History Trivia / Postal

** The development team brief considered bringing back Corey Cruise back for ''Postal 4'', but due to the bad experiences of the third games development it was decided that a different direction should be taken with The Dude's voice. Which led to Jon St. John's casting.

*** And [[http://postal.wikia.com/wiki/Postal_III_Cut/Unfinished_Content here's the Wikia page that shows the unused/cut content from the game itself.]]

** ''Postal 2'', which came out in early 2003, is a unique case of TheNineties spilling over into [[TurnOfTheMillennium the following decade]]. It includes parodies of the Waco siege (which happened a full decade before the game came out), a cameo by Gary Coleman AsHimself (still a noticeable figure at the time, but most of the jokes about his presence reference his child-star days, which even through reruns would have been more relevant in the '90s), and a noticeably-dated depiction of the controversy over [[MurderSimulators violent video games]] (which was a big deal in the mid-'90s, but by 1999 had slowly dropped off to just a pet crusade for a handful figures), most notably in that it makes ''several'' TakeThat[=s=] at then-Senator Joe Liebermann (one of the biggest names calling for a crackdown on violent video games in the '90s, though while he remained a Senator for another full decade after the game's release, by 2003 he had long since dropped the subject), while Jack Thompson (another big name in the {{Moral Guardian|s}} camp from the 2000s, though not as noteworthy since he wasn't good at effecting change so much as simply embarrassing himself) never gets so much as a mention, even in the expansion that released at the height of his relevance surrounding ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''[='=] "Hot Coffee" scandal. Then with the subtlety of a brick through a window, the game hits you with several [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror al-Qaeda]] references, including terrorists who all [[{{Expy}} look like]] UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden randomly attacking the church on Tuesday, a patch adding a sewer complex filled with more terrorists, and ''Apocalypse Weekend'' adding a full training camp within easy walking distance of Paradise, with the National Guard in the latter echoing several of the more controversial quotes and conduct of the early days of the Iraq invasion, including arresting the player character as an enemy combatant without trial, referencing the "Axis of Evil", and claiming that they won't kill anyone who surrenders peacefully (and if they do it was "probably an accident") - it's all so heavy-handed that, a decade or so later, it can [[PoesLaw almost be seen as a parody]] of America's early days of vulnerable yet intensely-xenophobic paranoia following the attacks.
** ''Postal III'', in turn, had its delayed development result in an odd case of it being a period piece to the late 2000s, almost specifically to 2008, despite having come out [[TheNewTens in 2011]]. The political atmosphere is still soundly grounded in twilight of the Bush era - "border patrol" along the Mexican border involves keeping ''Americans'' from escaping to get away from the recession,[[note]]and the only ones trying to go the other way are [[PaperThinDisguise badly-disguised terrorists]] - ironically mirroring a later controversy that would surround the Presidential campaign and eventual election of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump five years later[[/note]] the moral guardians are now a faction of crazed "Hockey Moms" [[EverythingIsRacist looking for excuses to be offended]] and [[WesternTerrorists getting really violent]] once they've found one (mirroring how the "moral crusade" had fallen to ineffectual groups of random parents who rarely accomplished more than [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity pointing potential customers to something that might be worth their time]] - half a decade later, this sort of group would consist of a younger and more diverse group of twenty-somethings that, even at least charitable, would be mocked for being overly-pacifistic and whiny, but would probably also [[StrawmanHasAPoint at least have a valid point]]) who are lead by a dead-ringer for UsefulNotes/SarahPalin (who by 2009 was only still relevant due to dumb statements that [[MisBlamed probably actually came from]] a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit), and Osama bin Laden as a member of the BigBadDuumvirate (the game coming out in that period where al-Qaeda was on the backslide of relevance, with Osama himself having been killed about seven months before the game came out, but ISIS hadn't yet stepped up to prove even worse than they were) - all at a point when in the real world we were almost halfway through the Presidency of UsefulNotes/BarackObama. The celebrity (or "celebrity") cameos are all likewise dated as well, including Jennifer Walcott (''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year... in 200''1''), [[Music/VillagePeople Randy Jones]] (whose last solo outing at the time was in 2007, and whose next one wouldn't be until 2017), Uwe Boll (over his poor video-game movie adaptations, more specifically his ''Postal'' movie, when that came out in 2007 and his video game adaptations in general had all but fallen off after 2008, before he would eventually retire from filmmaking entirely in 2016), and then-Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (best-known, at least for a certain value of "known", for his constant posturing trying to place himself and Venezuela as the number-one enemy of America, who [[UnknownRival never cared]] right up to his death in 2013).

