type private industry video game industry founded 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 headquarters tucson arizona united states key people vince desi president ceo mike jaret jon merchant bob richardson rick foltz products video games website runningwithscissors.com vince desi president and ceo of running with scissors mike jaret vp of business development of running with scissors rws inc. doing business as running with scissors is an american video game developer based in tucson arizona . the company is best known for their postal series which was publicly decried by senator joe lieberman and other critics due to its extreme violence . running with scissors was founded in 1996 as a new company devoted to developing extreme and mature entertainment products . some of the founding members were previously employed at riedel software productions which focused on developing children s games . their first game postal was released in 1997 . in april 2003 running with scissors released a sequel postal 2 1 featuring ex child actor gary coleman . 2 the game featured many jokes at senator joe lieberman s expense and also featured enemies modeled upon osama bin laden . in december 2011 postal iii a spin off of the series and retconned sequel to postal 2 was released by akella . the game which was developed by trashmasters studios and co produced by running with scissors faced mostly negative reviews from the press 3 and was distanced from by running with scissors . 4 in november 2012 postal 2 was released on the website steam . in june 2014 running with scissors announced an add on for postal 2 entitled paradise lost was released on april 17 2015 . 5 in february 2016 running with scissors announced that the original postal game was being remade under the name of postal redux . it uses the unreal engine 4 and was released on may 20 2016 for microsoft windows os x and linux and is scheduled for playstation 4 at a later date . contents 1 games 2 see also 3 references 4 external links games edit postal 1997 postal special delivery 1998 flesh and wire cancelled in 1999 postal 2 2003 postal 2 share the pain 2003 postal 2 apocalypse weekend 2005 postal iii 2011 postal 2 paradise lost 2015 postal redux 2016 see also edit video game controversies references edit arendt susan october 29 2007 . special edition marks postal s tenth anniversary . wired . cond nast . retrieved may 25 2016 . olafson peter march 31 2004 . learning to love mass murder . salon . salon media group . retrieved may 25 2016 . postal iii critic reviews for pc . metacritic . cbs interactive . retrieved may 25 2016 . q & a interview running with scissors inc. ceo vince desi . . the life critic . april 5 2013 . archived from the original on april 26 2014 . retrieved may 25 2016 . brown fraser april 8 2015 . postal 2 is getting another expansion 12 years after it launched . pcgamesn . network n. retrieved may 25 2016 . external links edit official website rws inc. at mobygames v t e postal series games main series postal special delivery postal redux postal 2 share the pain apocalypse weekend paradise lost postal iii spin offs postal 2 corkscrew rules postal babes related postal the postal dude running with scissors retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title running with scissors company & oldid 737585422 categories video game companies established in 1996video game companies of the united statesvideo game development companieshidden categories use mdy dates from may 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitalianopolskiportugu s svenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 20 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view