RWS character Krotchy wasn’t permitted entry due to the large number of under-18 year olds. However, copies of the M rated “Postal” DVD were given away as prizes because “that’s the way we roll,” explained RWS’ own Iron Man, Vince Desi, adding: “"Holy Crap, Batman! Tucson's first Comic Con was Da-sheet." Then, turning briefly serious, Desi concluded, “It's a real boner… I mean honor for RWS to be a part of this premier event.”

On behalf of the game industry as a whole, we're terribly sorry you had to see that, Tucson.

Running With Scissors Sprints into Tucson Comic Con

POSTAL III Preview at Inaugural Event

Tucson, AZ POSTAL creators Running With Scissors (RWS) represented the video game industry as more than 1,500 fans of all forms of popular culture descended on the first annual Tucson Comic Con on Saturday, November 8th at Tucson’s Four Points Sheraton.

RWS stood among comic book booths and superhero action figures with a POSTAL III preview and more swag than Sarah Palin brought back to Alaska. As the sole video game at the show, the booth was besieged by curious fans dressed as Imperial Star Troopers and Watchmen characters throughout the entire event.

RWS character Krotchy wasn’t permitted entry due to the large number of under-18 year olds. However, copies of the M rated “Postal” DVD were given away as prizes because “that’s the way we roll,” explained RWS’ own Iron Man, Vince Desi, adding: “"Holy Crap, Batman! Tucson's first Comic Con was Da-sheet." Then, turning briefly serious, Desi concluded, “It's a real boner… I mean honor for RWS to be a part of this premier event.”

“Given the turnout and over forty vendors the folks behind the Tucson Comic Con hope to make this a regular affair. "We hope that this gets bigger and better every year and that more people will want to be involved,” event honcho Mike Olivares told RWS.

For more information on Postal games and gear, as well as updates on the development of POSTAL III visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com and be sure to visit PostalNation.net for in-depth coverage of the RWS scene.

“Own a piece of history! Only buying the DVD will get you the full complete outrageous movie and game, sadly the rental version is edited down and doesn’t include the infamous Postal games-so don’t get beat renting it.” explained Vince Desi. “The Postal Movie on DVD means EVERYONE will have the opportunity to see it, even Usama Bin-Laden from his cave won’t want to miss this."

The DVD version carries an MSRP of $26.99, with the Blu-ray version at $34.99, but Amazon has the DVD for $22.99 and the Blu-ray at an extremely cheap $19.99, plus you get the benefit of not having to show your face in a store.

“POSTAL – The Movie” NOW on DVD!

Vivendi to Release Special Edition of Film on August 26th

Tucson, AZ: After almost two years of anticipation and anxiety, the long-awaited DVD release of “POSTAL—The Movie” is now. Director Uwe Boll’s first film to draw critical raves has fans that both saw the film in theaters or heard the word second hand ready to pick up and treasure their very own copy of the outrageous satire, inspired by Running With Scissors’ legendary videogame franchise.

The film is based primarily on the POSTAL 2 storyline and stars Zack “Scut Farkis” Ward as the Postal Dude along with Dave “NewsRadio” Foley, Larry “Soup Nazi” Thomas and Verne “Mini-Me” Troyer. Fans will also get a kick out of cameos by RWS honcho Vince Desi and Uwe Boll as the lederhosen clad proprietor of a Bavarian, crypto-Nazi theme park.

Vivendi has officially announced its DVD rollout for August 26th, with an MSRP of $26.99 (Rated and Unrated versions). Extras include a Uwe commentary, deleted scenes, special features (“Raging Boll” and an Indiana Jones spoof starring Troyer) along with a copy of the PC version of POSTAL 2 as well as the multi-player POSTAL 2: Share the Pain. A Blu-ray edition (with identical extras) will also be available to play on your PS3 or other Blu-ray DVD for a MSRP of $34.99.

“Own a piece of history! Only buying the DVD will get you the full complete outrageous movie and game, sadly the rental version is edited down and doesn’t include the infamous Postal games-so don’t get beat renting it.” explained Vince Desi. “The Postal Movie on DVD means EVERYONE will have the opportunity to see it, even Usama Bin-Laden from his cave won’t want to miss this."