*** Several weapons, while functionally identical to those in the released game, had very different models before the game's release, such as the pistol being modeled after the Colt 1911 before settling on the Desert Eagle, the shotgun being a rusty SPAS-12 rather than a Remington 870, or the M16 appearing with [[GunPorn all sorts of extra attachments]] (and sounding like a [[GatlingGood chaingun]]). The shotgun would later make its way into ''Eternal Damnation'', and in turn was rolled back into the main game with post-Steam release updates as the "Beta Shotgun", a separate weapon which has to be reloaded after six shells but is noticeably more powerful than the basic shotgun.

** ''Postal 2'', which came out in early 2003, is a unique case of TheNineties spilling over into [[TurnOfTheMillennium the following decade]]. It includes parodies of the Waco siege (which happened a full decade before the game came out), a cameo by Gary Coleman AsHimself (still a noticeable figure at the time, but most of the jokes about his presence reference his child-star days, which even through reruns would have been more relevant in the '90s), and a noticeably-dated depiction of the controversy over [[MurderSimulators violent video games]] (which was a big deal in the mid-'90s, but by 1999 had all but dropped off), most notably in that it makes ''several'' TakeThat[=s=] at then-Senator Joe Liebermann (one of the biggest names calling for a crackdown on video games in the '90s, though while he remained a Senator for another full decade after the game's release, by 2003 he had long since dropped the subject), while Jack Thompson (another big name in the {{Moral Guardian|s}} camp from the 2000s, though not as noteworthy since he wasn't good at effecting change so much as simply embarrassing himself) never gets so much as a mention, even in the expansion that released at the height of his relevance surrounding ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''[='=] "Hot Coffee" scandal. Then with the subtlety of a brick through a window, the game hits you with several [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror al-Qaeda]] references, including UsefulNotes/{{Osama|BinLaden}}-{{expy}} terrorists randomly attacking the church on Tuesday, a patch adding a sewer complex filled with more terrorists, and ''Apocalypse Weekend'' adding a full training camp within easy walking distance of Paradise, and the National Guard echoing several of the more controversial quotes and conduct of the early days of the Iraq invasion, including arresting the player character as an enemy combatant, referencing the "Axis of Evil", and claiming that they won't kill anyone who surrenders peacefully (and if they do it was "probably an accident") - it's all so heavy-handed that, a decade or so later, they can [[PoesLaw almost be seen as a parody]] of America's early days of vulnerable and xenophobic paranoia following the attacks.
** ''Postal III'', in turn, had its delayed development result in an odd case of it being a period piece to the late 2000s, almost specifically to 2008, despite having come out [[TheNewTens in 2011]]. The political atmosphere is still soundly grounded in twilight of the Bush era - "border patrol" along the Mexican border involves keeping ''Americans'' from escaping to get away from the recession,[[note]]and the only ones trying to go the other way are [[PaperThinDisguise badly-disguised terrorists]] - ironically mirroring a later controversy that would surround the Presidential campaign and eventual election of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump five years later[[/note]] the moral guardians are now a faction of "Hockey Moms" (who are presented as a bunch of crazies [[EverythingIsRacist looking for excuses to be offended]] and only noticeable because once they've been offended they're [[WesternTerrorists too violent]] to just ignore - half a decade later, this sort of group would consist of a younger and more diverse group of twenty-somethings and, even at least charitable, be mocked for being overly-pacifistic and whiny, but probably also [[StrawmanHasAPoint at least having a valid point]]) lead by a dead-ringer for UsefulNotes/SarahPalin (who by 2009 was only still relevant due to dumb statements that [[MisBlamed probably actually came from]] a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit), and Osama bin Laden as a member of the BigBadDuumvirate (the game coming out in that period where al-Qaeda was on the backslide of relevance - with Osama himself being killed about a year after the game came out - but ISIS hadn't yet stepped up to prove even worse than they were) - all at a point when in the real world we were almost halfway through the Presidency of UsefulNotes/BarackObama. The celebrity (or "celebrity") cameos are all likewise dated as well, including Jennifer Walcott (''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year... in 200''1''), [[Music/VillagePeople Randy Jones]] (whose last solo outing at the time was in 2007, and whose next one wouldn't be until 2017), Uwe Boll (over his poor video-game movie adaptations, more specifically his ''Postal'' movie, when that came out in 2007 and his video game adaptations in general had all but fallen off after 2008, before he would eventually retire from filmmaking entirely in 2016), and then-Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (best-known, at least for a certain value of "known", for his constant posturing trying to place himself and Venezuela as the number-one enemy of America, who [[UnknownRival never cared]] right up to his death in 2013).

