They certainly don’t like their enjoyment of the game being tainted by some kind of political or ideological standards, or identity politics.įor many, there will likely be a sense of disruption, a sense of Rowling unfortunately aiming her prodigious intellect and huge profile at a vulnerable target, with a fixity that seems jarringly out of synch with her wizarding world’s themes of empathy, sacrifice, friendship, tolerance, and even diversity. Many people just want to play the game, and not feel like they’re bad people for doing so. Such behaviour is bullying, anti-democratic and ill-liberal. The release of the much-anticipated Hogwarts Legacy video game has re-opened fault lines between Harry Potter fans divided over JK Rowling's beliefs about transgender inclusion. Search for the game online and you don't have to look far to find opposition gaming forum ResetEra has banned all mention of the game, a Twitter video encouraging people to boycott has amassed millions of views and major site GameSpot published an essay about Rowling's supposed "anti-transgender stance".Ī website, subsequently shut down, was created enabling people to monitor, and therefore more efficiently target Twitch streamers who were showcasing the game. On Twitch, a platform where people watch high-profile gamers play online, there have been issues around the release of Hogwarts Legacy as trans-allied commenters actively try to dissuade or even scathingly criticise streamers for purchasing and playing the game. Set in the wizarding world 100 years before the events of the Harry Potter stories, the game allows players to create their own characters and do battle with the forces of evil in the familiar surrounds of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest. Rowling took no discernible part in the creative process for the game, but will nonetheless earn large sums of money as the owner of the Harry Potter intellectual property. The long-awaited and highly-anticipated open world video game Hogwarts Legacy has re-opened fault lines between the franchise’s author JK Rowling, and her fans, and divided the gaming community.
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