Postal Babes
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Postal Babes is a mobile game
Mobile game
A mobile game is a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet computer or portable media player. This does not include games played on handheld video game systems such as Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable....

 developed by Running With Scissors, Inc.
Running With Scissors, Inc.
Running with Scissors, Inc. is an American computer game developer based in Arizona. Their best-known title, Postal, was publicly decried by Senator Joe Lieberman and other critics due to its extreme violence....

 Though part of the Postal
Postal (video game series)
Postal is a computer game franchise developed by Running With Scissors known for its excessive violence and controversial content. Each game is set in a different genre, Postal is isometric, Postal² is a first-person shooter and Postal III will be a third-person shooter...

series of video games, the plot of Postal Babes has nothing to do with the storyline that follows The Postal Dude
The Postal Dude
The Postal Dude is the main character in the Postal video game series by Running With Scissors, Inc., as well as the film Postal. He was voiced by voice actor Rick Hunter in Postal and Postal 2, and by Cory Cruise in the upcoming Postal III, while Zack Ward portrays the character in the film...

. Instead, this mobile game focuses on the eponymous "Postal Babes", a group of attractive fictional women who are skilled in the use of weapons and that have made appearances in other installments of the Postal series.

Plot

The Postal Babes receive a message alerting them that there are some strange events taking place in the local university. The Postal Babes discover that some maniacs have taken over the university, and that they have taken first year girls as hostages. The Postal Babes must infiltrate the university and go through 12 action-packed levels to rescue the hostages. During their journey, the Postal Babes have lots of different weapons at their disposal, including but not limited to baseball bats, knives and machine guns.

Origin of the term

The "Postal Babes" originated in the multi-player expansion Share the Pain of Postal 2
Postal 2
Postal 2 is a first-person shooter video game by Running with Scissors, and it is the sequel to the 1997 game Postal. Both are intentionally highly controversial due to high levels of violence and stereotyping. Unlike its predecessor, Postal 2 is played completely in first-person based on the...

, cheering the winning player or team, and later appeared in the Apocalypse Weekend expansion in a minor role. For promotional purposes of Running With Scissors, real playmates have appeared in the company's official website. Among the models
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 that have appeared as "Postal Babes" are Suzanne Stokes, Bridget Marquardt
Bridget Marquardt
Bridget Marquardt is an American television personality, model, and actress. She is best known for her role on the reality television series The Girls Next Door, which depicts her life as one of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner's girlfriends...

, Traci Bingham
Traci Bingham
Traci Bingham is an American actress, model and television personality who is best known for playing Jordan Tate on the television series Baywatch between 1996 and 1998.-Personal life:...

, Stephanie Heinrich
Stephanie Heinrich
Stephanie Heinrich is an American model and actress.She became Playboy's first Cyber Girl of the Week in September 2000 and the first Cyber Girl of the Month ....

, and Jennifer Walcott
Jennifer Walcott
Jennifer Walcott is an American glamour model and actress best known as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for August 2001.- Early life :...

, who is slated to appear as leader of the Postal Babes in the upcoming video game Postal III. They frequently appear with black t-shirts and thongs
Thong (clothing)
The thong is a garment generally worn as either underwear or as a swimsuit in many industrialized societies around the world. It may also be worn for traditional ceremonies or competitions such as sumo wrestling...

with the Postal and Running With Scissors logos.

Reception

Postal Babes has been awarded 1st Place Winner in the 2009, Mobile VAS Awards, and with the Silver Award 87/100 by Project Next Gaming, - POSTAL Babes Mobile.

External links

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