The POSTAL film and videogames package will be available at a wide range of retail outlets, including Walmart, Best Buy, Borders, Amazon, Hastings and Virgin.

For more information on Postal games and gear, as well as updates on the development of POSTAL III visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com and be sure to visit PostalNation.net for in-depth coverage of the RWS scene.

This time around, the Postal Dude gets his first job in a porn shop/strip club, working as a jizz mopper with a vacuum cleaner strapped to his back. The Postal Dude sucks up drenched tissues and can fire them at things like portly soccer moms who are protesting porn or pole dancing strippers, drenching both in, um, white goo. However! It's not possible to suck up porn shop dildos or butt-plugs or fists with the vacuum cleaner. Running With Scissors honcho Vince Desi says:

We're confident the game will get a Mature rating and not an Adults Only.

Apparently, Running with Scissors has been having the game checked to see if it meets the Entertainment Software Rating Board's Mature rating standard. And according to Running with Scissors, it's okay to show a porn shop stacked with adult novelty goods, but it is not okay to use them as weapons. Doing so would make the game Adults Only. But sucking up soiled tissues in a vacuum cleaner and shooting white glop all over dancing girls is apparently totally kosher for Mature. Kooky!

The E3 build still looks and feels very early. The AI isn't quite there yet, but the other stuff certainly is. Oh! The game features celebrity cameos like the Village People's original cowboy Randy Jones who leads up a gay biker gang. Desi says there will be more cameos from well-known actors and politicians as well. The game is using the Valve Source Engine and is being co-developed by Running With Scissors and Russian developer Akella. Currently, the plan is to release the game first in Russia on the PC sometime next year and then in North America.

Jones will appear as the leader of a gay biker gang in the game. Good to see that Postal isn't into type casting or anything. When not appearing in Postal III video games, Jones is still plugging away on his music career with a new CD and international concert tour. Starting this weekend he will also be starting in the Broadway musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Hmmm, I wonder which of these he's not going to put on his resume.

Full release on the jump.

Tucson, AZ: Running With Scissors (RWS) has announced Randy Jones of the original '70's musical group sensation The Village People as the first in a series of celebrities who will be appearing in the third major installment of its long-running POSTAL series, POSTAL III.

American Music Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Randy Jones has been a pop cultural icon since the 70s, when his band The Village People racked up such musical mega-hits as “Macho Man”, “YMCA” and “In the Navy”. Randy is currently celebrating his 30th year in show business with a new CD and international concert tour "TICKET TO THE WORLD".www.randyjonesworld.com

Appearing for the first time in a video game, the macho man Randy Jones will be cast as the leader of a gay biker gang. . As Running With Scissors ringleader Vince Desi put it: “What more can I say than Y M C A. Who needs John Travolta when we’ve got the original Macho Man, Randy Jones!”

Starting this weekend Randy will be staring in the Broadway hit musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” written by the award-winning team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice www.fairfieldacc.com.at

RWS will be announcing other celebrity signings for key character roles in POSTAL III. The brands premier on console will release in 2009 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC/Mac.

For more information on Postal games and gear, as well as updates on the development of POSTAL III visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com and be sure to visit PostalNation.net for in-depth coverage of the RWS scene.

Directed by much-derided shlockmeister Uwe Boll, 'Postal' stars Zack Ward as a misfit who sets out to rob his local amusement park while getting mixed-up with a faction of the Taliban. Barely released in U.S. cinemas last year, the film grossed less than $5 million at the box office domestically.

And if you'd like to see the film for free, you can dig up their Facebook profile and make a comment about the movie on their wall before March 28th—five pairs of tickets will be given away to the group. Play nice. Here's the full show info:

Tucson, AZ: Prior to its long-awaited national rollout on May 23, Uwe Boll's cinematic rendition of Running With Scissors' POSTAL video game franchise will be shown at special screenings in major American cities, starting with New York and Chicago.

The Big Apple preview will take place at 8PM (EST), April 1st at the Tribeca Film Center (founded by Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal and home to the famous Tribeca Film Festival). "As a born-and-bred New York boy, I'm really looking forward to this event," admitted Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi. "I'm very happy with what Uwe has done with this film, so I'm proud to see it showcased in my home town. Plus I get some good pizza and Italian ice."

