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…
Want to get into the Hallowe’en spirit? Wish you could see the Great Hall at Hogwarts decked out for the holiday? Well look no further than Pottermore at PlayStation Home! If you have a PS3, you can access PlayStation Home for free. From the main screen, navigate to “PSN”, then PlayStation Home. You may have…
I’m sorry. That pun was too great to resist. And it’s not entirely true. I love the idea behind the Ouya console. However, the reality isn’t as awesome as it could have been. Let’s talk about the pros of the idea, then the cons of the reality. Ouya, An “Oh, Yeah!” Idea The television gaming universe…
The Wii U is arguably the greatest flop in Nintendo history, released six years after Nintendo’s greatest success story, the Nintendo Wii. While the Nintendo DS has sold more units, Nintendo has profited more by the Wii due to its higher price. However, Wii U sales have been lackluster by comparison. Yesterday, it was announced that…
I recently purchased “Rory’s Story Cubes“. Wanting to give it a try, I rolled the nine story cubes, studied them for a moment, and then just started writing. This is what I came up with. The cubes are pictured above. I tried to include every cube in the story, which I think I succeeded in…
Madam Pince is displeased. Why? Because now muggles can visit the Hogwarts Library. On August 15th, Sony’s third release in the Pottermore at PlayStation Home series saw its first muggle visitors. This release features the Hogwarts Library, a giant wizard chess game, and flying on broomsticks through the Forbidden Forest. Also, if you re-visit Diagon Alley, you…
While Hogwarts may feel like home for so many, the first generation of Harry Potter fans are now old enough to have graduated from Hogwarts and own their own homes now. I myself just bought my first house back in October. However, I am not a wizard. I did not graduate from Hogwarts. But if…
Finally, Harry Potter fans have something akin to an MMORPG. I have been waiting for this to happen for years. It is a work in progress, yes, but as it continues to grow, and more spaces are released, we may even have a fully-fledged Hogwarts one day. What spaces are available now? And what exactly…
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…
When Pottermore was first announced, J. K. Rowling made fairly clear that this interactive experiment was of her own design. It was her brainchild. It was not about money, because, apart from the ebooks and audiobooks in the Pottermore Shop, there was no money to be made from Pottermore. Membership is entirely free. There is…