History Trivia / Postal

* ActorAllusion: Zack Ward's work on the ''Postal'' film adaptation gets acknowledged in the ''Postal 2'' expansion pack ''Paradise Lost''. See HeyItsThatGuy

* ActorAllusion: Zack Ward's work on the ''Postal'' film adaptation gets acknowledged in the ''Postal 2'' expansion pack ''Paradise Lost''. See HeyItsThatGuy.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The film version of the Postal Dude is played by Zack Ward. Guess [[Film/AChristmasStory Scut Farkus]] ''really'' didn't turn out so well after growing up.

** Rick made a return to ''Postal 2'' when it was updated with additional content and voice clips. One of the bullet points for the Steam page of the ''Paradise Lost'' DLC is even "The Dude's original voice: No bogus imposters here!"
* TributeToFido: Champ is named for the dog of one of the developers. ''Paradise Lost'', whose plot involves searching for him, is dedicated to his memory.

** Regarding Malaysia: Physical copies, yes, they're banned from store shelves no thanks to a bunch of soccer moms. The Steam version, however...

** Rick made a return to ''Postal 2'' when it was updated with additional content and voice clips.
* TroubledProduction: ''Postal III'' very much so, according to the RWS website, things were going well with Akella at first until the Russian economy took a downturn, forcing Akella to lay off their A-team that was working on the game. RWS admitted they should've pulled the plug at that point since they knew there was no way Akella's B-team could possibly finish development to their standards, but they soldiered on anyways and Akella took more cost-cutting measures due to running low on funds. To top it off RWS were unable to oversee the last 12 months of development on the game, so it's no surprise it ultimately turned out the way it did. Thanks to the critical and commercial failure of the game, RWS has removed the game from their website's online store and refuses to even consider it canon anymore.

** The ''Postal 2'' update ''Paradise Lost'' was announced in mid-2014 and was slated for a fall release that same year. It has since been delayed to an unspecified date, so hopefully it comes out eventually.
*** [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/POSTAL2/announcements/detail/190615233704658436 It's recently been given a set release date of April 17th, 2015]], finally averting this trope.

** A meat gun, brought back in ''A Week In Paradise'' mod.
** A staple gun, brought back in ''AWP'' mod, with the meat gun.

** The Dude's father as a zombie, to quote the grave: "Zombie Dad".
** And last but not least: The games original plot, before it became what it is today.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Postal 2'' had a some things that were either cut from the game or scrapped. Of course since the game is medium aware, it has a graveyard for them. A list of these things are:

* TroubledProduction: ''Postal III'' very much so, according to the RWS website, things were going well with Akella at first until the Russian economy took a downturn, forcing Akella to lay off their A-team that was working on the game. RWS admitted they should've pulled the plug at that point since they knew there was no way Akella's B-team could possibly finish development to their standards, but they soldiered on anyways and Akella took more cost-cutting measures due to running low on funds. To top it off RWS were unable to oversee the last 12 months of development on the game, so it's no surprise it ultimately turned out the way it did.

** Rick made a return to Postal 2 when it was updated with additional content and voice clips.
* TroubledProduction: Postal III very much so, according to the RWS website, things were going well with Akella at first until the Russian economy took a downturn, forcing Akella to lay off their A-team that was working on the game. RWS admitted they should've pulled the plug at that point since they knew there was no way Akella's B-team could possibly finish development to their standards, but they soldiered on anyways and Akella took more cost-cutting measures due to running low on funds. To top it off RWS were unable to oversee the last 12 months of development on the game, so it's no surprise it ultimately turned out the way it did.
** Postal 2 received a patch in December 2013, the first one in 10 years. It had a slight delay, but is finally out, adding a lot of things to the fray, and making Apocalypse Weekend a full part of the main game.
* {{Vaporware}}: Postal III was announced in 2006, with very few screenshots or videos being released since then and the official website being mostly filler. In October 2011, the game finally appeared on Steam's store under "Coming Soon" with the release scheduled for December. The exact date was finally revealed as December 20th, although the game was only available from the Running With Scissors online shop until February 2012.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Postal 2 had a some things that were either cut from the game or scrapped. Of course since the game is medium aware, it has a graveyard for them. A list of these things are:

* Defictionalization: [[http://www.postalgames.com/pd-krotchy-doll-now-talks.cfm You can actually buy Krotchy.]]

** Postal 2's recent patch (December 2013), the first one in 10 years. It had a slight delay, but is finally out, adding a lot of things to the fray, and making Apocalypse Weekend a full part of the main game.

* {{Vaporware}}: The official title was announced in 2006, with very few screenshots or videos being released since then and the official website being mostly filler. In October 2011, the game finally appeared on Steam's store under "Coming Soon" with the release scheduled for December. The exact date was finally revealed as December 20th, although the game was only available from the Running With Scissors online shop until February 2012.

** A staple gun, brought back in ''AWP'' mod, like the meat gun.

** "Teen sniper". The name of an arcade machine in the game, possibly a planned mini-game.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The film version of the Postal Dude is played by Zack Ward. Guess [[AChristmasStory Scut Farkus]] ''really'' didn't turn out so well after growing up.

** A staple gun, same as the meat gun.

** The Dude's father as a zombie.
** And last but not least: The games original serious plotline.

** A meat gun.
** A staple gun.

** A teen sniper.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The film version of the Postal Dude is played by Zack Ward. Guess [[AChristmasStory Scut Farkus]] ''really'' didn't turn out so well after growing up.

HeyItsThatGuy: The film version of the Postal Dude is played by Zack Ward. Guess [[AChristmasStory Scut Farkus]] ''really'' didn't turn out so well after growing up.