Brewing potions, finding artifacts, choosing a wand, and getting sorted in a house were all a part of the larger experience. It was a site that allowed fans to really feel a part of Hogwarts Legacy secrets which is something the upcoming console title will have to replicate in some

The Gryffindor Common Room is home within a home for Harry at Hogwarts. It’s where the Boy Who Lived spends his downtime relaxing or doing homework, with many cozy scenes set there over the course of the eight movies. Given its warm atmosphere, Hogwarts Legacy would be wise to replicate t

As it is with the Slytherin mentality, they were in it for the glory while not caring about the dilemma for the heroes. They also showed arrogance in the plays they made, humiliating the other team because they wanted to show off their tale

Gryffindors tend to stick with the thing they’re most comfortable with, and Darius was easily at home with wanting to pursue basketball. He also looked out for his brother, as he looked to cheer him up when LeBron pushed Dom into being like Dar

I know the devs are working hard. I know a lot of them are very good people. But this is true of literally every game. All devs work hard. Unless you buy every video game released each year to show how much you love video game developers, sympathy for the devs just doesn’t wash as a rea

Houses can be chosen. That much is for sure. What isn’t known yet is if this game will have a Mass Effect -like morality system. That said, the trailer might indicate that students could go an evil route. In the fight against the dragon breaking free, the bottom right corner shows a masked man aiding the player. Maybe the skull masks aren’t all evil, but this could point to students being able to go a different p

Reports have emerged today that the upcoming Harry Potter RPG Hogwarts Legacy will include a trans-inclusive character creator . Usually, when I hear that a video game is going to be trans-inclusive, my first thought is "oh that’s good, I hope they don’t mess it up." With Hogwarts Legacy, it’s a lot more complicated than that. Harry Potter as a franchise - and this game in particular - has a lot of red in the ledger when it comes to trans inclusivity. Not only is there JK Rowling’s history of transphobia to consider, there’s also the fact that the game’s lead designer Troy Leavitt used to run a GamerGate-adjacent, anti-SJW YouTube channel. It would be disingenuous to suggest that Hogwarts Legacy is building off a blank slate when it comes to including trans charact

Bugs ultimately acknowledged his earlier selfishness and sought to make amends by sacrificing himself to save the game, but returned at the end using a technicality. This was the kind of smart thinking Slytherins would appreciate, with Bugs also using his favor to LeBron in the conclusion as a way to stay in the real world while mooching off the lat

No one is ever shown playing Quidditch in the trailer. However, there is a shot of two students, presumably one being the player, about to start or at least hop on brooms. As this is an RPG, one can expect mini-games. Hopefully, Quidditch will be added like Blitzball was implemented in Final Fantasy

This is where the Guardian’s Person of the Year poll comes into it. The Guardian, a left leaning newspaper that still frequently platforms anti-trans columnists and rarely gives actual trans people a voice, has a Person of the Year much like Time’s, except it is voted for by the public - or more specifically, Guardian readers. "In a sign of the ongoing debate over gender issues, many readers also nominated the author JK Rowling," reads the Guardian’s introduction. While other nominees have achieved specific things this year - Gareth Southgate for leading England to the Euro final for the first time in their history, Dame Sarah Gilbert for championing non-profit vaccines, Simone Biles for her openness on mental health in sport at the Olympics - JK Rowling is there because of her views on gender we’ve known for quite some time. Even her infamous TERF Wars blog post came out in 2020. She is the de facto mascot of the anti-trans movement, having been mentioned by various government officials around the world as they have pushed through anti-LGBT legislation. Guardian reader Michelle, 45, is the exact demographic of middle class women who have likely never met a trans person but still don’t like them very much, and she writes Rowling’s blurb, ending with "She is very inspiring for women and is supportive of women’s rights, despite people trying to drag her down."

I don’t think anyone should be tweeting JK Rowling saying "you’re a massive cunt I hope you die," but I also don’t think I should be called a paedophile degenerate rapist by her followers. And yet I am. And she never says anything about it. If the above sources aren’t enough for you to understand why JK Rowling gets labelled a transphobe, the fact she has frequently called out abuse against her supporters but never tried to dissuade them from spouting vitriol in return, means many of us resent how she has tacitly endorsed them.