FRAME OF REFERENCE

Have you ever noticed that Harry Potter and Frodo Baggins never appear together in the same real-life place and/or fictional setting? And, having noticed this, have you ever gone on to wonder why that may be? Some might say it’s “because they’re from two completely unrelated mythologies, you idiot,’’ but I can’t help but suspect a grander deception at work – especially after seeing an animated GIF that has more than 8 million others questioning whether the young wizard and the middle-age hobbit are actually the same dude. I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation.

GETTING PHYSICAL

Speaking of the porous boundaries of reality, some truly insane and/or enlightened people posted a video detailing the meticulous design and construction of an entirely mechanical Pong table that stunningly replicates every facet of the classic video game in three luxurious dimensions. The table took a team of three friends two years to create, and about two games to remember that Pong was never very fun to begin with.

KATY DIDN’T

Katy Perry managed to offend 89 million people this week, and not by releasing a new song. The pop star’s Twitter account (the biggest on the network) was hacked by an unknown perpetrator, who proceeded to tweet out all sorts of not-very-Katy-Perry-like sentiments and even linked to what (briefly) appeared to be a leak of a new song. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift stood on the edge of a craggy mountainside and let out a shrieking, cackling laugh before vanishing into a tornado of bats. Not sure what that was all about.

PAWS TO CONSIDER

Since 2013, the cat simulation game “Catlateral Damage’’ has been giving cat lovers a chance to see the world from their pets’ perspective — and knock as much stuff onto the floor as possible. Now, with the VR release of the game, you can delve even further into feline empathy, using special hand-held controllers to push things off of virtual shelves (while potentially pushing things off of your actual shelves). No, there’s no litter box included. Why would you even ask me that?

MICHAEL ANDOR BRODEUR

Michael Andor Brodeur can be reached at michael.brodeur@globe.com.