Desi and auteur de farce Uwe Boll will both be bringing along their egos for a Q&A following the screening. The kings of multi-media controversy will take unscreened questions from the audience. The Chicago screening will follow on Thursday, April 3rd, 7PM (CST) at the Lake Street Screening Room at 70 E Lake St.

RWS is offering New York-based fans a chance to win one of five pairs of guest tickets to the Tribeca screening through a Facebook promotion. Anyone who joins the POSTAL Facebook Fan Page and leaves a wall post related to the film before March 28th is eligible to win.

The poster included with this press release is the second in an ongoing series of Running With Scissors one-sheet style movie posters being produced to celebrate the release of Postal-The Movie.

For more information on the upcoming POSTAL Movie, Postal games and gear, as well as updates on the development of POSTAL III visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com and be sure to visit PostalNation.net for in-depth coverage of the RWS scene.

Mini Indy Calls Out Big Indy [Postal MovieSet]

"We will go out and destroy Indiana Jones at the box office!" thundered a confident Uwe "Raging" Boll of the first film to win him positive reviews, even from the video game community.

Release Date for POSTAL Movie: May 23, 2008

Uwe Boll to Go Head-to-Head Against Indiana Jones

Tucson, AZ: After a year of touring the world via film festivals and preview screenings, the film version of Running With Scissors'cult video game franchise POSTAL now has a firm release date. Moreover, Postal: The Movie will make its big screen bow on May 23rd, in direct competition with the first weekend in release for the latest Lucas/Spielberg Indiana Jones flick.

"We will go out and destroy Indiana Jones at the box office!" thundered a confident Uwe "Raging" Boll of the first film to win him positive reviews, even from the video game community. Boll attributed the delay of the film's rollout to litigation involving the New York Post and his film's outrageous opening scene spoofing 9/11. "But now the field is clear," Boll vowed.

The film stars Zack Ward as "The Postal Dude", along with Kids In the Hall star Dave Foley; Austin Powers Mini Me - Verne Troyer; Seinfeld's Soup Nazi Larry Thomas and classic character actor J.K. Simmons.

"Frankly," Running With Scissors' CEO Vince Desi (who plays himself and the lovable Postal character Krotchy) admitted, " we're ecstatic that a release date has been set, and to have Universal behind it is all the sweeter. We've been working overtime developing POSTAL III for PC and console and our fans have been waiting to see this movie for a long time now."

For more information on the upcoming POSTAL Movie, Postal games and gear, as well as updates on the development of POSTAL III visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com and be sure to visit PostalNation.net for in-depth coverage of the RWS scene.

I got a chance to check out the shooter at the Game Developers Conference yesterday with Running With Scissors founder Vince Desi and despite having only a rumored three weeks to work on it, they were able to show me a small slice of the game.

In it the Postal Guy is in need of some cash, having moved to a new town after nuking the last one he was in, so he walks into a employment office and up to a bulletin board to find a job. The only listing available, when I saw the game, was for Environmental Maintenance Specialist at Ron's Porn World.

Running through the smallish town to the new job, Desi and his demonstrator showed off how the Valve Source Engine was working for them, pointing out how they were able to put quite a number of people in the street and get them to react to things, like being shot.

The Porn World itself, a big brick building topped with an enormous pair of naked breasts, was pretty sterile on the inside. Sure there were tables full of sex toys when you first walk in, but nothing shocking.

To earn money in the level gamers have to use a shop vac, which is strapped to their back, to suck up used tissues. Desi explains that the whole point of the level is to train gamers how to use their version of the gravity gun. The shop vac can suck up, up to 100 things and then shoot them out at people.

The game, Desi promises, will also have a number of other interesting weapons. The only other outlandish one I was shown was the Badger, which was literally a badger that could be wielded like a chainsaw to cut down people in hand-to-hand combat.

While Postal 3, like its predecessors, has plenty of ways to be violent, it still doesn't force you do go through the game killing people. In fact this time around Desi and his crew plan to let gamers decide if they want to take the path of the good or the bad. Desi said if you take the path of the good you can even land a job as a cop in the game. The bad path turns you into a terrorist or zealot of sorts, they said.

But the game really isn't about the violence, Desi says.

