"The games have always been what you might call "slop." Running With Scissors' series of puerile, drearily unfunny action games have somehow regularly been released since 1997, relying entirely on their hamfisted "shock factor" to try to impress an audience that delights in "politically incorrect" or "anti-woke" dross, without also remembering the important elements of "fun." But the most recently revealed entry in the 30-year series, Postal: Bullet Paradise, earns the "slop" mantle for a different reason, after massive backlash against its prolific use of AI has seen it canceled in the same week it was announced!"
"Revealed just two days ago, on December 3, Postal: Bullet Paradise was due to be a Vampire Survivors-like spin-off from the franchise, developed by a separate team called Goonswarm Games. Described as a "bullet-heaven shooter with online co-op," Running With Scissors promoted the upcoming game with a Steam page, YouTube trailers, and a section on its own website. Of them all, the only thing that fully remains two days later is the post, with the Steam page delisted and the game removed from RWS's and Goonswarm's pages."
"Based on the game's cancellation announcement on Running With Scissors' X page, it seems potential fans launched a sizable backlash after noticing Postal: Bullet Paradise allegedly contained AI-generated material. Users on the franchise's Reddit were complaining about AI art appearing in the trailer, and alleging Goonswarm had used AI in its previous work. "You see can very clearly that all the pixel sprites are ai generated," claimed on Reddit poster, adding, "It just sucks that rws is going down the path of ai since they've been so supportive of art for a long time.""
Postal: Bullet Paradise, a Vampire Survivors-like spin-off planned by Running With Scissors and developed by Goonswarm Games, was revealed on December 3 and promoted with a Steam page, trailers, and website listings. A sizable backlash emerged after fans and Reddit users accused the project of containing AI-generated art and sprites and alleged prior AI use by the developer. In response to the reaction, promotional pages were delisted and the game was removed from publisher and developer websites. Running With Scissors announced the cancellation following the controversy, effectively flushing the project days after its reveal.
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