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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote in news:ftj79kts8bb4u4ckpos72uot05n9uh9r29@4ax.com:

How come Postal 1 wasn't included?

They gave away the first Postal game ("Classic and Uncut") 4 years and a computer ago--I
have it in my library. I installed and played it for a whole 2 minutes.

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 22:09 this Wednesday (GMT):
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So I don't think it's the violence that kept the original "Postal"
from being included. In some ways, it feels almost tame in comparison
to some of the over-the-top gore-fests available to us today. I think
it just wasn't worth the effort... especially since the sequel is so
much better known.

Yeah, I guess it makes sense since P2 was the one that got all the
controversy. Goes with the whole theme of the pack and all.

(It probably doesn't help that it can serve as advertising for
recently released "Postal 4" too... which is basically "Postal 2" but
more so ;-)

Oh, weird, they skipped 3. Oh well.
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 22:09 this Wednesday (GMT):
[snip]

So I don't think it's the violence that kept the original "Postal"
from being included. In some ways, it feels almost tame in comparison
to some of the over-the-top gore-fests available to us today. I think
it just wasn't worth the effort... especially since the sequel is so
much better known.

Yeah, I guess it makes sense since P2 was the one that got all the >controversy. Goes with the whole theme of the pack and all.

The original "Postal" got a lot of controversey too. It was one of the
games that US Senator Lieberman pointed his finger at as corrupting
the youth with its evil, pointless violence

(and in that regard at least, it was a far more worthy target than
"Night Trap"). IIRC, major chains like Walmart refused to stock it.
Again, not so much because of the gore but because all the violence
served no purpose except to be violent, which was apparently over the
top for the pearl-clutchers.

"Postal 2" only built upon the original's controversy. The fact that
it was now first-person, featured Real People*, and had kinky sex
stuff in it only made it a bigger target. Also, the developers played
up the controversy to bolster sales. "We're the game your mom doesn't
want you to play!" is a great way to target younger buyers. PC gaming
and the Internet were a lot bigger too, which only increased the
outrage. Sure "Postal 2" made a bigger splash, but it was mostly
because the pool was so much larger.







* assuming Gary Coleman was actually real. I'm not entirely sure
that's true ;-)


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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
...

* assuming Gary Coleman was actually real. I'm not entirely sure
that's true ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw9oX-kZ_9k
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