The RWS headquarters at Paradise. The main building is on the background.
Running With Scissors, Inc. (normally abbreviated as RWS) is a video game developer known for creating critically acclaimed arcade games. They are based in Paradise, Arizona.
POSTAL and POSTAL Redux[]
While the interior isn't seen, the RWS offices can be found in the Ghetto where several Protestors are seen picketing at the entrance.
POSTAL 2[]
The company's headquarters are located in the Office Complex, and consist of a lobby, a group of offices, two meeting rooms, a storage, and a garden area accessible only by breaking out from a window of one of the meeting rooms. The garden usually contains lots of Cash and weapons, including a Rocket Launcher and a Napalm Launcher on Friday.
RWS have developed several popular but controversial arcade games at this point, such as Drive By Avengers, Coin Gobbler, Bastard Fish, Immoral Kombat, and the "educational" Sym Homeless. Due to the controversial nature of the games they develop and/or publish, the Parents for Decency can be seen picketing their entrance, which eventually ends in a gun battle against the RWS Staff once the Dude collects his paycheck from Vince.
Apocalypse Weekend[]
The RWS appear to have survived the Apocalypse and have moved to Vince's House in Lower Paradise, after completing the Pigeon hunter mission Vince calls the Postal Dude and tells him that RWS has fallen out with their publisher, BullFish Interactive, and that they still have the Postal gold master. Vince then urges the Dude to retrieve it, after which a RWS member is seen blowing himself up to open the BullFish Interactive HQ 's gates. Once the Dude has defeated the BullFish Interactive Security and retrieves the gold master from Phraud Hogslop, Vince Desi informs him that they are partying with the Postal Babes at his house and that he is invited. The Dude accepts and after a night of a partying, he wakes up to Vince's House being attacked by Zombies which Vince calls "pissed off ex-employees". Vince, The Dude and the RWS staff manage to ward off the Zombies with the help of Vince's weapons arsenal.
It is soon revealed that Mike J, the production manager, has become a Zombie. Vince informs the Dude about this and makes him the production manager, he then tells The Dude that he should make the press think that the competition is "toast'. The Dude interprets this as NUKING the BullFish Interactive offices, and after retrieving it from a military base he bypasses the remains of the BullFish HQ to plant the nuke. Once the Dude finds Champ they escape Paradise once the nuke goes off, leaving RWS' fate uncertain.
Paradise Lost[]
Having survived most of the destruction of Paradise, they have now reorganised themselves as the "Church of the VD Clan", with Vince at the helm as "Papa Desi".
Postal III[]
Despite the nuclear explosion obliterating Paradise, Running With Scissors appears to have survived without issue as evidenced by Vince Desi being alive and well. Vince hires the Dude to act as Jen's bodyguard at the mall, as the person previously hired for the job was eaten by a feral cat.
Key Figures[]
- Vince Desi - CEO
- Mike J - Product Manager
- The Postal Dude - On again-off again henchman, one-time employee
- RWS Staff - Helpful well-armed employees
- Postal Babes - Beautiful well-armed employees who work security on the side
Trivia[]
- Running With Scissors is the name of the real company that developed the Postal franchise.
- Vince and Mike J. are also modeled after the real Vince Desi and Michael-Jaret Schachter, who currently run the company.
- The RWS staff are modeled after actual employees in both POSTAL 2 and Paradise Lost.