{"id":1514297,"date":"2026-03-01T16:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fexrXEYLfiRnVqogTtfkZQ"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:43:07","slug":"the-creators-of-postal-just-announced-a-new-fps-where-you-play-as-a-victim-of-the-postal-dudes-original-killing-spree-which-is-certainly-an-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-creators-of-postal-just-announced-a-new-fps-where-you-play-as-a-victim-of-the-postal-dudes-original-killing-spree-which-is-certainly-an-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"The creators of Postal just announced a new FPS where you play as a victim of the Postal Dude’s original killing spree, which is certainly an angle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I did not expect Running With Scissors to announce a new FPS where you play as a victim of one of the massacres depicted in the original Postal<\/a>. Then again, I find it wise not to expect anything from Running with Scissors. The developer made its name on stoking outrage with its largely terrible games, though I will concede that Postal 2<\/a> was, despite its many, many flaws, ahead of its time in certain ways.<\/p>\n

Even so, Flesh & Wire<\/a> is a twist I didn’t see coming. Described by Running With Scissors as a “horror first-person shooter”, it puts you in the shoes of Angel, a young woman seeking vengeance against the Postal Dude after being caught on the wrong end of his rifle during his 1997 killing spree. The game will involve tracking the Dude across the Arizona desert, battling military forces and your own traumatic memories as you search for vengeance.<\/p>\n

Running With Scissors released a trailer for the game to go with the announcement, and on the face of it, Flesh & Wire certainly seems to be striving for a more serious tone than the mainline Postal series, though the combat looks like it needs tightening up even in what little we see of it. I’m also not convinced it’s going to be the most nuanced <\/em>depiction of struggles with PTSD, given how Angel wraps her arms in barbed wire and can apparently employ supernatural forces to fight enemies.<\/p>\n

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