What surprised him most were the updates that felt personal. A small note in the update log read: "Added: Memory Lane — for returning players." Selecting it transported Eli to a recreated attic from his childhood: a dusty table with scattered minifigures, a crumpled wizarding newspaper, a tiny sticker with his first save name. As he explored, NPC versions of his previous playthroughs winked and offered tips in voices that sounded uncannily like his younger self. A card on the table displayed save timestamps—dates when he'd first cleared an obstacle, when he'd rescued Hagrid, when he'd spent hours trying to build a bridge out of mismatched bricks. The game replayed short, charming vignettes of his past choices as if preserving them in glass cases.