** ''Postal III'', in turn, had its delayed development result in an odd case of it being a period piece to the late 2000s, almost specifically to 2008, despite having come out [[TheNewTens in 2011]]. While the political atmosphere is still soundly grounded in the Bush era, it's noticeably at its twilight - "border patrol" along the Mexican border involves keeping ''Americans'' from escaping to get away from the recession,[[note]]and the only ones trying to go the other way are [[PaperThinDisguise badly-disguised terrorists]] - ironically mirroring a later controversy that would surround the Presidential campaign and eventual election of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump five years later[[/note]] the moral guardians are now a faction of "Hockey Moms" (who are presented as a bunch of crazies [[EverythingIsRacist looking for excuses to be offended]] and only noticeable because once they've been offended they're [[WesternTerrorists too violent]] to just ignore - half a decade later, this sort of group would consist of a younger and more diverse group of twenty-somethings and, even at least charitable, be mocked for being overly-pacifistic and whiny, but probably also [[StrawmanHasAPoint at least having a valid point]]) lead by a dead-ringer for UsefulNotes/SarahPalin (who by 2009 was only still relevant due to dumb statements that [[MisBlamed probably actually came from]] a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit), and Osama bin Laden as a member of the BigBadDuumvirate (the game coming out in that period where al-Qaeda was on the backslide of relevance - with Osama himself being killed about a year after the game came out - but ISIS hadn't yet stepped up to prove even worse than they were). The celebrity (or "celebrity") cameos are all likewise dated as well, including Jennifer Walcott (''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year... in 200''1''), [[Music/VillagePeople Randy Jones]] (whose last solo outing at the time was in 2007, and whose next one wouldn't be until 2017), Uwe Boll (over his poor video-game movie adaptations, more specifically his ''Postal'' movie, when that came out in 2007 and his video game adaptations in general had all but fallen off after 2008, before he would eventually retire from filmmaking entirely in 2016), and then-Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (best-known, at least for a certain value of "known", for his constant posturing trying to place himself and Venezuela as the number-one enemy of America, who [[UnknownRival never cared]] right up to his death in 2013).

