The Steam page explains what Donut County is all about, sort of: "Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who ...

Thus, “Donut County” became a game, in Esposito’s words, about the “gentrification in L.A. told through donuts.” “It takes place in some version of Los Angeles,” Esposito says.

A raccoon on a scooter avoids your hole in "Donut County." Annapurna Interactive / Ben Esposito. While Donut County has the hook of a stylish, physics-based game like Katamari Damacy, it quickly ...

The world of Donut County is a peaceful one, at least when it’s not being ransacked by raccoons and giant holes. Enter BK, one such raccoon who has found himself with a part-time gig at the ...

In Ben Esposito’s independent game “Donut County” (available now for the PlayStation 4, iOS devices and home computers), the hole becomes an urban eraser. ... a pack of raccoon gentrifiers.

'Donut County' is an engaging puzzle game that puts story first -- a bizarre, frequently hilarious story -- with great success. ... To the raccoon, "donut" = hole in the ground.

Donut County is an extension of the poetic, absurdist humor he mastered there, where entire worlds of meaning are created through strange setups. And, of course, 140 characters or less.