Media Blog 1 Mr Halsey

Regulation – PEGI Research the following  using the PEGI website . 1) What is the VSC and how does it link to UK law? The VSC Rating Board is an administrator of the PEGI age rating system, used in over 30 countries across Europe. It links to UK law as in 2012 the PEGI system was incorporated into UK law and the VSC was appointed as the statutory body responsibile for the age rating of video games in the UK using the PEGI system. 2) Note down the key statistics on the homepage. 13938+  Games Rated 15141+ Apps Rated 1702  Number of Member Outlets 30  Years in Operation 3) What is the purpose of PEGI? PEGI (Pan European Game Information) is the  age  rating system for video-games in Europe. The objective is to inform consumers about the content and  age  suitability of games prior to purchase, to protect minors from unsuitable content. 4) Click on the PEGI Rating tab in the top menu. What are the age ratings and what do they include? PEGI 3 -Majorit

Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Autonomy House decoration Marriage Child birth Creativity Pet Care Exploring 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? The audience being targeted for this game would be predominately  female due to a lot of focus on femininity  aspects that females will respond positively to. In addition I think the age range would be between 12-25 which is a very youthful audience as the game features living a life of young person surrounded  by youth culture and a way to give the audience freedom to live the life they dream of. 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Personal Identity - The Sims Freeplay allows the audience to reflect their lives and ideals through their in game character so that they can live their life with complete freedom. Escapism - Escaping from real life to live a virtual life with the freedom you wouldn't have IRL. Divert

1) What is the definition of a fan? Fanatic: a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal - shortened to fan. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore/True Fan -  Hard core fans identify themselves as the ‘insiders’ within any given fandom and  consider themselves to be aficionados of their chosen media text. They spend a lot of time and often money in becoming hard core fans. They take pride in how long they have been a fan and also the quantity and quality of the knowledge they have amassed whilst being a fan. Newbie -  Newbies, as the name suggests, are new fans of any given text and do not have the longevity of devotion or depth of knowledge that hard core fans have and are initially viewed as the ‘outgroup’ within fandoms. Anti-fan -‘Anti-fans’ are those which identify themselves with media texts but negatively so;  they loathe or hate the text but unlike ‘true’ fans they do not form their relationship with a text throug