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Comment author: Nic_Smith 02 May 2013 01:51:20AM 2 points [-]

Magical Diary -- it has puzzles, although they're only a small part of the game. Ellen reminded me of Less Wrong fairly quickly; I later found out that TV Tropes lists her subplot as a shout-out to Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

Comment author: Dorikka 02 May 2013 04:18:24PM 2 points [-]

Seconded. Also, the game has a certain amount of replay value due to the different subplots, and being able to rewind is awesome.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 May 2013 04:25:59PM 2 points [-]

What, is the main character named Homura?

Comment author: Dorikka 02 May 2013 08:12:09PM 1 point [-]

Not quite. :P You can use your mouse wheel to scroll backwards a few frames, allowing you to "rewind" the game to a certain extent. This was nifty when I wanted to try something that I knew would prevent me from playing the subplot that I wanted to.

Comment author: ourimaler 19 February 2015 10:54:18PM 1 point [-]

I played it a few months ago. It was quite fun... and, yes, there's one big shout-out to HPMoR (more specifically, to the Bayesian Conspiracy) in interactions with Ellen.