As the creator of Harry Potter, JK Rowling is impossible to completely de-platform. I’m not even arguing that we should try. But when we offer this elevated status as the transphobe, we martyr her and embolden her and her followers. JK Rowling argues her first ‘like’ on Twitter that signaled her transphobia was an innocent slip of a thing she meant to bookmark. I don’t think that’s too difficult to believe. It feels like she has reacted to light but justified criticism by jumping onto the other team with both feet, ignoring the fact that lurking just outside the centre of her group, where concerned feminists rally for cisgender rights, she is surrounded by the worst sorts of fascists, homophobes, and legislators who are going after trans women as a proxy for all women, and once they have secured victory over trans people, next it is gay people, then cis women.

In the Order of the Phoenix movie, Sirius Black and Harry have a sweetheart to heart inside Number 12 Grimmauld Place . This conversation takes place in front of a giant family tapestry, which contains the name of Phineas Nigellus Black. The character used to be Hogwarts headmaster, and he is widely considered as one of the worst people to have taken on the role according to the fifth b

The LEGO games have always gone down well with fans. Their first attempt, LEGO Star Wars: Episodes 1-3 , set the tone for what was to follow. And Harry Potter got the plastic treatment in the summer of 2010, with fans being able to play out the Harry’s adventures in a remarkably different format than anything bef

For example, finding the giant squid would be an amazing adventure, especially if it has a big payoff. Using Gillyweed to trawl its depths would enjoyable, as well, particularly given the potential for it to host loads of little collectibles. Let’s hope the 2022 game finds a way to make the place just as mysterious and enchanting as it is during the source mater

The common room could act as a central hub for the playable characters, perhaps being a place where mini-games such as chess and gobstones can take place. Characters could even gamble with fictitious money, adding an extra layer of competition to thi

The lesson here is to take risks with the narrative. Hogwarts Mystery is after all set during Harry’s era of the school’s history, yet is still allowed a great deal of creative freedom. The ongoing storytelling, organized in chapters, is definitely something Hogwarts Legacy could c

If Hogwarts Legacy takes place in the early 1800s, there are several Hogwarts students that players could encounter that won’t be completely new. Alberic Grunnion, for example, who prominently featured on a Chocolate Frog card mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone , was born in 1803 and attended Hogwarts from 1814 to 1821. Grunnion was the nineteenth-century wizard that invented the Dungbomb, a magical stink bomb that prominently features in the books and films as one of the ‘Weasley & Weasley’ shop produ

Editor’s Note: Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has been accused of transphobia by those in the LGBTQ+ community. Although not directly involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, Rowling does stand to earn royalties from the game. We would like to reiterate our support for trans rights and that trans identities are valid. Support services are listed below for trans people impacted by discussions of transpho

While it may have been critically panned, the video game adaptation of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 did bring a few new ideas into the gameplay mechanics of the series. The dueling, for instance, was the best it had ever b

Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts Legacy Beginner guide is a difficult one. Nobody believes him about Lord Voldemort’s return, Rita Skeeter and Cornelius Fudge are out to discredit him, Dolores Umbridge gives him terrible treatment, and Sirius Black dies at the end leaving Harry heartbroken in the proc

The last Potter movie game in the EA series (that doesn’t include the LEGO titles) was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. It loosely followed the movie of the same name, with players able to take control of Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger as they break into Gringotts, escape Death Eaters in Hogsmeade, and then go up against Lord Voldemort in the Battle of Hogwa

The later the events in Hogwarts Legacy take place, the more likely it is that the characters who appear in the game will feel familiar to players and fans. One of the most complete lore backstories players have from J.K. Rowling’s writings is the story of Angus Buchanan. Angus was the first and only squib to get to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after his older brother Hamish flew him in on his broomstick in a desperate attempt to trick the school into letting him s

It sounds thrilling enough yet it’s gameplay left much to be desired and the graphics weren’t up to scratch either. Gamespot gave it a low 4/10, labelling it ‘short and tedious’. That’s pretty brutal, and places it last on this l