"We want people to laugh, it's an action adventure comedy," he said.

It also won't be about sex, despite the fact that the game will include the publisher's famously buxom Postal Babes.

"The Postal Babes are in the game, but they are going to kick ass... it's not that you're going to get a piece of ass," he said.

The Postal Babes won't be the only surprise appearance in the game. Desi says, he's working to get a half-dozen or so celebrities to OK likenesses for the game. While he wasn't ready to tell me who was on the short list he did confirm one person.

"Uwe Boll will be in the game," he said, "you can kill him."

The Postal Dude will stumble upon the reviled filmmaker while he is on location shooting a film in the town and you can sit and watch him work on his film (a process that involves single takes and not a lot of heavy lifting) or shoot things up, Desi said.

The game, which is being developed for the PC and Xbox 360, and considered for the PS3, likely won't be out until mid to late 2009, Desi said, adding that he is in talks now with possible publishers.

Running With Scissors, publishers of controversial shooter Postal, announced today that they have named Tommy Tallarico, the man behind the Video Games Live concerts, the person of the year.

Why is a developer handing out Person of the Year awards? Good question.

"This is an acknowledgment on our part," explained RWS CEO Vince Desi, "of someone who has been both a dynamic force within the video game industry and a good friend to Running With Scissors. Tommy Tallarico has achieved what so few artists have in any field by successfully crossing over two giant industries, blending games and music; truly an amazing feat. He has brought a unique recognition to our industry and his musical talent and relentless effort have made a difference for all of us."

The award was announced at the publisher's annual Christmas party in Tucson, Arizona. Tallarico sounded adequately befuddled.

"It's an honor to be recognized for bringing recognition to the industry that I love so much," Tommy responded. "As the industry starts to take itself more seriously I hope it never loses sight of what we're all about.... fun. I've seen a lot of industry progress over my career and still think there is a lot more to go. I'm looking forward to what the future holds and I'm humbled and grateful to receive this acknowledgment."

I do like what Tallarico is doing for the industry (and still want him to have a concert here in Denver), but I'm not sure how delighted he actually is being named Postal's Person of the Year.

POSTAL Publisher Honors Tommy Tallarico as, "Running With Scissors Person of the Year"
"Video Games Live" Maestro First to Receive Award

Tucson, AZ: As a climax to its year-long celebration of the company's 10th Anniversary, POSTAL creators Running With Scissors (RWS) announced that celebrated video game music composer Tommy Tallarico would be the first recipient of its Person of the Year Award.
"This is an acknowledgment on our part," explained RWS CEO Vince Desi, "of someone who has been both a dynamic force within the video game industry and a good friend to Running With Scissors. Tommy Tallarico has achieved what so few artists have in any field by successfully crossing over two giant industries, blending games and music; truly an amazing feat. He has brought a unique recognition to our industry and his musical talent and relentless effort have made a difference for all of us."
"It's an honor to be recognized for bringing recognition to the industry that I love so much," Tommy responded. "As the industry starts to take itself more seriously I hope it never loses sight of what we're all about.... fun. I've seen a lot of industry progress over my career and still think there is a lot more to go. I'm looking forward to what the future holds and I'm humbled and grateful to receive this acknowledgment."
The award was announced at this year's POSTAL X-Mas Party, an event staged every year in RWS' hometown of Tucson, Arizona that brings RWS together with its fans, MOD masters and long-time members of the POSTAL family."
Tallarico's acclaimed live concert series "Video Games Live" will be performed this year all over the world starting in January.

POSTAL III is not intended for Politicians, your mom, your little sister, or the priest molesting her. It is a game about free will. Violence begets violence and the choice is yours.

"I feel like Austin Powers," admitted a shagged out Vince Desi. "The world is truly going POSTAL. The Postal Movie by Uwe Boll and now the Postal Babes going mobile. I welcome Herocraft into the Running With Scissors family. This represents a new era in the history of our brand's extension as the first time a subset of the POSTAL world has received its own license."

Running With Scissors Cuts Deal for 1st POSTAL BABES Game!

