SUBMITTED BY Lynnith

May 3, 2002 — The Times Online reports:

The voice coming out of the DVD is Jim Dales, comfortably familiar, though the tones arrive dipped in more menace than usual. So, he says, you have decided to visit the third-floor category. What will you use to get past Fluffy? Frankly, Jim, I havent a clue. Its a wonder Ive got this far into the discs special features. I think I reached the third floor by mistake.

Maybe I was trying to see what the Arabic subtitles looked like, locate the production team interviews, or possibly trying to eject the DVD and make my dash for freedom. Im confused. This handset has so many buttons! Please, can someone help? Im only an adult.

To some degree your journey through these special features mirrors Harry Potters adventures in the book and the movie. You dont need granny glasses and a floppy fringe, but you do need to get supplies from Diagon Alley  entered only by clicking the handset at a combination of wall bricks. Later, after virtual reality tours of Hogwarts school, cute information about owls and many other diversions, you can play Quidditch  but only after clicking one of those Golden Snitches darting over the screen.

Inserting the disc into a DVD-Rom drive opens other avenues: links to bonus footage, a merchandise swap shop, and all activated by speaking into the computers microphone. Elsewhere, by following clues, you might with luck reach the secret at the special editions heart: a batch of scenes deleted from the release print.

Read the rest of the article at the link below! Thanks to The Leaky Cauldron.