Postal developers Running With Scissors have come up with an...er...interesting gift to give your partner on Valentine's Day. They are selling scrotum plush toys!

Originally intended as an inside-joke for Postal 2, "Krotchy" was created "as a spoof of seasonal 'must have' toys like Tickle Me Elmo." But he never made it into the game.

Indeed.

Miss Razz via kotaku.com »

"Videogames and violence go together like peanut butter and jelly. As any stoned out college boy can tell you, they complement each other perfectly and are twice as difficult to completely separate.

Efforts to remove any form of violence from video games have been met with scrutiny, scorn and downright failure. It cost Florida penal irritant Jack Thompson his career, his credibility and his ability to appear on television within five seconds of a bloody, national tragedy so he can blame it ..."

Euphoric via gameist.com »

Remember this? Now it seems, he is going to make a movie based on it. Right, a POSTAL movie. Is there a connection between these two? I guess there should be.
But like many unsuccessful Uwe Boll game-based movies, would this also be an unsuccessful attempt? It seems interesting, just to think what rating this movie would receive.
(Maybe they should directly add the Postal 2 splash screen warning to the movie.)

StarJet via www.thatvideogameblog.com »

"When it comes to the likes of Uwe Boll or Paul W.S. Anderson, a sound case can be argued for incompetence and a distinct lack of nounce after weighing up the terrible twosome’s respective movie portfolios, but writer Nicole LaPorte offers that videogame narratives are simply unable to sustain successful movie spin offs.

Comparing videogame movie adapatations against Hollywood creations reliant on the comic book world, LaPorte says that the "weak narratives" often found in videogames are un..."

mistermostyn via gaming.monstersandcritics.com »