POSTAL Team Pimps Mobile Rights to Herocraft

Tucson, AZ: In the decade since the original version of POSTAL was released, we have seen sequels, online comic strips, MODs galore and the birth of a dedicated international fan base obsessed with all things POSTAL. Now, in the year of our tenth anniversary the hotties in baby tees and thongs dubbed the "Postal Babes," have evolved into an IP powerful enough to carry their own videogame.

In the transition from booth babes to regularly appearing virtual centerfolds in the RWS online newsletters, the Postal Babes also became characters within the POSTAL universe itself. This expansion of the POSTAL franchise offers the developers at Herocraft, the Russian publisher-developer that acquired the Postal Babes license, the opportunity to go in any number of possible directions on systems ranging from Windows Mobile to PalmOS.

"I feel like Austin Powers," admitted a shagged out Vince Desi. "The world is truly going POSTAL. The Postal Movie by Uwe Boll and now the Postal Babes going mobile. I welcome Herocraft into the Running With Scissors family. This represents a new era in the history of our brand's extension as the first time a subset of the POSTAL world has received its own license."

Herocraft CEO Pavel Prokonich, meanwhile, vows that his mobile Postal Babes will definitely turn heads. "You'll be shocked, amused and tempted! This game will give you a real chance to play with your own Postal Babe!" Due out in time for this year's holidays, the game will be released in 10 languages.

For more information on cool POSTAL products and gear, visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com

"Filmmaker" Uwe Boll's upcoming "film" contains a sight gag about the 9/11 attacks that has been met with wide-spread disapproval. But, Boll contests it's time to make light of the situation. And what better person to do it than a crappy film director! Here's chowderhead on the defensive, complete with German "Irak" spelling:

...who is patriotic? Is Bush patriotic? If yes, then why the BIN LADEN family could leave the USA as the only airplane leaving America on September 11? If yes then why Bush is so friendly to Saudi Arab[sic] - even if everybody knows that the Saudis are the financers [sic] of AL KAEDA[sic] (and not the IRAK[sic] etc.)?

What is patriotic? Believing the pr bullshit of a government hired by the weapon and oil industry to initial wars around the globe? I love America for the freedom of speech and the freedom of thinking and it was time with POSTAL to speak up and to break this self-censorship apart. Bush and a lot of mass media tried to brainwash the public and now all his politic goes downhill because it is not working. Instead of doing something against the global warming he has nothing else to do as to tank multibillions of $ in a senseless war. Would Bush fight in an Irak-War himself? No! So many young americans are dying in a stupid war for nothing - but Bush gets still considered as a patriot?

Don't think I'm an enemy. POSTAL is a necessary wake up call and we make fun in that movie about everybody[sic]. We blame the stupid Islam Extremists as retards and I portrait myself as a Nazi - so there are no rules we are not breaking. Where are the times where a movie like LIFE OF BRIAN was made?

It was time for POSTAL and you know it and I know it.

Remember Boll's halcyon years, when he just made shitty movies and beat fat guys up? Good times. Brian Ashcraft

Boll On the Defense [Boll Bashers via 1Up]

Boll-centric site BollBashers had what they called an "exclusive Postal clip" of the Running With Scissors game turned movie. That exclusive may have been rendered obsolete with the release of an extended trailer featuring all sorts of offensive stuff. I mean, it has Verne Troyer in it. Disgusting.

The potentially not safe for work Postal trailer is available on YouTube if you really want to see it. (You really don't. Really.) Michael McWhertor

Exclusive Postal Clip [BollBashers via 1UP]

"Hey," the Postal Dude supposedly admitted, "maybe it was Anna Nick-hole; maybe it wasn't. All I know is two things. One, she kept screaming "I can't feel my legs!" after our first hour together and two, I don't think she was on that Trimspa trip then, cause it sure looked like there was two of her."

Besides, it's obvious that I'm the father. Michael Fahey

Video Game Character Emerges in Anna Nicole Smith Paternity Search
"I Regret Nothing," Maintains Shadowy "Postal Dude"

Tucson, AZ An individual described as a "person of interest" in a series of felonies committed within the state of Arizona has suddenly emerged as perhaps the latest holder of a winning DNA lottery ticket following the death of legendary gold digger Anna Nicole Smith.

The individual in question refused to divulge his identity to the press but is believed to be the "Postal Dude" character who has starred in the popular POSTAL video game/movie franchise from Tucson-based developer Running With Scissors for nearly a decade.

