The Magic Circle is another entry in the burgeoning but fascinating subgenre of games about the process of making games. Most games in that niche tend to aim small, often taking up the perspective of ...

The Magic Circle drops you into the skeleton of an unfinished video game trapped in development hell, hands you a toolset of enticing powers, and asks you to repair a broken universe torn apart by ...

I feel something special whenever I hear the opening track to Stardew Valley, “Stardew Overture.” You can listen to it in the video above, if you’d like. It’s similar to the sensation at the end of a ...