Running with Scissors (company)

Running with Scissors (RWS) is an American video game developer based in Tucson, Arizona. RWS was founded in 1996 by Vince Desi as a brand label of Riedel Software Productions (RSP), a work for hire developer that mainly produced licensed titles aimed towards children. RWS created and maintains the Postal franchise, which has often caused controversy for its use of violence and crude humor.

RWS' first game was Postal (1997), which caused much controversy and a trademark lawsuit from the United States Postal Service that lasted until 2003. A potential second game, Flesh and Wire, was canceled in 1999. The company followed up Postal with Postal 2 in 2003. The third game in the series, Postal III (2011), was co-developed by RWS and an internal team of publisher Akella, and RWS distanced itself from the game due to poor critical reception. RWS most recently worked on Postal 4: No Regerts, which was released in 2022, and the spin-off Postal: Brain Damaged, with a remake of the second installment, Postal 2: Redux, currently in development.