<s>
Harvester	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1996	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
written	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Gilbert	O
P	O
.	O
Austin	O
,	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
violent	O
content	O
,	O
cult	O
following	O
,	O
and	O
examination	O
of	O
violence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
week	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
coerced	O
or	O
manipulated	O
into	O
performing	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
seemingly	O
mundane	O
tasks	O
with	O
increasingly	O
violent	O
consequences	O
at	O
the	O
behest	O
of	O
"	O
The	O
Order	O
of	O
the	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
,	O
"	O
a	O
cult-like	O
organization	O
which	O
seems	O
to	O
dominate	O
the	O
town	O
and	O
which	O
promises	O
to	O
reveal	O
the	O
truth	O
about	O
Steve	O
and	O
his	O
presence	O
in	O
Harvest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everyone	O
in	O
town	O
further	O
encourages	O
Steve	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
Lodge	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
building	O
(	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
Hagia	O
Sophia	O
)	O
located	O
at	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
town	O
that	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
headquarters	O
of	O
the	O
Order	O
of	O
the	O
Harvest	B-Device
Moon	I-Device
,	O
which	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
sociopolitical	O
center	O
of	O
life	O
in	O
Harvest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
Lodge	O
,	O
the	O
Sergeant	O
at	O
Arms	O
presents	O
a	O
still-living	O
Stephanie	O
and	O
explains	O
that	O
Harvest	O
is	O
an	O
elaborate	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
simulator	I-Application
being	O
operated	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
scientists	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
to	O
determine	O
if	O
it	O
's	O
possible	O
to	O
turn	O
average	O
humans	O
into	O
serial	O
killers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
murder	O
is	O
complete	O
,	O
Steve	O
awakens	O
within	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
simulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvester	B-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
fighting	O
system	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
attack	O
other	O
characters	O
by	O
selecting	O
a	O
weapon	O
and	O
then	O
clicking	O
on	O
the	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvester	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
FutureVision	O
(	O
renamed	O
DigiFX	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvester	B-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
at	O
the	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
(	O
CES	O
)	O
in	O
January	O
1994	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jacobson	O
publicly	O
demanded	O
that	O
Harvester	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
Dr.	O
Walsh	O
's	O
list	O
,	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaming	O
journalist	O
Christian	O
Svensson	O
described	O
Jacobson	O
's	O
actions	O
as	O
"	O
shameless	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
refer	O
to	O
Jacobson	O
,	O
DigiFX	O
,	O
or	O
Harvester	B-Application
by	O
name	O
so	O
as	O
not	O
to	O
provide	O
positive	O
reinforcement	O
for	O
publicity	O
seeking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Nightdive	O
Studios	O
re-released	O
it	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
PC	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZOOM-Platform.com	O
would	O
release	O
their	O
version	O
,	O
alongside	O
other	O
Lee	O
Jacobson	O
exclusives	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Command	O
Adventures	O
:	O
Starship	O
and	O
The	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
of	I-Application
Dr.	I-Application
Radiaki	I-Application
,	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harvester	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
gave	O
Harvester	B-Application
a	O
positive	O
review	O
upon	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
panned	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
2011	O
review	O
where	O
they	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
"	O
goriest	O
,	O
most	O
confusing	O
,	O
and	O
above	O
all	O
stupidest	O
horror	O
game	O
ever.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot'''s	O
review	O
was	O
mixed	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
"	O
nothing	O
actually	O
revolutionary	O
going	O
on	O
in	O
Harvester	B-Application
"	O
but	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
full-motion	O
video	O
segments	O
as	O
"	O
truly	O
disturbing	O
"	O
and	O
commented	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
"	O
tried-and-true	O
adventure	O
mechanics	O
with	O
entertaining	O
twists	O
"	O
.Entertainment	O
Weekly''	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
gratuitously	O
violent	O
game	O
does	O
n’t	O
make	O
much	O
sense	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
twisted	O
fun.	O
"	O
</s>
