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Weekly Poll: What’s Your Favorite Fantasy World?

Weekly Poll: What’s Your Favorite Fantasy World?

In the pantheon of fantasy, there are gazillions of worlds encompassing everything from Dorothy’s Oz to the Greek mythology of Clash of the Titans to Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Sunnydale. This week’s poll presents five of the most popular fantasy worlds. Which is your favorite? Read more »

Pottermore Unveiled

Pottermore Unveiled

Harry Potter fans: dust off those old volumes, because you may just want to re-read the series again starting this October. The idea behind Pottermore, as revealed today by J.K. Rowling herself, is to bring Harry Potter into the digital age. But putting a simple label on just what the Pottermore.com site is, won’t be easy. It’s part reading club, part social network, part online game, part never-before-seen Potter content straight from Rowling, and part digital bookstore. We’ve got pictures! Read more »

What is JK Rowling’s “Pottermore”?

What is JK Rowling’s “Pottermore”?

J.K. Rowling is up to something. What that something is, we won’t find out until next Thursday, June 23rd. But it’s definitely something related to Harry Potter, because Rowling has just unveiled a new website called Pottermore. And from the stylized logo on display there, it looks as though “Pottermore” is the title of whatever it is she’s been working on. So what could it be? Read more »

LEGO Harry Potter 2 Coming This Year

LEGO Harry Potter 2 Coming This Year

TT Games is set to work their LEGO magic once again by the end of this year, with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The game is set to release by this Christmas, on every game system known to man — including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, Sony’s new handheld the NGP (will that be out by Christmas? did I miss a press release?), Nintendo DS, 3DS, and PC. One can only assume an iPad version will be in the offing at some point as well, since Years 1-4 was translated into an iPad game late last year. The new game will send you to the likes of Grimmauld Place, the Read more »

Harry Potter Shouldn’t Hang Out With Drunk Coke Heads [Funny Video]

Harry Potter Shouldn’t Hang Out With Drunk Coke Heads [Funny Video]

So what happens when you take Harry Potter and you get rid of fighting He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? You end up with a bunch of belligerent teenagers who just want to drink beer and snort coke while trying to get into Hermione’s pants. Okay so the high pitched voices in the spoof film are a bit annoying, but the chroma keying of actors into certain parts of the actual Harry Potter movies, plus the great use of footage from the films to match what their dialogue is saying is pretty cool. Here’s the video: Read more »