Following Nicole Smith's untimely death last week a parade of players have emerged as potential candidates for the paternity and/or guardianship of Smith's infant daughter—who now stands to inherit a major fortune. The child was originally credited to Smith's latest boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, whose name appears on the birth certificate as her father. But a gallery of ex-boyfriends and alleged booty calls dating back several years has suddenly appeared on the scene in an attempt to claim guardianship of Anna Nicole's heiress offspring.

"Hey," the Postal Dude supposedly admitted, "maybe it was Anna Nick-hole; maybe it wasn't. All I know is two things. One, she kept screaming "I can't feel my legs!" after our first hour together and two, I don't think she was on that Trimspa trip then, cause it sure looked like there was two of her."

But while the other potential daddies are seeking out a courtroom solution, the Postal Dude has suggested that an expert be called in. "I trust that Maury Povich guy to figure it out," the Dude told reporters. "Hell, I'll add my spunk to this genetic scavenger hunt!"

Vince Desi, Running With Scissors CEO, added "The Postal Dude was never known for shooting blanks, so I guess anything is possible."

For more information on cool POSTAL products and gear, visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com.

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Running with Scissors has officially entered the music business with the announcement of "Music to Go Postal By", an anthology CD of music inspired by the Postal series of games. The disc contains 10 tracks by various artists I have never heard of, including Jesus Loves Junkies, who describe themselves as, "More of a musical diary or documented exorcism", and Russian punk band Brizgi, who actually aren't too bad despite me having no earthly clue what they are saying. It's available now at the RWS website for only $10.

"I never had any intention of releasing a music CD," admitted RWS conductor Vince Desi. "It was purely the result of long-time fan demand and an interest on the part of musicians from around the world who were musically inspired by our games and expressed themselves in the widest possible range of musical styles."

Running With Scissors Music Anthology Inspired by POSTAL Games
"Music To Go Postal By" Boasts Gallery of Cutting Edge International Music Talent

Tucson, AZ The sound of music now joins the ricochet of bullets, the bloody ballet of boomerang machetes in flight and the comforting clunk of a shovel to the back of a head as audio accompaniment to Running With Scissors' legendary POSTAL franchise. That's right, just in time for holiday gift-giving, Running With Scissors has published a music CD called "Music to Go Postal By".

Having already inspired the sequel POSTAL 2, the forthcoming PC/Xbox 360 release POSTAL III, the POSTAL Babes franchise and a major motion picture scheduled for release in 2007, "Music to Go Postal By" represents Running with Scissors' arrival on the music scene.

"I never had any intention of releasing a music CD," admitted RWS conductor Vince Desi. "It was purely the result of long-time fan demand and an interest on the part of musicians from around the world who were musically inspired by our games and expressed themselves in the widest possible range of musical styles."

"Running With Scissors and Chiraw have this great chemistry together. We like to set fire to the stage; they like to set fire to...well everything. We like to make music that makes your ears bleed, they like everything that bleeds. This company is great and they are our rock and roll amigos. GO POSTAL!!!" said Gep Henneberke, guitarist of Chiraw from the Netherlands.

"It could be that musicians were inspired by the fact that the POSTAL games have never used music in a traditional manner," Desi speculated. "Though I think we have been extremely innovative in our use of sound bites and audio effects."

POSTAL's powerhouse of musical talent includes Martin Leung aka the Video Game Pianist, the Russian group Brizgy, PH8, Jesus Loves Junkies, in addition to more than a half dozen other artists, ""Music to Go Postal By"" is currently available at the RWS Store for only TEN bucks.

For more information on cool POSTAL products and gear, visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com.

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As much as I love making fun of the Postal series, I am sorely tempted to pick the CD up. If anything it will make an excellent companion gift for the unfortunately named Postal Fudge Pack. Michael Fahey

Music to Go Postal By Product Page

Running With Scissors yesterday announced the holiday release of the Postal Fudge Pack, collecting the entirety of the Postal saga plus extras into one package. Fudge Pack? Why would they call it...ooooh, butt sex. I get it! So controversial! Anyway, you get Postal, Postal 2, both sequels, the Eternal Damnation fan conversion, A Week in Paradise fan mod, and various extra tidbits all available on a multi-format DVD.

