Rowling has sort of intensified, I had been trying deliberately to avoid the Harry Potter universe and hearing the things that she'd said. So for the last couple of years, as the rhetoric from J.K. There's a line at the top of your review saying that the game, in your words, helped you say goodbye to the setting for good. Grey is a writer and reviewer with Wired magazine. They were basically seasonal decorations for us. It was one of the few books that we all read sort of together.Īnd then when the movies started coming out, they just naturally became like comfort watches for us. It was something that my younger sister read, my mom read. The third one had a lot of themes about, like, complicated parental figures and feeling like an outcast.Īnd that really resonated with me as a young queer person, and it really resonated with my family too. It wasn't until like the second or third book that I really felt immersed and engaged in this world. Can you tell me about your own relationship with the world of Harry Potter? You grew up loving the world of Harry Potter. Grey spoke with Day 6 guest host Manjula Selvarajah about the controversy with Rowling and how the game became such a focal point. 10, and is an open-world, action role-playing game set in the 1800s wizarding world of Harry Potter. Hogwarts Legacy was released on all major video game platforms Feb. Rowling's statements about transgender people.
The open-world video game has faced backlash and a boycott by some fans over series creator J.K. "And all of that together really just solidified that, outside of everything else, it just wasn't a very good game." "There were just all sorts of little details that my inner Harry Potter fan was like, 'That's not right,'" said Grey. Jaina Grey is a writer and reviewer with Wired magazine, and a trans woman, who says she grew up loving the Harry Potter world.Īfter playing the game and documenting her experience, Grey says she's saying goodbye to a fictional world she once adored. Recently, she opposed the Scottish government's proposed gender recognition legislation. The author has questioned the use of gender-inclusive language and trans people's right to access gendered spaces. Rowling about transgender people.įans have since boycotted the game over what they see as Rowling's anti-trans views. Many Harry Potter fans around the world eagerly awaited the release of the new video game Hogwarts Legacy - a title mired in controversy due to comments by series creator J.K. Day 6 9:07 Can Hogwarts Legacy stand apart from J.K.
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