Review: Book of Potions

I don’t care for Potions. As a Ravenclaw, while this might sound a bit stereotypical, my favorite class is Charms. I suppose this is in part because Professor Flitwick, the Head of Ravenclaw house, is the teacher. I have a high respect for Professors Sprout and McGonagall as well, but I have none left over…

Pottermore: Eleven Wizarding Schools

The second installment of the Goblet of Fire on Pottermore.com was released today. In the twelve new moments, there are several galleons, Wizard Cards, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, potion ingredients, (Ravenclaw) house points, and other magical items to collect, but more importantly, there are three new articles by J.K. Rowling to study. They are: Beauxbatons…

“Book of Potions” Is Now Available… But Where?

Today, the Pottermore Insider announced that “Wonderbook: Book of Potions” is now released for the PS3. It was previously announced that it would be released on November 12th (Tuesday) in North America and November 15th (today) in Europe. However, after checking Amazon.com every day since Tuesday, “Book of Potions” is still nowhere to be found. I…

“Book of Potions” Added to Pottermore.com

When “Wonderbook: Book of Spells” was released last year for the PS3, a virtual “Book of Spells” by Miranda Goshawk was also added to the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts Library on Pottermore.com. Once this “Book of Spells” was found and “borrowed”, a “Book of Spells” badge was awarded to you, and a short video preview of…

Preview: Book of Potions

On the heels of the successful Wonderbook: Book of Spells, we have Wonderbook: Book of Potions. Like Book of Spells, this video game exclusively for Sony PlayStation 3 (the same Sony that brings us Pottermore) uses the Wonderbook to give us, the would-be wizards-in-training, as authentic an experience as possible, compared with reading an actual Book of…