Task 1: B2

XBOX

Figure 1.1

Xbox is a game console which has been sold and is also known throughout the world alongside its biggest competitor "Playstation". Xbox has been around for a while now and has gained so much gamers/users that they have created an official magazine just for information and gossip on new games that have been released just for Xbox and other games available on all platforms. There was a printed magazine and there is still is, in shops for purchase. Now, there's an online magazine which is digitally advanced and saves you from spending money on the store magazines which are almost pointless unless you're in a rush or there's possibly no internet/technology around you.

Figure 1.2

The Xbox magazine has been updated through the last previous years and it seems that they have come up with newer ways to communicate with their readers/gamers with relevance to navigating through the digital magazine itself. They have placed 4/5 icons which are shown on the Figure 1.2. These icons are all game related or made to look game related and this helps draw in the readers attention, when you click the first icon which represents flaming hot (hot news), a small chart falls down/drops down and it shows all the top amusing game related news of the week, the other icons represent: List, Profile/Log In and Search. The fact that they have icons on there page layout in replacement of words is good with reducing space because writing words may take up some of the space and cause the website to become jam-packed.

The Xbox Magazine uses many animated graphics throughout their website and this helps engage the gamers, it makes them feel like they're even more involved and this is simply because it's less boring and more fun when you're able to click links and the words start to vibrate or you click on a specific link or even log in to your Xbox Magazine account for example and it does a short animation displaying your name, it makes you feel that little more a part of the team.

The use of colour is quite normal, the reason I say this is because it appears that there is a specific layout colour but, they are constantly being overshadowed by a numerous amount of video clips which are popping up under new content, etc. However, the layout is set up quite nicely although there are a lot of things which could be a bit more held together and less out of place. But, overall the layout was well designed and thought about, the icons which were used helps to shorten the time which it would usually take to navigate and find a specific article or a part of the page.