Editing Bad Mojo (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
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 | CGW = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="cgw"/>
 | NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="nextgen"/>
 | PCGUS = 84%<ref name="pcgus">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000226175712/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1302.html |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/1302.html |title=''Bad Mojo'' |date=February 1996 |author=Wolf, Scott |archivedate=February 26, 2000 |work=[[PC Gamer US]] |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | PCZone = 70%<ref name="pczone">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/PCZONE038/page/n107/mode/2up |title=Pick N' Mix |date=May 1996 |magazine=[[PC Zone]] |issue=38 |page=90}}</ref>
 | rev1 = ''MacHome Journal''
 | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="machome">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011129175321/http://www.machome.com/reviews/Action.Lasso?-Database=reviewsDB&-layout=search&-response=display.lasso&-RecordID=33243&-search |url=http://www.machome.com:80/reviews/Action.Lasso?-Database=reviewsDB&-layout=search&-response=display.lasso&-RecordID=33243&-search |title=''Bad Mojo'' |date=August 1996 |author=Worthington, Paul |work=MacHome Journal |archivedate=November 29, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 8, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 | rev2 = ''[[PC Magazine]]''
 | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="pcmag">{{cite journal |author=Delaney, John |journal=[[PC Magazine]] |date=July 1996 |title=Deep-Thinking Puzzlers for the Adventurous Gamer; ''Bad Mojo'' |number=15 |volume=13 |page=458}}</ref>
 | rev3 = ''[[MacUser]]''
 | rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="macuser">{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001120023200/http://macuser.zdnet.com/mu_1196/personal/gameroom.html | url=http://macuser.zdnet.com:80/mu_1196/personal/gameroom.html | title=The Game Room | author=Loyola, Roman | date=November 1996 | archivedate=November 20, 2000 | work=[[MacUser]] | url-status=dead | access-date=May 28, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 | rev4 = ''[[PC Entertainment]]''
 | rev4Score = A−<ref name="pcgamesrev">{{cite magazine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961018113933/http://www.pcgamesmag.com/games/Jan96/mojo196.html |url=http://www.pcgamesmag.com:80/games/Jan96/mojo196.html |title=''Bad Mojo'' |magazine=[[PC Entertainment]] |author=Klett, Steve |date=January 1996 |archivedate=October 18, 1996 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 28, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 | rev5 = ''[[Macworld]]''
 | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="macworldrev">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970206145521/http://www.macworld.com/pages/september.96/Reviews.2628.html |url=http://www.macworld.com:80/pages/september.96/Reviews.2628.html |title=''Bad Mojo'' |date=September 1996 |author=Crotty, Cameron |archivedate=February 6, 1997 |work=[[Macworld]] |url-status=dead |access-date=July 6, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 | rev6 = ''Maximum''
 | rev6Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=Max5/>
 | rev7 = ''[[Computer Game Review]]''
 | rev7Score = 84/100<ref name=cgr>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221183644/http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9605/badmojo/badmojo.htm | url=http://www.nuke.com/cgr/reviews/9605/badmojo/badmojo.htm | title=''Bad Mojo'' | author=Snyder, Frank | date=May 1996 | work=[[Computer Game Review]] | archivedate=December 21, 1996 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
<!-- Awards -->
 | award1Pub = [[PC/Computing]]
 | award1 = MVP Award Winner<ref name="BadMojo-PR"/>
 | award2Pub = [[Macworld]]
 | award2 = Game Hall of Fame <ref name="BadMojo-PR"/>
}}

