Computer Game Brief Analysis – Rock Band (for the Wii)

The media language used in the game is informa. The mise-en-scene is dark with bright lights, a stage and an audience, so the player can think that they’re real rock star’s on a stage. The characters costumes can vary and it is up to the player to decide which costume there rock band member will wear. To play the game you must by, the drum kit, electric guitar and the micro-phone.

The insitituation for the games, played on a Nintendo Wii and the game is created by EA games; which is popular worldwide. In some respects there are winners and losers in the games as the console will rang the player as accurate they played the instruments.

The genre for Rock Band is music and role-play, this game will attract consumers of all ages.

The Representation of this games is that player will get in to the charactor of being a rock star. However the consumer can make the rock star there own, by changing song choice and outfit choice (which includes hair do’s).

The audience will be friends or family or even the other player which are playing the game too. Although there is an electronic audience that can shout or boo depending on how well the consumers has done.

The ideology of Rock Band is, where the Rock Band are continuously trying to impress the auience and trying to improve there top score.

In my conclusion of Rock Band I believe that this game can be enjoyed alone or incompany. The games easy find a local stockist to buy the games however it’s quite expensive because the buyer has to buy all the equipment for it to be able to work.