The Residents: Freak Show

The Atlantic deemed it one of the most influential early CD-Roms.^[3] Wired noted it was "widely hailed as the best CD-ROM ever".^[4] PC Mag listed it as one of the top 100 CD-ROM titles.^[5] The book Resolution felt the title opened up the "poetic possibilities" of the interactive medium.^[6] The Book is Dead deemed it "obscure".^[7] The Voyager Company themselves noted the limitations of sound in the medium which had the potential of alienating players.^[8] The New York Times felt the game offered the player a chance to view the characters' "sad yet oddly exhilarating lives".^[9]