Thursday, 23 June 2011



-The video cover is predominantly dark and gloomy colours such as: black, dark blue and green
- The pictures on the covers are Computer Generated Images of a large haunted mansion and ghost like characters 
- Most of the images are a long shot as they want you to see the whole picture without taking your eye away by emphasising certain areas, It is also a high shot so that you feel as if the building and characters are towering above you, making you feel more intimidated and  creates a scary atmosphere

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Video Game Worksheet

1) The top 3 main companies in the video game world are: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo
2) The top 5 selling games in 2010 in the UK are: Call of Duty: Black Ops/FIFA 11/Just Dance/Red Dead Redemption/Wii Fit Plus
3) The main genres for the top 20 sold are platformer and shooter
4)  The top 3 selling consoles are  Xbox 360 & PS3 & WII
5) The console that got the most sales for these games:
-Cod black ops - Xbox 360
-Fifa 11 - XBox 360
-Just dance - Wii
6)The top 7th gen games sold world wide


  1. Wii Sports (45.7 million) (April 2009)[23]
  2. Wii Play (22.98 million) (April 2009)[23]
  3. Wii Fit (18.2 million) (April 2009)[23]
  4. Mario Kart Wii (15.4 million) (April 2009)[23]
  5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (8.4 million) (April 2009)[23]
  6. Halo 3 (8.1 million) (January 2008)[24]
  7. Super Mario Galaxy (8.02 million) (April 2009)[23][25]
  8. Mario Party 8 (6.7 million) (April 2009)[23]
  9. Gears of War 2 (5 million, may include PC version) (May 2009)[26]
  10. Gears of War (4.7 million, may include PC version) (January 2009)[27]
7) There are more sales in the US because they have the biggest population out of the UK and Japan
8) The genre of games most sold for:
-Sony - RPG
-Nintendo - Sport
-Microsoft -  Shooter 
-Sega - Platform