![]() Lieberman calling us out on the US Senate floor, not to mention endless groups calling for our castration. In the early days I was totally surprised, I mean we had the US Government taking us to court, we had Sen. How have you felt about the response to the series from the media, and censorship bodies? We just wanted to make a simple, no manual required shooter. It started as a relentless shooter, like the arcade game Robotron. The original RWS team was working under another label doing educational games, and we were really bored so we decided to create our own original. Where did the original idea for the series come from? Gamasutra contacted Desi recently to ask in detail about the franchise’s controversial past, its future and the upcoming movie. More recently, Running With Scissors has confirmed that Postal III is in production for PC and Xbox 360, marking the series’ first foray onto consoles. Late last year, the company announced that a film adaptation of the franchise would be directed and produced by Uwe Boll, with a release date set for 2007. “We've always maintained since publishing the original Postal that the game is only as violent as the player wants it to be,” he notes. The game almost immediately ran into criticism from legislators and censorship advocates – most notably Senator Joe Lieberman – and has regularly appeared on lists of the most violent or most controversial games, along with its 2003 sequel.Ĭompany CEO Vince Desi has always maintained that the series has allowed players an immense freedom of choice: that, although possible, violence is never necessary within the games. Arizona based developers Running With Scissors made a name for themselves back in 1997 with the release of their first title, Postal. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2022
Categories |