


It’s all wrapped in a very attractive aesthetic despite its repulsiveness. Disturbing images of filth and decay, dead and dying creatures, leftover dinners and vile garbage are all rendered with clarity and immaculate attention to detail, with a throbbing John Carpenter-style score and ambient sound. In what could unquestionably be called the world’s first Cockroach Simulator, you guide the form of Cucaracha/ Roger under, over and through some of the most photorealistically disgusting scenery ever committed to CD-ROM.

Roger Samms, the 32 year-old head of California University at Barbary Coast’s prestigious entomology department, who has been magically transformed into one of the most lowly, despicable forms of life on earth. In a good way.īreaking out of the Myst mold and drawing more than a little inspiration from Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” Bad Mojo casts you in the part of Dr. But it’s part of its character.Bad Mojo can and will disgust you. I nearly stopped playing the game entirely because of it. Only minor gripe I have with it is that the symbol that denotes there’s a guide nearby could be more explicitly explained at the start as an existence in the game because resolution was too low to notice it at the start. It did not hand hold you and a puzzle or two could have better controls to make more sense, but it always gave hints. It surprised me that while it was traditionally harder than newer games, it wasn’t that bad and I think the balance of its difficulty even for 2019 was excellent. The video cutscenes are silly (and very low quality) but they are funny but the gameplay is impeccable.

I had heard about it many years ago but I recently remembered of it after seeing it mentioned in a list of good old games. I had heard about it many years ago but I recently remembered of it after seeing it mentioned in a list of good old Bad Mojo was amazing.
