In 2011, Supreme Court justices were forced to play Postal 2 in order to rule on a 2005 California law banning the sale of violent video games to children. It was banned in Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, and Germany. Postal 2 instantly became the target of political discourse, due to its over-the-top action, racism, and off-color jokes. In today’s market, AO or Adults Only-rated games mainly exist in the Hentai section of Steam, where getting too much blowback can cause a game to get pulled. Made in an era before games were made by teams of hundreds with pristine PR departments, Postal 2 is just too obscene. But without Postal 2 and that era of dude-bro games, we’d never have come to that conclusion. The gaming industry has moved past over-the-top action and stereotypes, choosing not to alienate huge swaths of its audience just for the memes. Though fondly remembered by some, these games are looked back at with fear and cringe. Postal 2 has a legacy in the same vein as Custer's Revenge or BMX XXX, both titles that were more offensive than they were fun. In retrospect, it’s the last hurrah of a bygone era when games were primarily marketed toward edgy young men, complete with misogynistic mascots like Duke Nukem and Leisure Suit Larry. As the decades have gone by, gaming has become more inclusive. It sold more than five million copies at the time, but Postal 2 could never be made today. A gimp suit in Postal 2 because the game held nothing back.

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