** ''Postal 2'', which came out in early 2003, is a unique case of TheNineties spilling over into [[TurnOfTheMillennium the following decade]]. It includes parodies of the Waco siege (which happened a full decade before the game came out), a cameo by Gary Coleman AsHimself (still a noticeable figure at the time, but most of the jokes about his presence reference his child-star days, which even through reruns would have been more relevant in the '90s), and its depiction of the controversy over [[MurderSimulators violent video games]] (which was a big deal in the mid-'90s, but by 1999 had all but dropped off), most notably in that it makes ''several'' TakeThat[=s=] at then-Senator Joe Liebermann (one of the biggest names calling for a crackdown on video games in the '90s, though while he remained a Senator for another full decade after the game's release, by 2003 he had long since dropped the subject), while Jack Thompson (another big name in the {{Moral Guardian|s}} camp from the 2000s, though not as noteworthy since he wasn't good at effecting change so much as simply embarrassing himself) never gets so much as a mention, even when at the height of his crusade when the expansion came out. Then with the subtlety of a brick through a window, the game hits you with several [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror al-Qaeda]] references, including UsefulNotes/{{Osama|BinLaden}}-{{expy}} terrorists randomly attacking the church on Tuesday, a patch adding a sewer complex filled with more terrorists, and ''Apocalypse Weekend'' adding a full training camp within easy walking distance of Paradise, and the National Guard echoing several of the more controversial quotes and conduct of the early days of the Iraq invasion, including arresting the player character as an enemy combatant, referencing the "Axis of Evil", and claiming that they won't kill anyone who surrenders peacefully (and if they do it was "probably an accident") - it's all so heavy-handed that, a decade or so later, they can [[PoesLaw almost be seen as a parody]] of America's early days of vulnerable and xenophobic paranoia following the attacks.
** ''Postal III'', in turn, had its delayed development result in an odd case of it being a period piece to the late 2000s, almost specifically to 2008, despite having come out [[TheNewTens in 2011]]. The political atmosphere is still soundly grounded in the Bush era, though noticeably at its twilight - "border patrol" involves keeping ''Americans'' from escaping into Mexico to get away from the recession,[[note]]and the only ones trying to go the other way are [[PaperThinDisguise badly-disguised terrorists]] - ironically mirroring a later controversy that would surround the Presidential campaign and eventual election of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump five years later[[/note]] the moral guardians are now a faction of "Hockey Moms" (who are presented as a bunch of crazies [[EverythingIsRacist looking for excuses to be offended]] and only noticeable because once they've been offended they're [[WesternTerrorists too violent]] to just ignore - half a decade later, this sort of group would, even at least charitable, be mocked for being overly-pacifistic and whiny, but probably also [[StrawmanHasAPoint at least having a valid point]]) lead by a dead-ringer for UsefulNotes/SarahPalin (who by 2009 was only still relevant due to dumb statements that [[MisBlamed probably actually came from]] a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' skit), and Osama bin Laden as a member of the BigBadDuumvirate (the game coming out in that period where al-Qaeda was on the backslide of relevance - with Osama himself dying about a year after the game came out - but ISIS hadn't yet stepped up to prove even worse than they were). The celebrity (or "celebrity") cameos are all likewise dated as well, including Jennifer Walcott (''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year... in 200''1''), [[Music/VillagePeople Randy Jones]] (whose last solo outing at the time was in 2007, and whose next one wouldn't be until 2017), Uwe Boll (over his poor video-game movie adaptations, more specifically his ''Postal'' movie, when that came out in 2007 and his video game adaptations in general had all but fallen off after 2008, before he would eventually retire from filmmaking entirely in 2016), and then-Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (best-known, at least for a certain value of "known", for his constant posturing trying to place himself and Venezuela as the number-one enemy of America, who [[UnknownRival never cared]] right up to his death in 2013).

** ''Postal III'' also had some content that were cut and some are unused in the retail release:

** Rick Hunter would be Darrin'd again for the fourth game, this time by Creator/JonStJohn.

* RoleReprisal: Jim Halstead voices Uncle Dave again in ''Paradise Lost'' after ''III'' made him an individual character.

*** A different model for the shotgun (based on the [[RareGuns/{{Shotguns}} Franchi SPAS-12]] rather than the Remington 870 used in the released game), considering one of the new weapons added in the post-2013 updates is called the "Beta Shotgun".

*** Like the shotgun above, some other weapons were different before the game's release, such as the pistol being modeled at different points after the Colt 1911 or the FN Five-seven before settling on the IMI Desert Eagle for the released game. The M16 at one point would have had [[GunPorn all sorts of extra attachments]], and sounded like a [[GatlingGood chaingun]] in the E3 2002 beta.

