Harry Potter and the Aggravating Wand of Intermittant A/V Control
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This wand is not a Harry Potter product. It’s actually a universal remote control, allowing you to feel like a wizard or witch as you wave it to change channels, control the volume, or fend off the bullies who will immediately break into your house and take you lunch money should you purchase and use this product.
The wand understands 13 distinct gestures, and The Wand Company (who has released this) suggest that rotating the wand is best for volume control, flicking it up and down is best for changing the channels, but that you can program it do whatever with the other gestures, such as Push Forward, Push Backward, and Big Swish (I swear I’m not making this up). If you’re really do desirous of playing wizard with your home entertainment center that you want to purchase this dumbed-down Wii remote, you can pre-order it here for 50 pounds. You do have to give them your address, so the school bullies know where to find you.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.