According to co-producer Alex Louie, the original 1996 release of ''Bad Mojo'' was commercially successful.<ref name="louieint"/> Following the game's launch, ''[[Macworld]]'' reported that it was "selling steadily."<ref name="macworldfeature">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000928222603/http://macworld.zdnet.com/gameline/features/mojostory.html |url=http://macworld.zdnet.com:80/gameline/features/mojostory.html |title=Behind the Minds of Bad Mojo |archivedate=September 28, 2000 |author=Staff |work=[[Macworld]] |url-status=dead |access-date=July 6, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> By February 1997, roughly 12 months after its release, its sales had reached 175,000 units.<ref name="SFGate-Beat"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89623575/the-san-francisco-examiner/|title=The beat goes on|newspaper=[[San Francisco Examiner]]|page=27|date=February 16, 1997|accessdate=November 27, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Louie said in 2004 that he was "pretty sure we sold over 200,000 units" by the end of ''Bad Mojo''{{'}}s shelf life.<ref name="louieint">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502093053/https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17754 |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17754 |title=Alex Louie Interview |date=October 13, 2004 |author=MacDonald, Laura |archivedate=May 2, 2015 |work=[[Adventure Gamers]] |url-status=live }}</ref> It also received accolades from critics.<ref name="SFGate-Beat"/> [[Inside Mac Games]] nominated ''Bad Mojo'' as its pick for 1996's best adventure game, but ultimately presented the award to ''[[Titanic: Adventure Out of Time]]''.<ref name="img1996">{{cite journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980218053537/http://www.imgmagazine.com/issues/vol5_issue2/p5.html |url=http://www.imgmagazine.com:80/issues/vol5_issue2/p5.html |title=1996 Games of the Year |author=IMG Staff |date=1997 |volume=5 |issue=2 |archivedate=February 18, 1998 |journal=[[Inside Mac Games]] |url-status=dead |access-date=April 17, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Conversely, the editors of ''[[Macworld]]'' gave ''Bad Mojo'' their 1996 "Best Role-Playing Game" award. [[Steven Levy]] of the magazine called it "an amazing experience".<ref name="macworld1996">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030108183053/http://www.macworld.com/1997/01/features/3158.html |url=http://www.macworld.com:80/1997/01/features/3158.html |title=1997 Macintosh Game Hall of Fame |author=Levy, Steven |author-link=Steven Levy |work=[[Macworld]] |date=January 1997 |archivedate=January 8, 2003 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=July 3, 2017 }}</ref> In 2011, [[Adventure Gamers]] named ''Bad Mojo'' the 30th-best adventure game ever released.<ref name="top100">{{cite web |author=AG Staff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604021011/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/18643 |url=http://www.adventuregamers.com:80/articles/view/18643 |title=Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games |date=December 30, 2011 |archivedate=June 4, 2012 |work=[[Adventure Gamers]] |url-status=live |access-date=June 9, 2018 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Arinn Dembo]], writing for [[Computer Gaming World]], gave the game 4 stars.<ref name="cgw">Dembo, Arinn; ''Twilight of the Cockroaches: Bad Mojo Evokes Kafka So Well It'll Turn Your Stomach'', p. 106. Computer Gaming World, Issue 143, June 1996</ref> ''[[MacAddict]]'' magazine gave the game its highest rating of "Freakin' Awesome", with reviewer Kathy Tafel praising the game's world as "rich" and saying that it was "both amusing and disgusting."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tafel|first=Kathy|date=September 1996 |title=Reviews: Bad Mojo|journal=[[MacAddict]]|volume=1|issue=1|page=55|issn=1088-548X}}</ref> A reviewer for ''Maximum'' opined that the game's unique and eerie story and presentation make it a compelling experience in spite of the limited gameplay. However, he felt that the lack of longevity was a major downside.<ref name=Max5>{{cite magazine |title=Maximum Reviews: Bad Mojo|magazine=Maximum: The Video Game Magazine|issue=5 |publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=April 1996|page=161}}</ref> A reviewer for ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' commented that "''Bad Mojo'' isn't the best graphic adventure, but it's got something that counts a long ways - peculiarity. ... no other adventure has been as willing to show the savage gruesomeness of mankind's sloth."<ref name=nextgen>{{cite magazine |title=Cocky |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=17|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=May 1996|page=94}}</ref>

The editors of ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' presented ''Bad Mojo Redux'' with their "Best Adventure Game 2004" award. Chuck Osborn of the magazine wrote that it "remains as inventive and resourceful as ever — and [is] ultimately better than any other adventure released this year."<ref name="pcgamerusawards2004">{{cite journal |date=March 2005 |title=The Eleventh Annual ''PC Gamer'' Awards |volume=12 |number=3 |pages=33–36, 38, 40, 42, 44 |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |author=Osborn, Chuck}}</ref>