Three weeks ago, I posted about the Middle-Earth Map Chrome Experiment. At that time, one location was still locked. That location, the Lonely Mountain, has since been opened. Honestly, I think that it features the most interesting interactive content yet—of any of the five previous locations. You enter the Lonely Mountain. Smaug addresses you, as…
This review is positively riddled with spoilers, so I would recommend seeing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug first, before reading this. You’ve been warned. Upon leaving the theatre on the evening of December 13th, having just seen the second Hobbit movie, I forced myself to hold back the deluge of disappointment. I calculated in my head that…
Before I begin comparing and contrasting the two films, let’s make one thing perfectly clear: The Muppet Christmas Carol is a Walt Disney movie too. Therefore, rather than call it “Disney’s A Christmas Carol“, I’m going to refer to the 2009 film as “Jim Carrey’s A Christmas Carol”. Interestingly enough, another famous adaptation (not reviewed…
Critics say yes. Audience reviews and Twitter reactions say yes. The box office numbers say yes. I say yes. There are two ways that we can answer this question. First, is Catching Fire a better movie? Second, is Catching Fire a better adaptation? Both are valid questions, and both answers are still yes, in my opinion.…
When Google announced that they were creating a Middle-Earth map, I was frankly very excited. The best map that I have of Middle-Earth currently resides within the Lord of the Rings Online video game, and even then, it’s a game map, which means that it’s embellished by game features. It’s a very detailed map, and…
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…