Perlman should be quite familiar to our readers. He first gained notice as the lionesque lead in the TV series "Beauty & the Beast" (guess who Ron played?) but has since made movie memories in roles ranging from the scary Russian grunt Koulikov in "Enemy at the Gates" to the eponymous star of the "Hellboy" franchise. Ron has even worked with Uwe before, on the still-unreleased Dungeon Siege film, "In the Name of the King" and, since we're told he signed a two-picture deal, will apparently work with him again, after POSTAL wraps.

Perlman is also no stranger to the world of videogames, having lent his voice to many of them, including: The Outfit, Gun and Narc. Other cast members include our pal Gareth Von Kallenbach , Boll mascot Will Sanderson , Ralf Moeller and Richard Kyanka (who is scheduled as one of Boll's opponents in the upcoming "Raging Boll" battle discussed below). Still no final word on who will play the Postal Dude himself, but you can keep up to date on the current cast by checking in at this site or by hitting the Internet Movie Database . You can even visit Uwe's own nascent site and view the film's current logo.

"Raging" Boll Ready to Rumble; Names His Fight Club Beyotches
Well, it took a second, even more inflammatory press release to do it, but POSTAL film director Uwe Boll has finally managed to lure several "punching bags" into his web, which in this case is a boxing ring.

As readers of last issue will no doubt recall, Uwe issued a challenge on June 12 th to his many critics (limited to those who published or delivered scabrous, scathing critiques of the auteur somewhere in the media during the calendar year 2005) to duke it out with him as part of a bizarre promotion for his cinematic rendition of POSTAL.

But despite Uwe's offer to house his opponents in luxury guest accommodations at his expense, he wasn't getting takers. So he sweetened the bait with an incendiary press release on July 27th in which he asked the musical question: “Where are my harshest critics from the IMDb and other websites hiding? Are they chickening out? Many have said they will fight me but they never register to fight? Where are all the other outspoken critics? Critics who claim that they have registered for the boxing match, but in fact have not. Where is Headhunter004? Where are the rest of you?

"We have decided to make it easier for all you arm chair critics . We will drop the number of boxing rounds down from a professional level of 10 rounds of boxing to an amateur level of three rounds of boxing for each of the five matches.

“To all of my extreme critics, be man enough to come forward, register and let's get it on.  Here's your chance to bring me down in front of international press and TV cameras.  Have it recorded for history by being part of my next feature film, POSTAL… Put up or shut up! ”

Well, that apparently did the trick. On August 21, Uwe announced that he had found his "punching bags" and had even scored a sponsorship deal with online casino GoldenPalace.com to present the event he has dubbed "Raging Boll."

According to a press release we received from Gareth Von Kallenbach , GoldenPalace.com CEO Richard Rowe marveled: “This event is perfect for us. We receive so many outlandish offers for advertising exposure that it is refreshing to see something that surprises even us.”

Four matches are currently scheduled for September 23 and one match is set for earlier in Spain , making a total of five opponents, though the dates aren't yet set in stone.

So, who are these brave souls who will dare to step onto the canvas with the master of the Boll-o Punch? Carlos Palencia Jiménez-Argüello from Madrid , Spain and Webmaster of Cinecutre.com will be the first to face the furious fists of the man other men call Mr. Boll . The Palencia-Boll fight will occur in Malaga , Spain (where Uwe will be receiving an award of some sort for "Bloodrayne" from the International Film Festival of Fantastic Cinema and Terror) sometime this month. The other fights will take place in Vancouver, Canada, where Richard  “Lowtax“ Kyanka from Lee's Summit, Missouri (the Webmaster/CEO for Something Awful) is up next, followed by Ain't It Cool News journalist Jeff Sneider from Los Angeles (though I couldn't locate any confirmation of this on the AICN site). If Uwe is still standing at this point, he'll also tackle Rue Morgue Radio (AM 640 in Toronto ) and Magazine journalist/announcer Chris Alexander from Maple Leaf Land and website critic Nelson Chance Minter from Fredrick , Maryland .

Word on the street is that Uwe may not be at the level of, say, Mirko Cro-Cop, Chuck Liddell or Postal Punisher Chad Griggs as a puncher, but he apparently has enough of a background as a back room boxer that he should be able to shoot on these guys pretty successfully.

