“Console Wars” is a ten-minute, student-made, fact-based radio show about games. The original idea was to create a show that was fun for gaming fans but still accessible for people who don't consider themselves gaming fanatics and also down-to-earth, so that people would finish listening to the show feeling that I learned something. The radio show we wanted to make needed to be something that went into a decent amount of detail about gaming without being too confusing for people who don't have extensive knowledge of the world of gaming. The reason we chose the topic of games is because, out of our group of five, three group members felt they had a fair amount of knowledge about games and we thought it would be an interesting topic that we could get a lot out of. Additionally, one member of our group is a member of the gaming company which we felt gave us access to many players. One problem we had to address right away was that gaming was a broad topic and simply making our show about gaming was too vague. We felt we needed to look at more specific aspects of the game. Five topics were chosen and research was conducted on all of them to see which would be the most inspiring radio program. The topics we considered were; violence is gaming, mobile gaming versus console gaming, console wars, local multiplayer versus online multiplayer, and the role of women in video games. We studied all of these topics and came to the conclusion that console wars would be the best topic because it contained a number of different areas that we could break down. Although we have explored some of our other topics via Vox Pops. We thought it was inspiring and exciting and would make a really fascinating radio show. That... middle of paper... told the band's story in an interesting and relatable way. I think we got some really nice cover shots and used a good number of them. Even though we only got one interview, the interview we did get worked really well with a good number of questions. The documentary was of good length and did not dwell too much on one aspect allowing the viewer to get bored. Next time I'll try to get more interviews and make sure the story is told in more depth. Bibliography Stewart, Peter, Essential Radio Skills: How to present a radio show, A&C Black, 2010. Fleming, Carole, The Radio Handbook, Taylor and Francis, 2009A Hard Day's Night, 1964, Richard Lester.BBC, David Bowie, Five Years .Saunders, David, Documentary, Taylor & Francis, 2010Nichols, Bill, Introduction to Documentary, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2010, 2nd edition