Wednesday, 10 October 2012

PC Gamer Front Cover Analysis


The Masthead is large and varying in colour so to attract the reader’s attention, and features a background and is right at the top of the page to make it easy to read and not obscure anything.

Above the masthead is the slogan “The World’s Number One PC Games Magazine” by calling itself the “World’s number one” makes the assumption that it is the best possible magazine you can buy and by making the text number one you get the assumption that it is the top of the line magazine.

The absence of a barcode could give the impression that the barcode is on the back or maybe on the inside cover depending on where the layout artist determines is the best place to put it.

In the centre is a picture of the games main character and covering part of him is the title of the game he is from giving a sense that he goes along with the text allowing for easy connection between the two

Dotted around the page is multiple smaller titles detailing what will also be in the issue allowing people to buy the magazine for more reasons than just the main feature.

In total there is only three colours for the entire front page, this is a good decision as any more could confuse or put off the reader.

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