Type: Magazine Subscription
Title: Game Informer Magazine
Link: http://www.gameinformer.com/
Publisher: GameStop Corporation
Ages: 14 and up
Summary: This magazine is one of the nations most popular magazine. It features articles, news, strategy and review with games for computers and various consoles. It's total circulation is about 7.6 million, making it the 3rd largest magazine in the United States.
Critical Evaluation: Considering it is the 3rd largest magazine in the U.S., there are readers out there who are interested in this content. Since teenagers love playing games, in various formats, the library should subscribe to this very popular magazine in order to get teenagers to visit the library. They have reviews of games on these consoles: Playstation 4, XBox One, PC, Wii U, 3DS and Vita.
What also makes this magazine popular is the increase use of celebrities in video games, the increase of the quality of storytelling, and the popularity of older adults playing video games for leisure. Game Informer is the main stay of gamers, and should be bought because of the review of games, opinion of fellow gamers, and the look at the newest upcoming games.
Challenge Issues:
- Young adults should not be reading about games. They should be reading literature.
Challenge Defense Ideas:
- Reading about something teenagers are interested will keep them coming back to the library.
- Be familiar with the themes in the material and how they relate to young adults today.
- Stay calm and remember to not be personally offended by their comments or concerns.
- Libraries provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
- Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
- LISTEN to what they have to say and reiterate our freedom to read and be without censorship.
- All material for young adults are under the review of the branch manager and even further up, the Library Director and even City Council members.
