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Hi! I'm Ella, a student at The University of Salford. This blog was created to document parts of my Digital Media module but I will most likely use it for other cool art stuff too. If you're interested in more arty stuff, check out my creative methods and risks blog: ellasartblogstuff.tumblr.com. See you there!

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I realised that I would not have the time to create a zine as in depth as I had hoped. I will shorten it to 8 pages and cover each generation of video games in Japan with a paragraph for each significant game.

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A few scamps for my zine which I will be making over the next few weeks. 

The zine will be about the development of the video game industry in Japan, featuring early developments from arcade machines to post 2000 where I will comment on modern day video games.

I am planning to make the zine almost entirely out of pixels to give a consistent aesthetic throughout the zine.

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A Brief Introduction to Zines

noun

informal

plural noun: 'zines

a magazine, especially a fanzine.

“ Most definitions of zines include the fact that they are small-circulation, self-published, and often inexpensive or free.” - Mentalfloss

The first fanzine is thought to have been “The Comet” Started by Chicago’s Science Correspondence Club.[1] This started the sci-fi and alternative culture stereotype that comes with Zines, leading to zines playing a role in the punk movement of the 1970′s. Some popular punk zines are Slash, Sniffin’ Glue (UK) and Punk which actually shut down when punk began to become popular.[2]

After the punk movement, Zines began to reappear in the 90′s with the riot grrrl scene.

Whatever riot grrrl became - a political movement, an avant-garde, or an ethos - it began as a zine. -  papermag

The internet has largely played a role in helping Zines become more popular today, whilst printing culture is dying, zines have adapted and now there are several popular online Zines such as Cherry, a zine focused on modern feminism and photography.