There is nothing humorous about this scenario. In Postal 4, there is a mission that “challenges” players to murder three cats and three dogs and bring them back to a van to be eaten by an unseen “animal control” agent. Anything beyond simply mechanically murdering a robotic representation of a pet. There would need to be some sort of twist, an unexpected insight or reaction, or even a burst of extreme gore. As dark as it is, I could envision a mission to kill a beloved pet being funny in some other, smarter games. To some extent, the shock, discomfort, and empathy that strike in moments of violence are the same reasons that people laugh when someone falls down. Humor is born from pain, and so the most heinous of acts can be turned sideways and examined, mined for the unexpected burst of laughter. Anything can be funny, no matter how dark, with the right inflection, tone, and timing. But can the killing of a pet be funny? Of course, it can.
#Will there be a postal 4 serial#
In real life, a horrific act of violence, sometimes used as an example of early serial killer behavior.
Take the act of killing a domesticated animal. My issues, in fact, stem from that the game seems to have a simple, fundamental misunderstanding of what humor is. I’m certainly not bothered by the various bodily fluids being splattered across the game every five seconds, nor am I opposed to gratuitous violence. It’s not that I’m offended by the subject matter, because I am usually the first to jump into the fray to defend comedy’s right to broach any topic under the sun. There are many, many problems with Postal 4, but to me, the primary problem is that it is simply unfunny. No hand-wringing is needed for this game, which is maybe it's biggest fault. Not a moment of nihilism or cynicism in Postal 4 actually lands in any sort of realistic way, rendering all of that nonsense in the above paragraph complete moot. Yeah, it’s actually more the video game thing. Or maybe I just enjoy good video games, and I require any sort of interesting or meaningful interaction to keep me engaged with a game. Maybe those are the reasons I reject Postal 4: No Regerts as harshly as I do. Maybe I am filled to the brim with nihilism and cynicism, and there’s not even a tiny iota of space left inside me for more. Maybe my psyche is just bruised and battered by the constant flow of violence and despair flowing in from every direction, granting me the very real belief that humanity is not long for this world.
Maybe I read the daily news too frequently, and I’ve been inundated by the fact that most humans on the planet seem to live their lives teetering on the edge of battle mode while we all hurl towards our collective doom. Why do I dislike Postal 4: No Regerts as much as I do?
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