<s>
The	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
Circle	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
American	O
indie	O
team	O
Question	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
Circle	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
QA	O
tester	O
who	O
was	O
recently	O
hired	O
to	O
help	O
prepare	O
the	O
live	O
demo	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
hell	O
for	O
nearly	O
twenty	O
years	O
;	O
said	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
a	O
cult	O
classic	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
title	O
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
fan	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
who	O
make	O
their	O
appearances	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
as	O
floating	O
eyes	O
capable	O
of	O
changing	O
the	O
environment	O
on	O
a	O
whim	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
discover	O
that	O
the	O
two	O
project	O
leads	O
,	O
Ishmael	O
Gilder	O
and	O
Maze	O
Evelyn	O
,	O
have	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
bitter	O
rivalry	O
over	O
their	O
respective	O
creative	O
philosophies	O
,	O
and	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
inability	O
to	O
cooperate	O
have	O
rendered	O
the	O
game	O
largely	O
vaporware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
consisted	O
of	O
Stephen	O
Alexander	O
,	O
Kain	O
Shin	O
and	O
Jordan	O
Thomas	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
BioShock	B-Application
and	O
Dishonored	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
access	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
awarded	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
7.8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
Circle	I-Application
is	O
a	O
marvelously	O
creative	O
,	O
puzzling	O
adventure	O
that	O
’s	O
very	O
mad	O
at	O
you.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
Circle	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
"	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
"	O
game	O
of	O
2015	O
by	O
IGN	O
.	O
</s>
