Bad Day L.A.

Anthony only wishes to save himself, though through the course of the story he becomes an unwilling savior. The game's attempted tone is one of political satire, targeting all spectra of politics. While the game was set for world release on September 6, 2006, it first saw the light of day as part of the 9/2006 issue (released at the end of August 2006) of the Polish video game magazine CD-Action. The game was released to mostly negative reviews, with reviewers criticizing its gameplay, visuals, voice acting, characters, offensive and crass humor, and poor attempts at satire.

• Title — American McGee presents: Bad Day L.A. • Developer — The Mauretania Import Export Company/Enlight Software • Director — American McGee • Producer — Patrick Chu Jim Hudson • Designer — American McGee • Programmer — Patrick Chu • Artist — Kozyndan Ken Wong • Composer — The Lodge • Platforms — Microsoft Windows • Released — November 24, 2006 • Genre — Action-adventure, third-person shooter • Modes — Single-player

Bad Day L.A. was first announced for the Xbox and PC by Hong Kong developer Enlight Software on April 28, 2005. Inspiration for the game came from American McGee being in traffic seeing a Sunset Boulevard billboard from the Department of Homeland Security about preparations for biochemical terrorism. Calling it "the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back", McGee decided to make a video game as a way to inject the message of having nothing to fear but fear itself. To offset the violent events happening in Bad Day L.A., the art duo Kozyndan was hired to make the art style have a humorous nature. The Xbox version of Bad Day L.A. was planned to be distributed by the London-based Supersonic Group, but was never released. A graphic novel based on the game and other American McGee games American McGee's Alice and American McGee's Grimm was planned. The game was shown at E3 2005. Originally planned for an early 2006 release, on August 22, 2006, Aspyr Media announced that the game had gone gold and would be released on August 28. A demo for the game was available from MTV's website.