Last weekend was intense. I realize that’s describing it bluntly, but that’s the easiest way to describe the crazy two days I had. It began Saturday morning with a trip to the Wizardly World of Kent festival, formerly known as “Potterfest” until Warner Bros. decided to clamp down on people having fun with their “creative license.” 33% bigger than last year, it was packed from the minute the show opened with wands out. No, literally, more wands than there were wizards to choose. Nonetheless, it was awesome. In my many years of being a Harry Potter fan, I haven’t been to any show as large of this. Coming to the show with my friend Ashley and her daughter Gracie, we ran into a whole bunch of people I knew, mostly from Oddmall. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Life… I’ll Talk to You About Life
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Best Geeky Finds – A New Fantastic Trailer
The trailer for the next installment in the Harry Potter prequel films, Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald, hit the internet Tuesday, and was immediately met with awe and anger. With all fandom films of any type this is to be expected, but many of these problems have been posed for a while now, some originating back with the last Potter film, Deathly Hallows, Part 2. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – A New Fantastic Trailer
Playing Around – Battling to Save Hogwarts
We all know that when you’re into a fandom, you can’t get enough of it, regardless of the form it shows up in. And, not surprisingly, some big fandoms show up everywhere, even in the gaming world. So fans of Harry Potter should be happy to see there’s a new game for the franchise, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle. Continue reading Playing Around – Battling to Save Hogwarts
Best Geeky Finds – Happy Birthday Boy Who Lived
Around this time last month, wizards and muggles alike celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (published in America as Sorcerer’s Stone a year later). This Monday marks the 26th anniversary of Harry meeting Hagrid and learning he was a wizard. In honor of the boy who lived, many groups are celebrating this weekend with their own Potter-themed events. If you are a Potter fan, be sure to look in your area for some of these festivals. If there are none, or you are more of a muggle than you wish to admit, here are a few ways to learn and celebrate the wizarding world. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Happy Birthday Boy Who Lived
Best Geeky Finds – Where to Find Fantastic Beasts
“…it is not a book to be confined to the classroom. No wizarding household is complete without a copy of Fantastic Beasts, well thumbed by the generations who have riffled its pages in search of the best way to rid the lawn of Horklumps, interpret the mournful cries of the Augurey, or cure their pet Puffskein of drinking out of the toilet.”
– Albus Dumbledore, from the Introduction to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – Where to Find Fantastic Beasts