Vince Desi and The Pidgeon Mission!
The cutscene showing the angered Vince Desi
The Super-Fun Pigeon Hunter Mission was a mission scheduled to feature in Apocalypse Weekend, but was cancelled due to budgetary issues.
After slaughtering diseased cows at the Cow Pasture, the Postal Dude is promoted to Chief Pigeon Relocation Engineer, and is given a Rocket Launcher. A cutscene abruptly plays straight after, showing the real Vince Desi yelling at various contacts over the phone and a staff member named Steve (presumably Steve Wik, lead designer for RWS at the time) after proposing the mission to him. After the cutscene, the Postal Dude is seen at the blood-covered Lower Paradise with feathers falling from the sky, saying "Wow, that was the most incredible thing I've ever done!"
Trivia[]
- Pigeons are actually featured in Eternal Damnation, and their models are of those cut from POSTAL 2.
- Vince Desi breaks the fourth wall in the video, stating that the viewers know they are on budgetary issues due to the quality of the video (360p; 480p was more standard around that time).
- It was confirmed by RWS lead designer Rikki D'Angelo that the Super-Fun Pigeon Hunter Mission wasn't just a throwaway joke, and was a part of the Saturday missions at one point in development. The actual reason for its cancellation is unknown, though it may have been related to the budgetary issues mentioned in the video.
- There is a fan-developed Workshop mod for POSTAL 2 Complete which adds the "removed" mission after the cow massacre, seemingly blending it seamlessly into the story line before the gold master mission.
- Since its original inclusion (or lack of) in Apocalypse Weekend, the Pigeon Mission has been referenced in many other POSTAL titles:
- In Paradise Lost, there's a gravestone that says, "Rest in Peace, the Pigeon Mission, Again".
- In the Carnival level of POSTAL Redux, there is a carnival game that is named "Pigeon Hunt", an obvious nod to this elusive mission.
- On the cover of the Wednesday update for POSTAL 4: No Regerts, there is a petition that reads "Petition for Vince to fund the Pigeon Mission".
- A mini-level that revolves around collecting pigeons is featured in POOSTALL Royale.