Mission Statement

Magazine name: ID.T (short for “Identity Tourist”)


It was difficult for me to come up with a short magazine name for what I want to cover, so I abbreviated it instead. The main focus of my magazine is about the culture of games; more specifically (for my beat), I want to focus on gender roles and how men and women are portrayed. Playing video games and reading a magazine can both be escapist in nature, so I thought about the idea of identity tourism and living in a world where people multi-task in so many different “windows” to the point of splintering their identities. Although people try to escape from their everyday lives, game designers unwittingly reinforce stereotypical discourses for players. I want to go beyond game reviews and write about aspects of games that nobody typically considers. As a whole, the magazine would hypothetically be about more than just gender, but that’s what I plan to focus on for my beat.