I especially like the holiday message from from Running With Scissors' CEO Vince Desi...

"Up yours and Happy Holidays from all of us at Running With Scissors!" wished a jolly Desi while hanging balls on his tree. "Just remember not to eat it all at once."

Tucson, AZ Santa Claus may ponder whether you've been Good or Bad, but Running With Scissors (RWS) CEO Vince Desi doesn't care if you were naughty or nice - he wants everybody to share in some POSTAL Holiday Fudge.

"What would Christmas be without Fudge?" he asked rhetorically. Fortunately, POSTAL fans and newcomers to the infamous franchise won't have to contemplate such a dire fate. RWS has just released the POSTAL FUDGE PACK, a special edition of the series that brings gamers the entire POSTAL saga, from the original 1997 game to the multiplayer-optional POSTAL 2: SHARE THE PAIN and the climactic POSTAL 2: APOCALYPSE WEEKEND.

But this is the gift that keeps on giving. The POSTAL FUDGE PACK also contains the soon to be legendary fan conversion, ETERNAL DAMNATION as well as the fan mod -A WEEK IN PARADISE, which melds POSTAL 2 action and APOCALYPSE WEEKEND weaponry for seven days you'll never forget.

Then, just when you thought you couldn't swallow another bite, there are the Extras - bits and pieces of POSTAL lore ranging from POSTAL BABES to our favorite video slices from the cutting room floor.

The POSTAL FUDGE PACK is available as a Windows/Linux/Mac hybrid DVD.

"Up yours and Happy Holidays from all of us at Running With Scissors!" wished a jolly Desi while hanging balls on his tree. "Just remember not to eat it all at once."

For more information on cool POSTAL products and gear, visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com.

Running with Scissors Vince Desi just announced that they have signed a deal with Mac Games to get his line of over the top Postal games on the Apple.

"We have supported the Mac. Even when nobody else seemed to be supporting the system, we were there and we appreciate every opportunity to reach more Mac POSTAL fans."

MacGamesStore.Com now now sells all Running With Scissors games as digital downloads. Who says you can get good games on the Mac... or bloody ones staring Gary Coleman. Brian Crecente

TUCSON, AZ "From the day we started this company almost a decade ago," Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi declared, "we have supported the Mac. Even when nobody else seemed to be supporting the system, we were there and we appreciate every opportunity to reach more Mac POSTAL fans."

In the ensuing nine years, through POSTAL, POSTAL 2 - and its sequels POSTAL 2: SHARE THE PAIN and POSTAL 2: APOCALYPSE WEEKEND - Running With Scissors has made it a point of honor and aesthetics to continue its support for the amazing Mac.

"What would life be like without a Mac?" Desi mused in an uncharacteristically-contemplative moment. "I don't know, maybe after I finish reading 'The Purpose-Driven Life for Mac Users' I'll have a better idea. But in the meantime, Running With Scissors will continue to back the Mac at every turn."

Tuncer Deniz, Owner/Publisher of the Hutto, Texas-based Inside Mac Games and its online retail site Mac Game Store couldn't agree more. "Macgamestore.com is by far the most popular place on the net to buy Macintosh games," he reported. "And we're thrilled to now offer Running With Scissors' games as digital downloads through the store."

For more information on cool POSTAL products and gear, visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com.

The biggest confusion I have in regards to the Jackass Brigade and their misguided crusades stems directly from the games they choose to vilify.

I have never once heard any of them mention the Postal series. If there was ever a game on which to train for your exciting career in serial killing, this is it. Now that new one is on the way, I fully expect the Peaceaholics and the rest of the righteous to ignore it entirely.

Instead, they want to protest my desire to play a game in which I get in trouble for talking mean to little kids, and level up my stats by doing well in classes.

While we may have to wait a while for Postal 3's release, Desi did tell us that there will be some new Postal product coming down the pike this year. One is a music CD which will have songs inspired by the Postal series. The other is a new collection of all the previous Postal games called the Postal Fudge Pack which Desi told us will have a few new extras as well.

