They require very specific types of care and students must be able to understand how to appropriately approach a Hippogriff, or perhaps how to survive a run-in with a Dragon. The trailer for the game already revealed some of the fantastic beasts students will come acr

This is how the debate is always framed. JK Rowling says something, often wilfully controversial or in some cases as linked above, factually incorrect, and anyone who attempts to correct her is just a misogynist trying to pull her down. As a trans woman, I would simply be a man talking over a woman, to hear many of JK Rowling’s followers tell it. When men transition, we’re invading women’s spaces for our own sexual gain. When girls transition (and the language is always men and girls when her supporters discuss transition) they are being lured away by predatory men, or are being pushed into it by a patriarchal society.

The Hogwarts Express is such a vital part of the experience for any student traveling to this life-changing school. It’s been a part of the wizarding infrastructure for so long and fans should get a chance to ask for something from the trol

The success of Hogwarts Legacy – the success of any Harry Potter project – is her success, and even though she is not involved with the game itself, supporting it is supporting her. It’s not about the money; I know she’s already rich. It’s about the fact she continues to have a platform for her views, continues to be an aspirational public figure, and continues to be celebrated despite repeated transphobic – and often factually incorrect – comments on her blog posts, Twitter account, and even in her nove

Hogwarts Legacy has released its first trailer, promising players that their choices and actions will define the future of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The trailer also offered a sneak peek at the many locations that fans will be able to explore, in what seems to be an open-world video g

Cyberpunk 2077 is easily the biggest game to push a transgender character creator to the forefront, and I’ll be returning to that in time, but first I think there’s a big question to be asked: does Hogwarts Legacy’s trans inclusive character creator make any difference? My answer is a rather blunt ‘no

There was perhaps a time when JK Rowling could have been reached. There was a more reasonable way out of this for all of us. Now? Probably not. But we don’t need to act like everything she says is the end of the world. She wasn’t included in the Harry Potter special – aside from archive footage – because of how controversial she is. How you feel about her views on trans people is irrelevant; she is controversial. In some ways, she has deliberately made herself controversial, leaning into what is now her brand.

Even featuring the changing ceiling, the Great Hall looks like it has been recreated effectively in the game. The Staircases that lead on from the Great Hall will be the main way that players are able to travel, although they should beware that they sometimes m

She will maintain a fanbase. She will still be voted as person of the year by white, middle class Guardian readers whose biggest problem is those trans they’ve read so much about. But she will be forgotten, if we forget her. Trans art is on the rise. Laverne Cox, Kim Petras, Mj Rodriquez, Nikita Dragun, Elliot Page, Hunter Schafer, Jazz Jennings, Indya Moore, Chella Man, Elliot Fletcher… this is who the future belongs to . Let JK Rowling have the past. Leave her there.

Divination was once ruled by Hermione Granger as a complete waste of time. However, without the art of Divination there would not have been the famous prophecy, nor would Harry have had an early warning of his encounter with the supposed G

It’s not every day that the survival horror genre perfectly mixes with an RPG, but Chernobylite seems to attempt this with its wildly engaging premise. Players take on the role of a man searching through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and having to survive in this toxic area. As if that wasn’t enough, otherworldly threats have emerged on the scene, making surviving the environment, as radioactive as it is, an almost secondary conc

On the other hand, games are developed by hundreds of staff, and the views of two people – even arguably the two most influential figures involved in said game – will not be shared by everyone. According to this report, the whole reason this trans inclusivity exists is because of pressure from the developers lower down the totem pole who are keen to balance out the views of Rowling in particular. But even then, we don’t know enough to be sure if this push for balance is out of a genuine desire to see trans representation in the game, or to get out in front of any incoming criticism. The fact you could stick a willy on a woman in Cyberpunk 2077 was frequently used to silence trans critiques of the game’s more problematic elements, and it’s natural that some Hogwarts Legacy walkthrough Legacy devs might hope a trans witch could do the same for their own game. We just don’t k