First Postal III screens emerge, bore
by Justin McElroy 
{ May 9th 2007 at 8:00PM }
If you're Running With Scissors, and you're dropping the first images of the next iteration of your controversial yet uniformly bad Postal series, would you go with barren city streets? Or would you put out screens of Gary Coleman humping a zebra being ridden by Osama bin Laden, or whatever it is exactly that happens in Postal games? Well, we hope you chose the first option, because that's what you're getting.
Maybe we're just not looking close enough. Do you see anything shaped like a racial stereotype, even if you squint? No, neither do we. Well, hey, maybe the Postal brand is being moved away from clumsy attempts at "edginess" or mediocrity? Nope, negative on both counts. Wait, that's it! Maybe the most surprising thing that Running With Scissors can do at this point is not depict a gun barrel being put in a cat's anus! Maybe to be truly offensive is to defy our expectations. Or, you know, maybe they're just early shots. It's one of the two.
Maybe we're just not looking close enough. Do you see anything shaped like a racial stereotype, even if you squint? No, neither do we. Well, hey, maybe the Postal brand is being moved away from clumsy attempts at "edginess" or mediocrity? Nope, negative on both counts. Wait, that's it! Maybe the most surprising thing that Running With Scissors can do at this point is not depict a gun barrel being put in a cat's anus! Maybe to be truly offensive is to defy our expectations. Or, you know, maybe they're just early shots. It's one of the two.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ken @ May 9th 2007 8:10PM
Peeing on people was so much fun though.
A great way to relieve some tension.
Fernando Rocker @ May 9th 2007 8:18PM
Looks like Gears of War, and like GRAW, and like Rainbow Six, and like Resistance...
I guess nex-gen means brown colors.
Justin U @ May 9th 2007 8:29PM
Man Fernando, did you come up with that ALL BY YOURSELF?
Either way, who cares? Both postals sucked, though my friend tried to sucker me into buying them.
Screw that.
Xiath @ May 9th 2007 8:38PM
Fernando, you might want to check out this web comic
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/070119.jpg
NappyHeadedHo @ May 9th 2007 9:32PM
Man Justin U did you come up with that all by yourself?
sjenky @ May 9th 2007 9:12PM
MY GOD you bloggers are negative! You remind me of my bitchy grandma, talking about today's teenagers.. LOVE IT..
jaysins @ May 9th 2007 9:23PM
The game looks good. At the poster who said it's all brown. Postal is suppose to be a little bit darker game, so of course it's not going to be all sunshines and rainbows like viva pinata.
Spakkle @ May 9th 2007 9:53PM
Ugh, whatever happened to days when games were just supposed to be fun. Now whenever a blogger sees a simplistic game that is fun but altogether depthless, like the Postal series, they go on a whiny rant. Postal is juvenile, but Borat is a work of award winning genius? Gamers need to stop taking themselves so seriously, and realize that every game doesn't need to be some pretentious romp through hollywood style theatrics.
muppetmeth @ May 9th 2007 10:21PM
Postal only gets a bad wrap because of its dark twisted awful violent humor.
Or maybe I'm the only person who thinks it is fun to light a gimp on fire and then pee out the flames.
Matt @ May 9th 2007 10:40PM
That last sentence made my wiener tingle.
Lord Chako @ May 9th 2007 11:30PM
God forbid we get simplistic fun out of a first person shooter.
Duke Nukem 3d wasnt very deep, but it was damn well fun.
Maybe y'all expect too much from GAMES.
ddpp33 @ May 9th 2007 11:39PM
Am I the only one who thought Postal 2 was an above average FPS for its day with a much more unique and interesting environment than most?
halobreaker @ May 10th 2007 1:01AM
Yes because all FPSes are totally life altering experiences where we learn lessons about ourselves and reach an existential level with the world. You dumb biased fuck get your head out your ass. Just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's a pathetic attempt at creating an alternate world. It's the whole point to games.
Games are meant to be fun, and appeal to certain audiences. If it's not your cup of tea well then pass it by.
"Or what ever happens in the postal games"
Maybe try it before you knock it I think is what they say...
The first one was about a man lost in the world who goes nuts basically. That's it.
The second game is about everyday life for the bad luck Joe, You can beat the whole game with only attacking people who attack you. BUT I guess defending yourself is beyond all realms of comprehension.
Eisen Soldaten @ May 10th 2007 1:50AM
Come on fellow gamers. Seriously. Any game that lets you knock Bin Laden's head off with a shovel, shotgun him, then set a match to his gasoline drenched corpse,AND piss on him afterwards is an instant classic in my book.
I mean COME ON PEOPLE.
DrXym @ May 10th 2007 8:01AM
Postal 2 really stank. It was repetitive, unfunny, badly designed, buggy, slow to load and induced motion sicknesss. It was just a poor game with one gimmick - you could piss on people which is mildly funny the first time and that's it. Why anyone would care for another sequel is beyond me.
Jake @ May 10th 2007 8:25AM
Fernando,
Are you incapable of intelligent thought? I've read a hundred of your posts and not a single one of them had anything but mindless slobber in it. You've never made anyone think or add to an intelligent conversation. It's actually quite sad.
Mabui @ May 10th 2007 8:31AM
I loved Postal, the first one. The second one was sorta lame duck in comparison, not really a worthy sequel. Peeing on people was interesting, and just running around causing random mayhem was decently fun. I mean, what the game set out to do, it achieved it, just something silly, and slightly amusing to waste your time on.
I'm not sure what people are expecting from the game after the sequel, I mean, really, what are you expecting? Halo 3? Crysis?
Todd @ May 10th 2007 9:23AM
That screenshot looks good, very detailed. However, I'm sure the game has no discernable plot like the previous installments.
Joseph Villalobos @ May 10th 2007 10:12AM
Sweet! I cannot wait!
Negativecool @ May 10th 2007 10:33AM
So...when do I get my HD Gary Coleman? Whatchutawkinbout Joystiq?
Tom @ May 10th 2007 1:45PM
The first two Postal's were so awful that I've seen people physically cringe at the mere mention of them.
I'm thinking this one will be no better.
jc @ May 10th 2007 3:04PM
I hope they get the load times down to a reasonable level. I'd at least be happy with 60 seconds per area.
I enjoyed Postal 2 (kind of like how someone would enjoy a bad bad movie). But 5 minute load times between areas was enough to crack the game cd in half.