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Nobel Museum will preserve Postal 2 for posterity

Maybe this makes up for all the awards Postal 2 didn’t win as a shooter more renowned for its controversial content than its gameplay. Kotaku tells us that the game, which caused quite the uproar in Sweden, will now appear in that nation’s Nobel Museum as part of an exhibit on freedom of speech.

Rhe exhibit, called “Freedom of Speech: How Free is Free?” will look at many issues including game censorship and that portion of the exhibit will include footage from Postal 2. The exhibit will examine censorship in video games, movies, books and magazines. It will also…

Gamertell Review: Postal: The Movie on DVD

Title: Postal: The MoviePrice: $26.99 (DVD), $34.99 (Blu-Ray)Release Date: August 26, 2008Studio: Vivendi EntertainmentRating: “Not Rated” (Blood, violence, mature humor, nudity, strong language and sexual themes).Pros: Surprisingly decent cinematography and funny moments. Plenty of guest appearances and carnage. Ships with full version of Postal 2 videogame and includes Boll boxing matches as bonus feature.Cons: Some really low points of humor. Not quite as shocking as promised or bloody as expected but definitely not for kids.Overall Score: One thumb up and one thumb down; 75/100; C; * * 1/2 out of five.

It’s a sad truth that games based on movies generally suck. Movies based on games, unfortunately, usually aren’t much better.

So, if you embrace the inevitable crapitude and give one of the most offensive video games to a filmmaker infamous for horrible game-to-big-screen adaptations, you should get a pile of putrid stupidity in the form of an entirely dismissible movie, right?

Well, not exactly.

Click through for the full review…