Players assume the role of Anthony Willams, a former Hollywood agent turned homeless man in Los Angeles.

[2] 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.

[4][5] The Xbox version of Bad Day L.A. was planned to be distributed by the London-based Supersonic Group,[6] but was never released.

PC Gamer gave it a 20%, saying it was "so tasteless that I wanted to scrub myself with Lysol after getting up from the computer" and "being a bad Postal clone".

"[23] Ben Croshaw of Zero Punctuation briefly described it as "fondly remembered alongside botched prostate surgery.

[26] Mikel Reparaz from GamesRadar placed it on his list of "unfunny games", noting the comedic timing being off, poorly direct visual gags, and overall horrible voice acting.