The Escapist
The Escapist is a website that allows users to access further information about video games/consoles, movies and T.V series and even feature online comics and photos of many different people 'cosplaying' as famous well known multi media characters, predominately from the animation industry, especially within Japanese Manga/Anime. Users can also access information on modern time technology and science.
The website predominately features gaming, as users are automatically introduced to the video game tab of the homepage. Users receive daily updates and breakthroughs to the various kinds of information for the games/films/technology they find interest in, and can even give their own opinions on the forum tab. The various kinds of Forum topics users can access includes gaming discussions, news, religion and politics.
The most notorious feature of the website is a series of comedy sketches that are a comical form of a game journalist's review of recent video games, known as 'Zero Punctuation'. His scathing, profane reviews are often a source of comedic entertainment for the website, and the creator of the series, Ben Croshaw (aka 'Yahtzee') updates new videos on a weekly basis, further attracting many new users to the website.
The website's signature colour is blue, while Zero Punctuation's has a prominent yellow background during his sketches. These contrasting colours could symbolise the different audiences attracted to the website for different purposes.
In my opinion, I enjoy this website, as the colours are not too dark and brooding enough that I cannot see the text, and the various activities illustrate a happy, fun place on the internet, especially for game/anime geeks and those who wish to enjoy procrastination!
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