A number of reviews complimented the transposition of the Simpsons television series to a video game. Justin Leeper of Game Informer and Alex Navarro of GameSpot commented on how well the game depicted the fictional city of Springfield from the television series, and called it the most accurate representation of Springfield ever put into a game.[18][23] Official Xbox Magazine said that the game did the show justice,[3] and Play felt that it was "essentially the show in real time", summing up its review by calling the game a "truly great cross-over product".[46] Navarro thought that the humor that the game offered included many excellent self-referential jokes,[23] and Eric Bush of TeamXbox concluded its review by predicting that the game would be extremely appealing to gamers, especially hardcore Simpsons fans.[47] Entertainment magazine Variety surmised that Hit & Run was the first Simpsons game to include humor comparable to what was in the television series.[48]