Eliza Gauger

Postal 3 Officially Announced [Firing Squad]

Filming begins on the Postal movie next week and Running with Scissors president Vince Desi says that they have signed Ron Perlman to the cast.

Perlman joins Gary Coleman and Desi as the... C-listers? in the movie. Perlman, who will be playing Uncle Dave in the movie, is probably best known for his lead role in Hellboy. He's also done a ton of voice work for video games and already run the gauntlet with Uwe Boll as an actor in the Dungeon Siege film, In the Name of the King.

Desi says that they managed to get enough liquor into Perlman to actually sign him to a two-picture deal. So expect to see him in the next Desi-Boll joint as well.

Other cast members for the movie, set to start filming on Sept. 12, include Gareth Von Kallenbach, Will Sanderson, Ralf Moeller and future Boll punching bag critic Richard Kyanka. No word yet on who will play the lead roll, Postal Dude, but rest assured, Boll's gang is sweeping the bars looking for a leading man. Brian Crecente

Last month, chowderhead Uwe Boll challenged his critics to a boxing match, which he would film and include in his adaptation of Running with Scissors' Postal. Uwe failed to clue-in Running with Scissors, it seems. The company's CEO Vince Desi said, "I didn't know he was going to do this." Then again, who did?

Game site 1Up contacted Desi, who replied:

Mayhem at RWS [Running With Scissors] is a company lifestyle but not communicating is something I don't exactly appreciate. I was being serious when I said it, I really how [sic] no idea what he was up to.

You won't be the first Vince, and definitely not the last. Uwe's kooky, you know. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [1Up]

He's has had enough snark. German filmmaker Uwe Boll announced he is willing to take on the haters. In a boxing ring. With gloves. (Read: he's nuts.)

"I am fed up," said the chowderheaded director. "I'm fed up with people slamming my films on the Internet without see[ing] them. Many journalists make value judgments on my films based on the opinions of one or two thousand Internet voices. Half of those opinions come from people who've never watched my films."

During the filming of game studio Running with Scissors' Postal title, Chowderhead will personally go mano-a-mano with his biggest detractors in boxing matches that will be used in the film. Because as everyone knows, when you can't verbally outwit someone, it's just better to beat them up. The logic astonishes.

We only wish we had the imagination to make this up. Excerpts from the batshit insane press release after the jump.

Towards the end of the filming of Postal, the five most outspoken critics will be flown into Vancouver and supplied with hotel rooms. As a guest of Uwe Boll they will be given the chance to be an extra/stand-in in Postal and have the opportunity to put on boxing gloves and enter a BOXING RING to fight Uwe Boll. Each critic will have the opportunity to bring down Uwe in a 10-bout match. There will be five matches planned over the last two days of the movie. Certain scenes from these boxing matches will become part of the Postal movie. All five fights will be televised on the Internet and will be covered by international press.

Who's eligible?

To be eligible you must be a critic who has posted on the Internet or have written in magazines/newspapers at least two extremely negative articles in the year 2005. Critics of 2006 will not be considered.

Folks between 140 and 190 pounds, send an email to info@boll-kg.de and help Uwe prove that he isn't a bad filmmaker through physical violence. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [GameSpot] Thanks, Dennise!

So I was minding my own business yesterday working away on a story about mobile gaming at the Rocky when I get an email from Vince Desi, CEO of Running With Scissors. All it says is: "What's your number?"

I shot back my work number, and within a few minutes my phone rings and Desi is on the other end. Now, if you've never read anything about the head-honcho of the company that created Postal, well, let's just say he's a passionate guy.

It seems he was a little piqued about a story running out of Russia blaming a knife attack at a Moscow synagogue on his game. "Piqued" is, in every way, putting it mildly. What really came through was the frustration he felt. Postal is, of course, an over-the-top, violent game. But it's one that is so very violent that I think it would be fair to call it satire. Yes, violent satire, but satire nonetheless.

Desi's frustration, I think, is borne out of a sense of helplessness. What can he do about the things people say about his game? He's not EA or Take-Two, he can't defend himself, really. He feels, I believe, like a very large target waiting to be bitten.

And unfortunately, there's a rabid dog in our midst looking for something around which to lock its jaws.

I'll be talking with Desi later today on another story, and will get more official reaction from him on this whole thing.