WIRED gives 'Hogwarts Legacy' a 1 out of 10, says it lacks the magic of queerness

We’ve been assured that buying the new video game set in J.K. Rowling’s “Wizarding World” will directly fund her attacks on trans people and literally harm them. On review aggregating site Metacritic, “Hogwarts Legacy” currently has a score of 84 out of 100 based on 83 critics. As we reported, gaming site IGN gave the game a 9 out of 10 but included a pathetic sidebar assuring readers they were strictly reviewing the game; “whether it’s ethical to play is a separate still very important question.”

Among the dissenting critics is WIRED’s Jaina Rodriguez Grey, “a product writer and reviewer at WIRED covering coffee, sex tech, and gaming.” Grey awarded the game a 1 out of 10, citing the lackluster art direction, one-dimensional characters, and even the score. “I can’t in good conscience recommend spending your money on it,” Grey writes. “Combined with who this game helps and who it harms, well, it’s definitely not worth it unless your goal is to cause harm.”

This problem is that not enough queer people worked on the game, and those who did sold out for the paycheck:

There’s a direct correlation between how open Rowling becomes about her bigotry, and how flat and heartless Wizarding World media becomes. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. I think it’s because LGBTQIA+ people and genuine allies are some of the best creative minds in the world, and these films and this game were made largely without them.
The game industry is far queerer than most people realize. All the things you know and love about your favorite games were made by queer people. I don’t just mean directors or executive producers. I mean the concept artists who bring your favorite games to life, the sound designers, the engineers, the technical artists, the composers, the musicians, the writers, the testers, the producers—the hands that make the best games in the world are queer. We’re the life, the heartbeat, and the magic of great games.

I want to have a document filled with with colorful graphs that illustrate all the project workers' sexual identities, races, religions, and social media follows before I will give any money to any creative work.
Even then, I will still hate it if I am told to by my peers.
— Bruce Gottfred (@bgottfred) February 10, 2023

For cryin' out loud, what happened to "it doesn't matter what you do in your bedroom"?
People have to put being queer on their resumes now?
— 𝕴𝖑𝖐𝖔 𝕭𝖎𝖗𝖔𝖛 (@ilkobirov) February 11, 2023

They have no credibility.
— Justin Case (@Hendu71) February 12, 2023

So the entertainment industry is brimming over with queer people but they just somehow managed to avoid employing any of them in all Harry Potter related media?
— The Black Battleship (@HubrisKarate) February 10, 2023

I bought it after I saw this.
— Wannabe Defense Atty (@StrictLiable) February 11, 2023

It’s labelled as a game review but it’s just a rant.
— Clive Davidson (@CliveSDavidson) February 10, 2023

>we’re
That reviewer clearly had an axe to grind, and this was the perfect grindstone.
— Tsukkomi (@ljenkins314) February 10, 2023

Gee I wonder why they gave it such a poor score?
The reviewer: pic.twitter.com/8wz7bHhFTq
— Dad Montgomery (@dad_montgomery) February 10, 2023

Do queer people also put the magic into vibrators and coffee? We’ll have to check out Grey’s reviews.

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 9, 2023