to its audience
and do its purpose by catching there attention and giving them a good read as well as making sure
that they learn new things from the magazine that they didn’t know before. Another key purpose is
to be interesting and including the information in a way that would give people enjoyment in
reading it. The front cover of my magazine will be Starwars battlefront and possibly crash
bandicoot the reason for this is that it represents old and new in games and also advertises the
games. This idea I believe fits well and suits its purpose. On the 2 page spread inside the
magazine I will have information about star wars which the front cover advertises and it will be half
a page the purpose of this is so that I can inform the reader of information on this. The bottom half
of the page is going to be about old Xbox and PlayStation 1 games including crash bandicoot and
on the page after that will be all about PlayStation and Xbox which finally just leaves the last page.
On the final page it will be a summary of different games and the top 10 on all consoles as well as
pictures of the games.
Genre: games, action, adventure and sci fi.
It’s a magazine that advertises to the different audiences about games that suit their personality
and play style. It is mainly based around information on the star wars games from all consoles old
and new but will also include information about crash bandicoot and other old games that are
coming to PlayStation 4 this covers sci fi and adventure as well as action and the reason its games
is because it is based off games and I believe will work well and fit in these genres. It will also
contain images of the games for people to get a good idea of the land scape I will be talking about
and will also introduce a visual look into the genres.
Content
My product is about reviewing games that are well received by critics and games that are not, I
would consider the pros and cons of new high rated games and then the pros and cons of the old
high rated games, the reason for this is so that I can consider how the different critics reviews have
changed and what type of games are popular now that wasn’t popular before. I would also give my
own opinion on it to show different points of view. I would do this with star wars battlefront and
some PlayStation one games. I will also include colours to advertise the different consoles as well
as the front cover which will also advertise other games. I shall talk about the difference between
old and new games in general. My content will tell a story of the star wars games and where they
started in battlefront and where that specific game is now and where it has come. I think that there
will also be a story of crash bandicoot as well and where the old games have come. There will be
pictures to give the audience a better image of what game I will be talking about, overall I think that
my content will fit well in the magazine.
Audience:
The age of my gender is 7+ the reason for this is because lots of people are into star wars and the
old games that will be mentioned have no violence and are age rated a pg and a u this way I can
appeal to multiple audiences in terms of age. I believe that people of the age 7 might find some of
the things and reviews boring however I think overall they might enjoy the pictures of gameplay,
however the people older might find my views valid and enjoy what I have to say or start a debate
if they disagree with me. I will appeal to all genders as I do not believe the games that I will be
saying anything that appeals to one specific it will be more a about personality rather than gender
but overall there will be things included that will appeal to possibly a multitude of different people.
When I am appealing to different audiences I will not be focusing on one social status as I think it
is free for anybody to read it and I do not want to aim it a certain group of people more multiple
groups in order to get more people interested. The psychographic of my magazine will be aimed
towards people that have an interest in star wars games in general (old and new) as well as crash
bandicoot and old PlayStation one games that they may want remasted and giving news and
information on that, and it shall also include images of the games to give the audience a better
idea of what will be in the game, this will appeal to the audience in that term. Overall I believe that
my magazine will appeal to this person because it contains all the qualities that are necessary in a
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magazine in order to be able to appeal to this specific type of audience.
Legal & Ethical Considerations:
Think about any offensive material you will include? My magazine will not contain any offensive
material and will be for people of young ages and will be suitable for them and other ethnicities.
Will you restrict younger people using/accessing it? I will not restrict younger people from reading it
as it will have nothing else that is offensive and will be for people of young ages.
Will it offend any social groups/religions/ethnicities? This magazine will not offend any social
groups, religions or ethnicities as it will contain no content related to them in any way and will
strictly be about games that kids can enjoy playing.
How will you ensure you do not offend anyone? I will not talk about games that are offensive I will
also not mention anything that may be deemed offensive and makes sure that I don’t use any
wording that may be deemed as offensive.
Are you using characters/names/logos of existing products/IPs? Yes I will be using pictures of
games from PlayStation that already exist but not to steal their content, it shall be in order to
advertise it and praise it.
Will you product be sufficiently different from existing products to not get sued for copyright
infringement? I believe that my magazine will be sufficiently different as it will talk mainly about on
game where as other gaming magazines try and create arrange of games to talk about.