*** The layout of Paradise seemed to have been mostly finalized by the time of the alpha in 2002, but one major change was the starting point - the Postal Dude apparently lived in an actual house that happened to have a trailer near it, rather than living in a trailer itself.
** ''Postal III'' also had some content that were cut and some are unused in the ''[[ObviousBeta retail release]]'':

* BannedInChina: The first game was banned in Brazil.
** ''Postal 2'' remains banned in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia[[note]]Physical copies only, one can still buy the game off Steam[[/note]], France and Germany. [[note]]''Postal 2'' was also banned in Sweden though this has since been overturned. [[/note]]

* CreatorKiller: The feature film from Uwe Boll was one of his final projects that video game companies allowed to go forward; the controversy over the portrayal of Al-Queda in that film (which actually did not get much attention from the U.S. Government or George W. Bush, who got a TakeThat in the film at the end), along with his string of VideoGameMoviesSuck examples that scored below 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, were all NotScreenedForCritics, were mostly Box Office Bombs, and had dealt crippling damage to the games the films were based off, resulted in Boll being essentially blacklisted by the gaming industry as a whole. which shot down attempts by Boll to direct ''Warcraft'' and a ''Metal Gear Solid'' film. All of Boll's video game movies after 2009 are sequels to movies he already did. He's also been a C-list director since. ''Postal: The Movie'' also led to RWS doing their own TakeThat to Boll in the third game.

* PosthumousCredit: Creator/GaryColeman returns in the ''Paradise Lost'' expansion, released in 2015. The actor himself passed away in 2010.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Postal 2'' had 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:

*** A different model for the shotgun, considering one of the new weapons added in the post-2013 updates is called the "Beta Shotgun" and being modeled after the [[RareGuns Franchi SPAS-12]].

*** Pigeons.

*** [[http://301-1.ru/gen-mems/img_mems/90fad2cabf4f0f4ef7fb3381eb04f021.jpg The Postal Dude was thinner and looked different than in the retail version.]] It can be brought back through a mod and also used as a ragdoll for VideoGame/GarrysMod.
*** Some weapons were different before the game's release, such as the pistol being modeled after FN Five-seven instead of the IMI Desert Eagle. And the M16 sounded like a [[GatlingGood chaingun]] in the Beta E3 2002!

*** [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/postal/images/1/1d/Postal_III_beta_dude.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160917191459 The Postal Dude looked almost the same as in the previous game]] and was going to have the same haircut like the ''Postal 2 Beta E3 2002''. Later, it got replaced with a more detailed model, but the model itself can be brought back through mods.

** Vince Desi had previously promised the game would not have DRM. [[LyingCreator The final version does.]] Just one of many things Akella did.
* CreatorKiller: The feature film from Uwe Boll was one of the final projects that the video game companies allowed to go forward; the controversy over the portrayal of Al-Queda in that film (which actually did not get much attention from the U.S. Government or George W. Bush, who got a TakeThat in the film at the end), along with his string of VideoGameMoviesSuck examples that scored below 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, were all NotScreenedForCritics, were mostly Box Office Bombs, and had dealt crippling damage to the games the films were based off, resulted in Boll being essentially blacklisted by the gaming industry as a whole, which shot down attempts by Boll to direct ''Warcraft'' and a ''Metal Gear Solid'' film. All of Boll's video game movies after 2009 are sequels to movies he already did. He's also been a C-list director since. ''Postal: The Movie'' also led to RWS doing their own TakeThat to Boll in the third game.

* TheOtherDarrin: The Postal Dude was voiced by Rick Hunter for the first two games. For ''Postal III'', he was replaced by Corey Cruise - likely [[ExecutiveMeddling another cost-saving measure by Akella]], considering there are still some lines recorded by Hunter hidden in the game files.
** 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!" [[spoiler:This doesn't stop Corey Cruise from [[SplitPersonality reprising his role]], however.]]