You gots to hand it to the Wrecking Boll; not since Sardu in the cult film "Bloodsucking Freaks" (or Vincent Price's Richard Lionheart in "Theater of Blood") has anyone devised such a creative and physical form of revenge on his critics.

MMA "Postal Punisher" Chad Griggs Takes Colorado WFC Heavyweight Title!

Another First Round Victory for Heroes-Bound Griggs!

"It was a good fight," Chad "Postal Punisher" Griggs -- part of the fabulous Team Postal -- reported in his usual understated manner.  It was indeed.  On September 2nd at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado, RWS-sponsored mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Griggs demolished Tony Mendoza to take the Worldwide Fighting Championship's (WFC) Colorado Heavyweight title by TKO just 2:41 into the first round.  The victory takes Chad's MMA record to 4-0-0 (all wins either by TKO or submission). Mendoza, a veteran of Tough Man competitions (where he boasted a 32 and 1 record with 31 KOs) stood 6'4" and weighed in at 246 lbs. 

Given his opponent's background, Chad knew he was facing a striker.  "He was just gonna try to stand up and bang," Griggs told the RWS Newsletter.  "So I worked the angles, got in some solid kicks and then scored with a good knee to the head.  That took him down and let me gain the mount, where I just started dropping bombs on him until the referee pulled me off."  Despite the fact that Chad hadn't trained much in higher altitudes (Loveland isn't far from Denver, the Mile High City), and admitted that he felt the difference, his winning scenario has now become pretty familiar. In fact, this win has opened up a major opportunity for Griggs, who will be fighting on the same card as Don "The Predator" Frye for the new K-1 promotion Heroes on October 9th in Japan.  K-1 has largely been known for its kickboxing up till now but is believed to be a better funded organization than either Pride or the UFC and entered the MMA arena bigtime by inducing the legendary Frye to jump from Pride to Heroes. Chad has no opponent scheduled yet, but is "training hard and getting ready."  Stay tuned to this newsletter and website for results following Chad's K-1 debut.

POSTAL 2 to Guest Star in Indie Film "Hybrid"
While the world continues to wonder exactly how much of the POSTAL game spirit will fight its way into Uwe Boll's film, POSTAL 2 is now slated to make a high impact, scene stealing cameo in the upcoming independent film, "Hybrid."

On August 9 th , RWS received a formal request from Hybrid Films, Inc.'s Linda White to use scenes from the game itself in the film after which the company is named – a TV movie for US-based RHI Entertainment and the Sci-Fi Channel. "Hybrid" is currently filming in Winnipeg, Canada.

Jennifer Walcott Declines Diva Search; Generic Jen In
After reporting last issue that Jennifer Walcott , the Postal Babe of the Year for 2005, had been invited to participate in World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) 2006 Diva Search, many of you must have been scratching your heads as an inferior Jen ( Jennifer English ) turned up in this year's event.

As we learned shortly after going to press, Ms. Walcott pulled out of the Diva Search for "personal reasons." And while we certainly hope all is well with our PBabe Supreme, it was kind of a relief to not have to watch her get pie-faced and otherwise humiliated in this generally-ridiculous annual goof. Just having to share space with wrestler wannabe and reality show regular Mike "The Miz" Mizanin (who appeared to be wearing "There's Something About Mary" hair gel) would have been more humiliation than the good fans of Jennifer W could abide.

Oh yeah, the "other" Jen lost.

Twenty Year Anniversary of First "Postal Massacre"
It was 20 years ago – August 20, 1986 – when "disgruntled ex-letter carrier" Patrick Henry Sherrill dropped a pair of .45 pistols into his postal satchel, locked the doors of an Edmond, Oklahoma post office and made 14 fatal deliveries to its occupants before capping himself.

Blame this guy!

Soon thereafter, a journalist coined the phrase "going postal" and an idea was born.

Since that first incident, almost 50 people have died in "postal" related shootings. This past January, a former postal worker shot six people in a Santa Barbara station before turning her weapon on herself.

Thanks in part to our own game franchise, the term "postal" has since become embedded in our language.

