Postal Gets Cameo In New Bourne Novel
Running With Scissor's controversial game Postal has made it to the world of bestselling novels with a mention on page 270 of "Bourne" novelist Robert Ludlum's recent addition to the series, The Bourne Betrayal. Apparently a young character in the novel, teetering on the edge of a life of crime, receives a pistol as a prize for keeping his mouth shut. When the character decides to use the weapon, he says he felt he "already had some experience blowing people's heads off playing Postal 2..."
Now, many of us have very strong reactions to the notion that video games teach youth to kill...namely, that they quite specifically do not. But with a geezer like Ludlum dead guy like Ludlum, I'm surprised gaming landed on the radar at all, but not at all surprised to hear the old "murder simulator" routine. C'est la vie le morte.
In his typical irreverent style, Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi cooked up this enthusiastic response echoing that sentiment:
"Media whore and Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi was so delighted with the mention that he openly declared his willingness to perform a BJ in gratitude—that is, a Bourne Job. Hopefully the Hillary hypocrites won’t see this as another opportunity to connect the dots between real violence and violent action in a video game; then again maybe this is a blessing since it would mean the literary world will have to share the same ignorant blame.”
Incidentally, Vince went out of his way to introduce himself to us at EIEIO, explained his history as a 30+ year straight ally of gay rights, and was a genuinely nice fella. So regardless of whether or not one finds the content of the Postal games offensive, it's nice to know that there's a pretty righteous dude at the helm who wants to offend everybody equally. That's a sentiment I can share...
Press release after the jump.
POSTAL Cuts a Cameo in Latest “Bourne” Novel
Ludlum’s “The Bourne Betrayal” References the Classic
Running With Scissors’ Video Game
Tucson, AZ As video games become consistently embedded in our culture, it was only a matter of time before POSTAL—already the subject of a soon-to-be-released motion picture made its way into the literary world as well. The POSTAL franchise, currently celebrating its 10th anniversary as development on POSTAL 3 progresses, is specifically mentioned on page 270 of Robert Ludlum’s latest bestseller, “The Bourne Betrayal”.
In the novel, a young, would-be gang banger is given a hand gun in appreciation for not snitching out a group of arsonists. The youngster then decides to put the pistol to use, as he felt he “already had some experience blowing people’s heads off playing POSTAL 2….”
"Media whore and Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi was so delighted with the mention that he openly declared his willingness to “perform a BJ in gratitude—that is, a Bourne Job. Hopefully the Hillary hypocrites won’t see this as another opportunity to connect the dots between real violence and violent action in a video game; then again maybe this is a blessing since it would mean the literary world will have to share the same ignorant blame.”
This all takes place as the third entry in the Bourne film series, “The Bourne Ultimatum” starring Matt Damon, explodes into theaters across America. Desi added “I seen it the day it opened, loved it, makes Bond look like Homer Simpson.”
For more information on cool POSTAL products and gear, visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com.
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Posted to Miscellany on 10 August 2007
· Comments (1)
Other stuff like this: bourne, matt damon, postal, robert ludlum, running with scissors
err, geezer like ludlum? he's actually dead, and is now just a brand name. the book was written by someone else who knew ludlum when he was alive. never the less...