Posted by Robert Hill on October 01, 2003 at 01:35:46 from 195.92.168.165 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Dated? Re: Harry Potter posted by Peter Willis on September 30, 2003 at 19:23:13:
The Playstation is in Goblet of Fire, chapter 2, and needless to say belongs to the appalling Dudley, whose favourite computer game is revealed to be Mega-Mutilation Part Three.
Since Rowling's wizarding world is rather old-fashioned in our terms, relying on open fires for heating and candles for lighting, it seems a bit reminiscent of AR.
If future generations find sanything in Potter dated, it might well be those quaint old muggle artefacts, telephone boxes. And they might wonder why wizards bother with the inconvenience of owl post when they could just use mobile phones.
P.S.: I still haven't got a mobile phone myself!