Ever since the release of the Lord of the Rings fan films (Hunt for Gollum and Born of Hope), I’ve wondered why a Harry Potter fan film doesn’t exist (the fan musicals don’t count!) and wished that someone would create one! Well, now someone has. It’s called “The OMEn Chronicles”, and it is not a…
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…
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…
Video games. They have a reputation. A reputation for being violent. Mindless. All reflex and no thought. Enter Myst and Riven. Both released over 20 years ago, they were the most popular PC games of their time. While Myst wasn’t my favorite, Riven, the sequel, is one of my top ten favorite video games of all…
Let’s review what we already know: Universal Orlando is opening an expansion to its very popular “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” theme park. The current theme park features Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. The current park resides within “Islands of Adventure”. The expansion will feature Diagon Alley and will replace the “Jaws” theme park within the main…
December 13th simply cannot come soon enough. With this new (third) trailer, we see much that we’ve already seen in the previous two trailers. However, we are given more tidbits that we haven’t seen or heard—tidbits that maintain our excitement for the upcoming film. We at first hear Bard reciting an adaptation of the song…
Give me the Dark Wizard sign-up sheet. Please. Give it to me now. Alright. In all sincerity, I do not actually want to become a Dark Wizard. Becoming a Dark Wizard would involve being evil and all that. And being evil would not at all help my “good guy” image. However, if being a Dark Wizard…
Two sides are at war. Battles are televised. Interviews with each side are televised. You watch them. You hang on to every word. But you don’t really know, deep down, who to trust. You don’t know who the real enemy is. You only know what your parents tell you, and what their parents told them.…
Tonight, after the fourth inning of the World Series, a glimpse was released of another upcoming game: the Quarter Quell edition of the Hunger Games. That’s right, folks—the third and final trailer of Catching Fire was released tonight, and in it, we see quite a lot that we haven’t seen before. Watch the trailer for…
In addition to The Hunt for Gollum, yet another Lord of the Rings inspired fan-made indie film exists. This one is called Born of Hope. It is set earlier than The Hunt for Gollum, which features Aragorn as an adult and is set just after Bilbo leaves Bag End but before Frodo leaves Bag End. Instead, Born of Hope is set before…