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As a fan of the books and the movies, I've never been too excited about Harry Potter video games. But I have to admit The Half Blood Prince game seems to have improved since the days of the Gamecube's Sorcerer's Stone.

While the game still has all the familiar robot-esk characters and sub-par voice overs, the game developers seem to actually be learning from past mistakes and successes to give 360, PS3, Wii and others a game actually enjoyable.

It's important to realize that the majority of people that will be buying this game are already Harry Potter fans. They've read the books, watched the movies, and played every game previous. So an important buyer fact is that they already know the story. They know the dialog, they know the ending. They even know what will happen in the next book. (I know I do!) So making a game that simply follows the story is to some, repetitive. Half Blood Prince acknowledges that. HBP, while still highlighting on the story to give the game some stucture, focuses more on a free-roaming experience of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Which, in the words of Ron, is "brilliant."

Who you gonna call? Well, first your friends so you can tell them the awesome news, but after you read this article, first. They're all back. Seriously! Ray, Egon, Venkman, and Winston are in another ghost busting adventure. Now, I understand that this video includes some scenes that are similar to the first movie. However, it has been promised that the game will continue where Ghostbusters 2 left off.

Just like the movies, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis have signed on to write the story for the game. In fact, Aykroyd, Ramis, as well as Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson will be doing the voice acting for their original characters. For years it has been asked if there would be a third movie. Aykroyd states that this is the third movie. Right now, there is reason to believe that the scenes in the video were created for demonstration of game-play or more hopefully as extra playable missions. Either way, these are all good reasons to understand its release in fall 2008. Vivendi plans to release Ghostbusters: The Video Game for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It is rumored that a different company (Red Fly Studios) will be making versions for Playstation 2, Wii and DS. Grogulus