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Uwe Boll's Postal 2 dream fueled by Kickstarter, morbid curiosity
Uwe Boll, the eccentric film director known for weaponizing video game licenses, is counting on Kickstarter to help fund a sequel to "Postal," a movie that critics called a movie if they were in a polite mood. Boll's Kickstarter for Postal 2 requests $500,000 to manufacture a "controversial comedy in which we take up current political issues" and elucidate "that there is no difference between our democracy and the prison camps in Russia or China." In the pitch videos, which are split into joking and serious parts – and no, they're not distinguishable beyond the labels – Boll says "there is only me who can help you with that." The "that" is actually the "them": the NSA and the monitored Orwellian nightmare we find ourselves in. "If you have a Facebook account," Boll says ahead of his filmed critique, "everything gets, like, controlled." You'll receive several status updates on the film if you pledge at least $5 in advance of its projected August 2014 release, but the high-tier rewards (beyond the grotesque pleasure of seeing this lurch to life) seem impossible to turn down. For just $5,000 you could name a character in Postal 2. For $7,500 you can allow yourself to be encased in Boll's celluloid prison and BECOME a character, though the size of the role "depends on your talent." The implication here is that you will have to match and exceed the acting chops of the movie's first confirmed star and Top 36 contender in American Idol Season 8, Jackie Tohn. Finally, you can pledge $10,000 and view the spectacle unfold on the movie set itself, safely shielded behind the "executive producer" credit. (So that's what those guys do.) "There will be no survivors" if this uncensored movie comes to pass, Uwe Boll says. If that isn't the ideal ratio of threat and reward for a Kickstarter campaign, what is?
Steam weekly deals: Mutant Blobs Attack, Resonance, Postal 2
Steam's weekly deals may not have official themes, but they each seem to carry an overall vibe, and this week, that vibe is "dead bodies and scary assaults." Each of the following games is up to 75 percent off on Steam through 10 a.m. PT on April 29: Resonance, Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, Postal 2 Complete, Primal Fears, Still Life, Still Life 2, Post Mortem, Perimeter 2: New Earth, Zombie Pirates and a software title, Construct 2.Mutant Blobs Attack, for example, is half off for $4, and it supports Steam's controller-friendly Big Picture mode. Resonance, a deep and innovative point-and-click adventure, is 75 percent off for $2.50, and Postal 2 Complete is 60 percent off, $6. Check out the lineup right here.
Postal 2 Complete arrives on Steam via Greenlight
The third game to make it through the Steam Greenlight process is a game whose sequel was already on Steam. Postal 2 Complete, the compilation of the infamous, crude 2003 first-person shooter and its Apocalypse Weekend expansion, is now available on Steam after being voted in by the community.Through November 9, Postal 2 Complete is discounted ten percent, available for $13.49.
Postal 2 to be featured in Nobel Prize museum
We'd wager that the first time the gaming community collectively booted up Running With Scissors' Gary Coleman-rich urination sim, Postal 2, we all shared the same thought: that this game absolutely needs to be showcased in some sort of museum commemorating mankind's greatest accomplishments. If memory serves, many of the title's reviews included similar sentiments.Finally, that observation is being realized. Sweden's Nobel Museum, whose galleries are littered with installations denoting the achievements of Nobel laureates (as well as the life of the prize's progenitor, Alfred Nobel), will be including Postal 2 in a new exhibit titled "Freedom of Speech: How Free is Free?" The game will be included in a section that focuses on censorship in the video game industry. We're really happy such an exhibit exists; we just wish they'd picked a ... well, a good controversial game.
The Best Of Big Download: May 16-22, 2008
Hello once again, loyal reader. The team at Big Download has had an extremely busy second week with lots of features, downloads and news to report about on the PC gaming scene. It doesn't get much bigger than the release of Penny Arcade Adventures (and yes we have the PC, Mac and Linux demo versions available to download) and of course Age of Conan was pretty huge as well. We are still trying to iron out a few more bugs on the site but we are pretty happy with what we've got so far. Let's take a quick look at the highlights for our second official week:Exclusive Features: PvP vs PvE: ArenaNet on Guild Wars: We chat with game designer Isaiah Cartwright on how they develop the PvP and PvE aspects of Guild Wars. Epic's Mark Rein on Chair Entertainment purchase: We chat briefly with Epic Games' VP on their acquisition of Chair Entertainment Age of Conan: The pros and cons: Should you buy Funcom's new MMO? We look at the pluses and minuses of the fantasy game. Big Iron: Age of Conan's demanding tribute: Our hardware columist takes a look at what kind of PC you will need to run Age of Conan MODverlous Monday: Our new weekly mod column takes a look at two Half-Life 2 mods Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games takes a look at the classic title N Casually Speaking: Orisinal and the Zen of design: Our casual game columist checks out an impressive casual game web site Talkin' Smack: Online voice chat in kids' games: An editorial on how game designers might deal with the tricky issue of game voice chat for children Guide to Team Fortress 2 Medic Achievements: Check out the final two parts of our extensive look at the various achievements for the Medic class in Valve's multiplayer shooter: Part 5; Part 6
