Running with Scissors Studios LLC is an American video game developer based in Tucson, Arizona. RWS was formed in 1996 by Vince Desi and Mike Riedel as a mature label for Riedel Software Productions,
Vince Desi (pictured in 2006) has led Running with Scissors as its chief executive officer since its founding.
Postal (video game)
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Postal is a 1997 isometric shoot 'em up video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Ripcord Games. The player controls an anonymous gun-toting man as he commits mass murder in the t
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…for an academic publisher. Inspired by the 1982 arcade game Robotron: 2084, which had been playable at RSP's office, RWS began work on the shooter game Postal. Named after the slang term "going postal" the game sees the protagonist engage in mass murder throughout an Arizona town. Following the reveal of…
The player character shooting at hostiles with the shotgun. The top shows the amount of hostiles and total population members remaining in the level, as well as the percentage of hostiles that must be killed.
An early sketch of the "Postal Dude" by art director Randy Briley, featured in the August 7, 1997 issue of The Wall Street Journal