Proposed research techniques

My final major project involves two main topics for research, video games and magazines. However I've been a gamer for a long time and i already have a lot of information i can use for my FMP from this topic (for example I've got 162 games on my PC, about 7 consoles etc). Therefore i feel its appropriate that i research the second topic more thoroughly this being the magazines.

Primary research

To research this topic i will study gaming magazines and analyse what makes them effective.

I have already looked at the PC gamer magazine and i have begun analysis of this. I also plan on looking at the Nintendo magazine and analysing it in the same way. I thought it would be better to analyse Nintendo specifically because it is polar opposite of the PC gamer magazine. For example the PC gamer magazine caters to an older audience and their content is centred on a market Nintendo isn't engaged in at all Nintendo being a console only company, completely separated from the PC market. I want to see how these magazines differ their approaches in regards to writing and design because of these parallel goals.

I am also going to be researching games and i have a number of titles i finished recently that i want to review and talk about including:

Touhou Project games 1-5, 7, 7.5 and 10.5

Hyper Light Drifter

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Dark Crusade

Undertale

Bastion

One Finger Death Punch

Momodora

Mark of the Ninja

ICEY

Downwell

Cave story +

Axiom Verge

The Basement Collection

I plan on examining the mechanics of these games in my reviews and going into detail about what makes them good and in some cases bad.

This will be primary research because i will be "watching or reading similar products and taking notes."

Furthermore i will release a survey onto my college facebook group to cultivate ideas and acquire feedback.

Secondary research

I will look into the circulation of the magazines i will be examining and i will write about what this means.

I will also read articles about magazines that might give me advice on how to structure my FMP.