This is fun, and a little eerie in its accuracy. I managed to stump it on some very obscure things (such as specific people or books only mentioned once), but have only beat it on one thing I would qualify as "fair" (Eeylops Owl Emporium). It guessed correctly on things as varied and specific as the Irish National Quidditch Team, Luna's butterbeer cork necklace, Merchieftainess Mercus, and the Golden Egg from the Second Task. And that's even with a lot of what I would consider wasted questions on its part (such as asking "Are you a wizard?" when you've already told it you're thinking of a place).
One thing I think they should get rid of, however, is the flashing marquee at the top that shows the "thought process" of the game as it sorts through the possible guesses. I think it gives away too much of the sorting process the computer program goes through to arrive at the correct answer, and actually takes away some of the amazement of just seeing the right person, place or thing pop up on the screen without any hint that the game is about to get it right. I would have been much more impressed by the game coming up with "Luna's butterbeer cork necklace," for example, if I hadn't seen it flashing at the top several times before the end of the game.
Anyway, the game is fun, at times amazing, and extremely addictive. Give it a try!
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This was fun. It took them 24 guesses to get "Dementer." They did better on the others I tried.
I can't believe they had trouble with Dementor!! That should be easy. But I've found that sometimes they ask a series of really bad questions and have no luck with easy things. I managaged to stump them on Harry Potter once, believe it or not... :-)
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