Splatters
Yes, there's finally hope for all you hopeless, helpless videogame junkies. A treatment facility for "videogame addicts" has opened recently – in Amsterdam! It'll cure your inclination toward violent videogames, but you're apt to come back addicted to sex and drugs…

With the announcement that E3 is over and done with as a big, industry-wide trade show (see, they shouldn't have messed with the Booth Babes), we may be looking at the next generation of electronic game expositions in the form of events such as VGXPO, which will be open to the public and places as much importance on game developers as on the publishers. The "dream team" advisory board includes David Perry, Tommy Tallarico and our own Game Doctor, Bill Kunkel as well as many other key industry figures. The annual show, which will be held next month in Philadelphia , offers 24-hour gaming, contests and a glut of special guests. VGXPO looks to model itself on the open-to-the-public game shows that are so popular in Europe and Japan...

And speaking of Tommy Tallarico, longtime friend of RWS and Impresario of the Greatest Videogame Show on Earth, make sure to check out the schedule for his traveling, must-see Video Games Live concert series.

Is this some kind of P3 clue or is Mike steering the Titanic with his cock?

Overseas Editions of The Urinal Still Overflowing the International Scene

German The Dude Magazine - This is the most ambitious POSTAL fan magazine project we have seen and contains original material. We at RWS are in the process of granting them free access to all materials from The Urinal – in fact, since some of these publications can show nip, you might want to check them out for POSTAL Babe shots that even WE can't show you. In any case, at the moment this is simply a magazine devoted to POSTAL and The Dude and whether you can read German or not, it's well worth checking out. In fact, when you check out the Postal Nation column in this issue, you'll learn about an incredible new project being launched by Stefan – The Dude DataBase!

Also, our old friend Ralf Strugale has updated his cool German POSTAL site at http://www.postal-world.de/

Russian Russia has certainly embraced the POSTAL series – we've sold, like, millions of copies over there – so it was inevitable that a site such as this would turn up. Take a trip that melts the Iron Curtain, comrades, and see what a Urinal looks like in Russia .

Portuguese Postal Network: Pedro is among our oldest and most loyal fans and among the first to seek permission to translate our newsletter into other tongues.

Swedish I mean, with all those hot, blond POSTAL Babes, you KNEW there hadda be a Swedish version, right?

Italian Manuel Marino, nother of our true veterans and hall of fame fans brings you a Urinal with Italiano zest!

Benelux/Dutch D. Dam Wichers decided The Benelux countries need The Urinal too, folks. This is a recent effort and we wish Danny Dam the best of luck.

Japan Toshi informs us POSTAL is extremely popular in the Pacific Rim and I'm sure we'd do even better there if we included bondage shots in the games. Oh well, you can't have everything.

Gallic/French This is the publication that drew 18 different suggestions for an appropriate translation of our title. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a Ouamdu Ouamdu to run here.

This International POSTAL phenomenon has somewhat overwhelmed us, but if you're game for posting our newsletter in the language of your choice (from Klingon to Hobbit to Brad Pitt in "Snatch"), let us know and we'll do anything we can to help get you started.

Seeing the POSTAL Sites

As always, here's an arbitrary list of POSTAL-related sites presented in no particular order:

* To see some new zombie images from the Eternal Damnation Mod check out http://resurrection-studios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=449

* http://www.freewebs.com/postalaw/thepostalworld.htm has a new Share The Pain review up.

* http://postalfr.tonsite.biz/news.php French Postal forums. Parlez des machettes de boomerang en Français!
Le' W00T!

 * The new URL for the Bitches With Attitude forums is: http://purepostal.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=26 go chat with the Grrlz that WILL kick your sorry ass.

*http://moddb.com/ Your one-stop shop for all things Mod related.

* www.postalnetwork.org The first and greatest Postal portal!

* http://www.resurrection-studios.com/ Home of the Eternal Damnation Mod project.

* http://elitebastard.com/kamek/ Kamek's batcave of Postal Moddery. Loads of cool stuff for multiplayer Postal!

* http://www.bitchassmofos.com/ BAMF's multiplayer Postal Clan

* http://postal2.tk/ Looks like a store page, smells like a store page, but under the brazen attempt to sell you Share The Pain are links to free multiplayer maps and other Postal-related goodness!

* http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=15229050&Mytoken=20050728120705 Ever wonder what The Dude's friends are like? Well, you can meet 27 of them right here.

* http://www.freewebs.com/bitches-with-attitude/index.htm The old Bitches With Attitude site with really awful LOUD midi music on it. They will taunt you a second time and kick your ear's ass!

* http://www.geocities.com/hellchild1989/home2.htm Another Postal fan sharing his pain. Quick, check out his Postal cartoons for some extra Deep Hurting before he does something crazy...