News

The 10 Game Deaths Of Osama Bin Laden

The world was informed the Osama bin Laden was killed yesterday evening. Now that the story of his life has come to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back how Osama influenced the world of video games. As you might’ve guessed, he mostly got shot and killed. Well, actually that’s all he did. Here are a few prime examples.


December 31, 2010
News

Activision Rips Lawmakers’ Fixation On Postal

When the mainstream debate turns to violent video games, it’s inevitable that someone will dredge up Postal. It’s like the triple dog dare, or comparing someone to Hitler, a completely bogus trump card with no real argumentative value.


July 14, 2010
News

This Is California’s Supreme Court Argument Against Violent Video Games

In a 59-page brief filed to the Supreme Court this week, the state of California makes its best argument about why it should be a crime to sell a child a very violent game.


May 29, 2010
News

Gary Coleman Dies

Gary Coleman, best known for his role as Arnold in the 1970s-1980s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes died today of injuries he suffered in a fall at his Utah home. Coleman, who also appeared in 2003′s Postal 2, was 42.


April 18, 2009
News

GOG.com Goes Postal

CD Projekt’s DRM-free classic PC game service GOG.com ditches class in favour of crass with the addition of Running With Scissors infamous Postal series.


January 29, 2009
In Real Life

Nobel Prize Museum Goes Postal

Infamously infamous first-person shooter Postal 2 will be making an appearance at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, the game’s developer’s said today.


January 9, 2008
Uncategorized

Two For One Special On Stupid Game Crimes

While most of the gaming world focuses on CES, Game Politics patrols the streets, keeping an eye open for video game related crime. Today they’ve uncovered not one but two different recent criminal outings blamed the influence of gaming violence.

First we have Gaston County North Carolina, where three 19 year-olds went on an arson spree, setting fire to eight cars and one vacant home before the police finally stopped the madness. The reason behind the suspects’ burning ambitions? Postal 2. No really, Postal 2. Police say three Gaston County teens–Sean Jones, David Ellington and Paul Jarrell charged with setting eight cars and one vacant home on fire–got the idea from a video game, “Postal 2″.

Personally I am hoping this was some sort of typo, and what they meant to say was, “got the idea after being forced to play through Postal 2″, as I can definitely see that being the logical result of such trauma.