Newspapers and game covers both use headlines, images, text, layout, and color to attract audiences. However, newspapers distribute information through hard copies or online and focus on serious topics, while game covers advertise interactive experiences found through gaming consoles connected to televisions. Additionally, digital publications can only be accessed through single devices like phones or laptops, whereas game systems allow simultaneous use of the console and television.

1. By Haseeb Patel

2.  Newspapers are made to allow its information to be gathered and spreaded through
things like a normal distributed hard copy newspaper, however in todays society, this has
changed due to the fact that technology has rise as well as things like smartphones and
tablets being introduced and used in our daily life.
 Headlines – Any newspaper has been distributed with a headline to describe its main
point and its main issue to drag the audience and to gain its attention.The headline is
written in large text to allow all viewers to read it whether they might have eye issues.
 Image –There will always include an image inside a local newspaper to allow the audience
to seek for evidence . Some people tend to find a newspaper hard to read when they are
no images included, this is because the specific person is not able to imagine what is
exactly happening.
 Text –The text is the most simple reason to why it is distributed inside a newspaper,Text
is needed to tell the specific story with key terms and phrases to allow the reader to read
on. In ancient newspaper, the text tends to have a capital letter which has been design in
a way that the first letter is much larger than the rest of the text.
 Layout –The layout has been constructed in a way to show how organised and reliable
the letter can be, For example as you can see as an example, we see a newspaper which
has been design in chronological order for example the heading, then comes the sub-
heading and lastly we see the text.
 Colour –The colours which are mainly shown in a newspaper are the specific images
which will include a wide range of RGB uses.The rest of the newspaper such as text will be
black which makes the newspaper rather plain.

3.  Game covers are made to allow the specific audience to understand what game it is, the
specific age rating, and any other piece of information a game cover will include.Game
covers will always have a little book like an instruction manual to help the audience with
things like buttons and how to play the game, this is similar to publishing.
 Title –The title is mainly there to simply give the audience an understanding of what
game it is, the title will include things like bold text to make it stand out and specific
writing, for example GrandTheft Auto industry has used the same text throughout its
whole existence.
 Text –The text is used simply to describe what the game is about such as if it is a
campaign/story mode game, it will allow the user to gain an understanding of what the
storyline is.Text is used the most in the media industry such as things like subtitle in a
game if the user is either finding it difficult to hear, they will always have that as a
second plan.
 Images – Images are shown to allow the audience to see the different characters which
were made in the game and will have a good understanding of what they are like when
they play the game.
 Layout –The layout is the most important part for whenever a person is distributing a
game.This is because the layout needs to be on point for it to have a nice design and to
attract awareness from the audience.
 Colour – In a game cover the colours are used very wisely for example, the idea of using
a dark colour background over white text makes the game cover stand our in general.
Game covers must be colourful in order for it to gain interest.

4.  There are certain things which these two media sectors do not include, they are quite similar but very different.
 A digital published product can only be made through things like newspapers as well as magazine, it can be made on
technological devices such as laptops and smartphones.This involves mainly text which is its main purpose. It tends to
have serious topics such as bombing in Syria, etc.
 A Game cover is different to all those things mentioned above as a game cover in its own has been made graphically on
tools such as Photoshop.The game in its own can be found on consoles which can be wired up to aTV.This makes a game
console unique as it allows two technical devices to be used whereas a published product can be access one at a time.