''Postal'' is a

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franchise created by Running with Scissors known for its excessive violence and controversial content. Nearly each game is set in a different genre; '' Postal'' is

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Postal 2 ''Postal 2'' is a 2003 first-person shooter developed by Running with Scissors. It is the sequel to the 1997 game '' Postal'' and was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2003, macOS in April 2004 and Linux in April 2005. ''Postal 2'', as wel ...

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Postal III ''Postal III'' is a third-person shooter developed by Trashmasters and Running with Scissors, and published by Akella. It is the third game in the ''Postal'' series, being the sequel to ''Postal 2'', telling the story of The Postal Dude's adv ...

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and various

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titles were in genres such as top-down shooter. A film adaptation simply titled '' Postal'' was also produced by German director

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Games

Main series

Spin-offs

Film

A film adaptation of the ''Postal'' series was directed and co-written by

. Though the film shares the title of the first ''Postal'' video game, it is more heavily drawn from the sequel, ''Postal 2''. New characters are introduced in the film, such as Faith (

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), a young barista who joins the Postal Dude in his adventure, and former U.S. president

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(Brent Mendenhall).

Books

Two books were published only in Russia. In 2011 published book ''Postal. Реальный Чувак'' (Real Dude), which was written by Andrei Shlyachov and published by AST. In 2012 published book ''Postal. Чувак и надувная свобода'' (Dude and inflatable freedom), which was written by Igor Gradov and published by AST. A book based on the first ''Postal'' game in the series, named after the game's expansion pack, ''Postal: Special Delivery'', was written by Alisa Bogodarova and published on October 29, 2015, by Publish Green in the form of an

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. The book retells the game's story and the various events leading up to it and introduces several new characters including the Postal Dude's high school friends and teachers as well as original fantasy characters. On April 15, 2020, a documentary book about the franchise was published – ''Postal'' – written by Brock Wilbur and

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, which included an interview with Vince Desi and Mike Jaret.

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