A caustic, often-prickly satire on contemporary game making, with an ingenious core mechanic that is, perhaps, yet to be fully explored. Pity the QA testers who worked on The Magic Circle, a game in ...

The Magic Circle, that famous club of magicians, has since 1998 enjoyed headquarters at 12 Stephenson Way, Euston, a cobbled street that has a touch of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell about it. Inside, ...

Sophie Lloyd, who was expelled in 1991 when her deception was exposed, accepts belated apology from the society Deception has always been an integral part of magic. So when Sophie Lloyd set about ...

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Without its story, The Magic Circle would be a nigh-incomprehensible game. You are the Player. That's it, no fancy 'chosen one' backstory—except that there is, because, as the Player, you're the only ...

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 ...

Bernard Hoffman, “Kurt Seligmann and Enrico Donati in a ‘Magic Circle'” (1948), gelatin silver print of “Magic Evening” (Soirée Seligmann) (courtesy Seligmann Center at the Orange County Citizens ...

Since the beginning (two decades ago), ABS-CBN’s Star Magic has launched more than 200 hopefuls. Hundreds answer the call of the klieg lights but only few are chosen. Many drop out without, well, ...

Visually drab and a bit too taken with its own story, but otherwise a clever and fun exercise in creative problem-solving. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every ...