<s>
PO'ed	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Any	O
Channel	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Any	O
Channel	O
in	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
1996	B-Application
by	O
Accolade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PO'ed	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
using	O
primitive	O
weapons	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
frying	O
pan	O
and	O
a	O
drill	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
futuristic	O
alien	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
PO'ed	B-Application
,	O
Any	O
Channel	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
July	O
1993	O
by	O
former	O
employees	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PO'ed	B-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
October	O
1993	O
,	O
initially	O
as	O
a	O
spare-time	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Russel	O
Pflughaupt	O
of	O
Any	O
Channel	O
recalled	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
looked	O
at	O
games	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
Marathon	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Dark	B-Application
Forces	I-Application
,	O
and	O
took	O
what	O
we	O
felt	O
were	O
their	O
best	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
we	O
wanted	O
to	O
get	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
tunnel-based	O
feel	O
of	O
those	O
games	O
,	O
so	O
we	O
made	O
the	O
environments	O
in	O
PO'ed	B-Application
very	O
open	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
formulaic	O
at	O
all.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
1995	B-Application
,	O
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Company	O
entered	O
an	O
"	O
Affiliated	O
Label	O
"	O
agreement	O
with	O
Any	O
Channel	O
,	O
which	O
granted	O
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Company	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
distribute	O
Any	O
Channel	O
's	O
games	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
both	O
publish	O
and	O
distribute	O
them	O
everywhere	O
else	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
PO'ed	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PO'ed	B-Application
met	O
with	O
polarizing	O
opinions	O
among	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Scary	O
Larry	O
of	O
GamePro	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
serious	O
control	O
problems	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
character	O
often	O
careening	O
off	O
edges	O
or	O
failing	O
to	O
turn	O
at	O
crucial	O
moments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
nonetheless	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
sufficiently	O
fills	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
citing	O
the	O
unique	O
assortment	O
of	O
weapons	O
,	O
aggressive	O
enemy	O
AI	O
,	O
sense	O
of	O
humor	O
,	O
and	O
relatively	O
strong	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
summarized	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
worst	O
3D	O
action	O
title	O
ever	O
seen	O
on	O
any	O
format	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Crime	B-Application
Crackers	I-Application
and	O
some	O
early	O
PC	O
public	O
domain	O
games	O
(	O
indeed	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
are	O
very	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
such	O
past	O
atrocities	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
elaborated	O
that	O
the	O
3D	O
environments	O
constantly	O
glitch	O
,	O
the	O
floors	O
are	O
untextured	O
,	O
the	O
attempts	O
at	O
humor	O
are	O
feeble	O
,	O
enemies	O
show	O
heavy	O
pixelation	B-Algorithm
even	O
at	O
medium	O
distances	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
controls	O
are	O
extremely	O
poor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
noted	O
that	O
PO'ed	B-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
programmers	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
labor	O
of	O
love	O
"	O
nature	O
"	O
is	O
both	O
a	O
blessing	O
and	O
a	O
curse.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
felt	O
that	O
PO'ed	B-Application
was	O
a	O
dull	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
with	O
nothing	O
to	O
set	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
save	O
for	O
its	O
sense	O
of	O
humor	O
,	O
which	O
quickly	O
wears	O
thin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Lefebvre	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Desmond	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
dissenting	O
opinion	O
,	O
called	O
PO'ed	B-Application
"	O
an	O
all-around	O
good	O
title	O
that	O
ranks	O
highly	O
among	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Doom	B-Application
and	O
Duke	O
Nukem	O
3D.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
GamePro	O
,	O
Slo	O
Mo	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
lacks	O
the	O
terror	O
and	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
games	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
and	O
Alien	B-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
,	O
but	O
"	O
does	O
a	O
nice	O
job	O
of	O
tip-toeing	O
between	O
fierce	O
and	O
funny.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
retains	O
the	O
bizarre	O
style	O
and	O
overall	O
experience	O
of	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
original	O
while	O
making	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
better	O
controls	O
and	O
graphics	O
while	O
more	O
clearly	O
delineate	O
the	O
extremely	O
intricate	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
