I couldn’t believe how many people bought that Harry Potter game that came out like 2 years ago. Not only was the game shitty looking ubishlock, but also we’ve known for years just how f***ed up jk rowling is as a person.
Having said that, as I child I remember protesting against the school trying to encourage me to buy Harry Potter at the school book faire. I get now that they were only trying to encourage me to read by suggesting a popular book, but I really didn’t like the cult-like obsession around this book even as a kid, so I’ve had bad vibes around the book series since the very-late 90s lol.
I got a copy for free, but also, it was actually a pretty fun game, gameplay wise. The absurd schizm between being a student with rules while also being a game character who can transform people into exploding barrels and throw them at their friends was also incredibly wild.
Meh, my wife got it for so little money that it wouldn’t give more than maybe 2p to Rowling. It looked to be a reasonably enjoyable game, and she played a genderqueer character since that was doable.
yeah but despite the devs being allies some of the money still goes to JKR who has made it very clear that she will use it to support anti-trans lobbying. not that the 2p would do a lot, just as a comment to the genderqueer thing
I agree, and she also said she would never have paid full price for it. Back in the day she was a big Harry Potter fan, but now it’s tailed off a lot because of the horribleness of Rowling … which is a plus for me, I didn’t have to sit through any of the Amazing Beasts stuff
I couldn’t believe how many people bought that Harry Potter game that came out like 2 years ago. Not only was the game shitty looking ubishlock, but also we’ve known for years just how f***ed up jk rowling is as a person.
Having said that, as I child I remember protesting against the school trying to encourage me to buy Harry Potter at the school book faire. I get now that they were only trying to encourage me to read by suggesting a popular book, but I really didn’t like the cult-like obsession around this book even as a kid, so I’ve had bad vibes around the book series since the very-late 90s lol.
I got a copy for free, but also, it was actually a pretty fun game, gameplay wise. The absurd schizm between being a student with rules while also being a game character who can transform people into exploding barrels and throw them at their friends was also incredibly wild.
And the number people you get to murder while blaming the bad guy for it.
Yeah, meanwhile you can get your friend put in jail for just one murder.
Meh, my wife got it for so little money that it wouldn’t give more than maybe 2p to Rowling. It looked to be a reasonably enjoyable game, and she played a genderqueer character since that was doable.
yeah but despite the devs being allies some of the money still goes to JKR who has made it very clear that she will use it to support anti-trans lobbying. not that the 2p would do a lot, just as a comment to the genderqueer thing
I agree, and she also said she would never have paid full price for it. Back in the day she was a big Harry Potter fan, but now it’s tailed off a lot because of the horribleness of Rowling … which is a plus for me, I didn’t have to sit through any of the Amazing Beasts stuff