** ''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.

** A meat gun, brought back in the ''A Week In Paradise'' mod.
** A staple gun, also brought back in ''AWP''.
** A rebar gun.
** A different model for the shotgun, considering one of the new weapons added in the post-2013 updates is called the "Beta Shotgun".
** Fire seeking cats.
** Fetuses with guns.
** Rape clowns.
** "Teen sniper". The name of an arcade machine in the game, possibly a planned mini-game or an enemy. This too was brought back in ''AWP''.
** Pigeons.
** The Dude's father as a zombie, to quote the grave: "Zombie Dad". Yet another thing brought back in ''AWP''.
** And last but not least: The game's original plot, before it became what it is today.

** Vince Desi had previously promised the game would not have DRM. [[[LyingCreator The final version does.]] Just one of many things Akella did.

** Vince Desi had previously promised the game would not have DRM. The final version does. Just one of many things Akella did.

* CreatorKiller: The feature film from Uwe Boll was one of the final projects that the video game companies allowed to go forward; the controversy over the portrayal of Al-Queda in that film (which actually did not get much attention from the U.S. Government or George W. Bush, who got a TakeThat in the film at the end), along with his string of VideoGameMoviesSuck examples that scored below 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, were all NotScreenedForCritics, were mostly Box Office Bombs, and had dealt crippling damage to the games the films were based off, resulted in Boll being essentially blacklisted by the gaming industry as a whole, which shot down attempts by Boll to direct ''Warcraft'' and a ''Metal Gear Solid'' film. All of Boll's video game movies after 2009 are sequels to movies he already did. He's also been a C-list director since.

* BannedInChina: The first game was banned in Brazil. And ''Postal 2'' remains banned in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia[[note]]Physical copies only, one can still buy the game off Steam[[/note]], France and Germany. [[note]]''Postal 2'' was also banned in Sweden though this has since been overturned. [[/note]]

* ActorAllusion: Zack Ward's work on the ''Postal'' film adaptation (not to mention the majority of his filmography and other acting work, in particular ''Film/AChristmasStory'') 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. He even makes a return AsHimself in ''Paradise Lost'', [[SelfDeprecation in all his self deprecating glory]]. If you face him on the final day of the game, [[spoiler: he will dress up as his character in the ''Postal'' film and declare himself the [[KillAndReplace "true" Postal Dude]] and challenge you to a [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne fight to the death.]]]]
** Played with in the ''Eternal Damnation'' mod- a radio at one point seems to have audio from Postal Dude, except it's not- it's a clip from one of Rick Hunter's radio broadcasts.

* BannedInChina: The first game was banned in Brazil. And ''Postal 2'' remains banned in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, France and Germany. [[note]]''Postal 2'' was also banned in Sweden though this has since been overturned. [[/note]]

* ActorAllusion: Zack Ward's work on the ''Postal'' film adaptation (not to mention the majority of his filmography and other acting work) gets acknowledged in the ''Postal 2'' expansion pack ''Paradise Lost''. See HeyItsThatGuy

** 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!" [[spoiler:This doesn't stop Corey Cruise from [[SplitPersonality reprising his role]], however...]]

** The ''Postal 2'' update ''Paradise Lost'' was announced in mid-2014 and was slated for a fall release that same year. It was then delayed to an unspecified date, finally being [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/POSTAL2/announcements/detail/190615233704658436 released on April 17th, 2015]].

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

* BannedInChina: The first game was banned in Brazil. And ''Postal 2'' remains banned in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, France and Germany. [[note]] ''Postal 2'' was also banned in Sweden though this has since been overturned. [[/note]]
** Regarding Malaysia: Physical copies of the trilogy, yes, they're banned from store shelves no thanks to a bunch of soccer moms. The Steam versions, however...

** The ''Postal 2'' update ''Paradise Lost'' was announced in mid-2014 and was slated for a fall release that same year. It was then delayed to an unspecified date, finally being given [[https://steamcommunity.com/games/POSTAL2/announcements/detail/190615233704658436 a set release date of April 17th, 2015]].

* BannedInChina: ''Postal 2'' remains the only game in the series to suffer from this. To this day, the game remains banned in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, France and Germany. [[note]] ''Postal 2'' was also banned in Sweden though this has since been overturned. [[/note]]