postal-iii posts

Running With Scissors used Gary Coleman as a character in their last title, the open world first person shooter Postal II. Now it looks like the developer is bringing in more pop culture members to appear in the next game, the Source Engine based action game Postal III. Today they named their first such quasi-celeb, Randy Jones of the original line-up of the 1970s disco group The Village People.

Never afraid to "go there", the game will have Jones' voice and likeness used as a leader of a gay biker gang. This will apparently be the first of a series of celebs that will appear in Postal III which should be on display at Akella's booth at E3 next week.

It's the Memorial Day weekend here in the US and while many of you may be going to go see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a brave few will be heading to a few movie theaters to see Postal, the latest game-to-movie adaptation from infamous director Uwe Boll. The Postal PC game series, which has generated its own controversies over the years, has continued to be successful for its developer Running With Scissors. Their mix of violence and dark humor have gotten politicians and others to attack the games (mostly without actually playing them of course). Still, there are a number of gamers and reviewers who appreciate what Running With Scissors are attempting to do with the Postal titles; namely the fact that they try to satire all aspects of pop culture and politics.

With the movie now in theaters, Big Download decided to contact Running with Scissors head Vince Desi to get his thoughts on the film, what the experience was like working with Uwe Boll and some hints on the next game in the series, Postal III..

First, there's no doubt that the journey to have Postal transformed into a movie has been an interesting one. Can you give us a little history on how you guys pitched a movie version and how Uwe Boll game on board?

After Postal 2 was released I was contacted by several folks in Hollywood, I had a few meetings but decided against it. Then about 2 years ago I got a call from someone representing Uwe, I didn't know who he was, so I flew up to Vancouver to meet him. We got along, and like they say in Hollywood the rest is history.