Here's a fun story from the great Hamlet Au's blog:
Harry Potter Roleplay Sim in Second Life Coming Soon
by Hamlet Au
The Harry Potter books and movies have finally run their course, but The Second Life Roleplay blog has news of a new Harry Potter role play sim coming soon to SL, which aims to be (in the creators' words) "strictly canon to the books/movies. Many of the current Harry Potter RPGs (in SL) lack this." The Hogwarts build and the uniforms look pretty accurate and beautifully done (see them here on this Flickr stream).
If you're a hardcore Potter fan, you can read this long Q&A with the developers on Plurk, with questions of such Hogwartian geekery as "I have a question about Hogsmead/Diagon Alley! Would we be able to roleplay there when it's built?" One question that doesn't come up there, far as I can see: "What do you think JK Rowling and Warner Brothers would make of all this?" Given the launch of the official online experience Pottermoreand all the happy fun cease-and-desistery with other fan-made projects, I'm not so sure. But hopefully Ms. Rowling and the Hollywood studio which adapted her books embrace this virtual fanfic roleplay in the spirit it seems intended.
If you're a hardcore Potter fan, you can read this long Q&A with the developers on Plurk, with questions of such Hogwartian geekery as "I have a question about Hogsmead/Diagon Alley! Would we be able to roleplay there when it's built?" One question that doesn't come up there, far as I can see: "What do you think JK Rowling and Warner Brothers would make of all this?" Given the launch of the official online experience Pottermoreand all the happy fun cease-and-desistery with other fan-made projects, I'm not so sure. But hopefully Ms. Rowling and the Hollywood studio which adapted her books embrace this virtual fanfic roleplay in the spirit it seems intended.
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