Reception
The reviewers paid a lot of attention to the sexual content within the game. Their reception of this element varied: Tim Soete of GameSpot felt that it was "morally questionable", while the Game Revolution reviewer noted that it was "done in a tongue-in-cheek manner," and he was "not personally offended". IGN editor Cam Shea ranked it ninth on his top 10 list of Xbox Live Arcade games. He stated that it was as fun as it was in its initial release, and praised the ability to rewind to any point before the player died. It was named #37 overall among the "150 Best Games of All Time" by Computer Gaming World Magazine (15th Anniversary Issue—November 1996), was voted #13 overall in PC Gamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll (April 2000 issue), the editors of PC Gamer ranked it #12 in the Top 50 Games of all time, in their October 2001 issue, citing the game's humor and pop-culture references and it was ranked #15 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
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