Perhaps EA is encouraging users to create their own version of the story using the Realm of Magic expansion and perhaps an entire recreation of the Harry Potter storyline. It's fun to fantasize if Darley is possibly one of the sages in Realms of Magic, such as L.Faba, or possibly as there is no timeline comparison for us to go by in The Sims, could be one of the retired sages. Unfortunately, all Darley Porter seems to be is a fictional book and not an easter egg character in the game. Although EA could completely distance itself from the situation by removing the book, that might be seen as making more of a statement in itself rather than leaving the feature as a parody of a much-loved movie franchise. The Photographic Society of Ireland, Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger OMLJ No.

Although EA has published the entire Harry Potter series as video games, dating back to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001, this move could be seen as EA trying to distance itself from the heat of being associated with J.K. Rowling coming under fire for a series of transphobic tweets in the past few years. Related: After Mortal Kombat, Red Dead Redemption Deserves a Film Adaptation Next Englishlady'' could be just about anyone if Rowling's name didn’t spring to your mind first. If you're familiar with any of the parody titles, you could easily identify the author, but ''U.K. Even the clever insert of the word 'chamber' in the book description is a direct comparison to the Harry Potter franchise, and the characters solving a mystery below a school gym is very in keeping with the original characters solving the mystery below Hogwarts.Īnother interesting point of the parody is EA's decision to name the author ''U.K Englishlady.'' Normally the author's name would be a parody of the original writer for example, the parody book ''The Little Train that Couldn't'' is written by ''Batty Typer,'' as opposed to the real-life author of the book Watty Piper. While their in-game use has since ended for the most part, they can still be used with the help. The names are a clever parody of the original characters Darley Porter instead of Harry Potter, Harmony Ginger instead of Hermonie Granger and Rowan Measley instead of Ron Weasley. Magic Beans have been a thing in The Sims 4 ever since it received its ‘Seasons‘ expansion pack.

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