No.

Well, it probably could've gone better (the thugs' boss got away), but at least I rescued everyone - and without any bloodshed to boot! My colleague snidely called me Mahatma Ghandi, but I don't care, I think I did the right thing.
Wait... is that... is that a stargate? Made of what??? (O.o)

Deus Ex [3]?

...aka Human Revolution.
Yes.

I hate my stepfather a lot, he beats me all the time and almost always in a foul mood and drunk. He barred me in the attic room, all I can do is to watch outside the window for my beloved neighbour girl while dying out of starvation. But I'll show them how good I am: I'll go to the University, there is a filled application in my desk. I just need to get out of here, it stinks, there is no bed and my only friends are rat and spider. Too bad I can't take both of them (and I tried).

I lost all my items (even the spider) and had to answer ridiculous questions at registrar's desk (so much for piracy protection). At last, it's my first day at University and gosh it's so boring here. Lecture about mythology was not a bit entertainment, my study notes even less so. I'm not sure if I really need to learn all that stuff or if my notes do me a good job. Anyway there are other activities to do, for instance I was invited to dinner by my supervisor. And how should I know if I hadn't bumped at him at his office. Well, I guess I need to study afterall. Boring...

It was torn out from my inventory with all the other unnecessary items right after chapter 1 ending. I wonder if the spider has any use at all. According to manual and some in-game examinations it was my "friend" therefore I decided to take it with me. There was another one, a rat, but it wasn't that eager to come along. Anyway I'm in University, alone and full of ambition to get a "magister degree".

hint: TinyE knows that game very well

Lola?

LOL. No. I'll figure some more hints in a while. Feel free to ask questions if you like.

So it's not Spellcasting 101?

Neighbour girl: Lola Tigerbelly
Evil stepfather: Joey Rottenwood
University application: check
Mythology lessons: check

*puzzled*

Yes it is. Sorry for confusion.

No problem... actually I had to look the exact name up - it's been ages since I played this.

Next riddle is up for grabs - don't have time to think of something right now.

Is the game any good after chapter 1? I stopped playing after needing to look for clothes because I felt the puzzles were ridiculous, but the original premise seemed fun. I love Sierra games, but the intro puzzle with the hole always closing and you running out of time, and then finding out you had to do it all again because you didn't take the spider with you was annoying. I thought it'd be kinder to leave him in his habitat or thought you'd kill him if you took him with you, or something along those lines.

Chapter 2 is definitely more fun with a bit of extra options. I didn't know about spider uselfusness, the door leading to floor opening always shuts after 1 turn even with spider in my pocket (should I use the spider in some specific way maybe?). And time limit is a persistent thing in next chapter in University where you have to pick exact class session at the right moment or skip a class and inspect other areas. Don't know about time limit in later chapters. As for the runaway from the beginning room, I prefer jumping out of the window right into cow manure, maybe because window don't close every so often (opening both ways out and getting all possible items within a time limit is not a problem). At the moment I stopped playing Spellcasting because I can't find the proper way to read all the text without fast scrolling, I find a way to slow ending text scrolling but another problem with missing text lines still exists.
So how about you take a turn?