In what seems like a day for unlikely pairings, Running With Sissors today announced that Randy “The Cowboy” Jones, from gay pop legends The Village People, will make a guest appearance in their upcoming FPS, Postal 3.  Randy will provide the voice for the leader of a gay motorbike gang, no typecasting there then!

This is the first in a list of celebs that RWS have secured to provide the voices for the latest Postal game, with the rest to be announced in the build up to the games 2009 release on PC, Mac, XBox 360 and PS3.  Read the full press release after the jump…

Tucson, AZ: Running With Scissors (RWS) has announced Randy Jones of the original ’70′s musical group sensation The Village People as the first in a series of celebrities who will be appearing in the third major installment of its long-running POSTAL series, POSTAL III.

American Music Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Randy Jones has been a pop cultural icon since the 70s, when his band The Village People racked up such musical mega-hits as “Macho Man”, “YMCA” and “In the Navy”. Randy is currently celebrating his 30th year in show business with a new CD and international concert tour “TICKET TO THE WORLD”. www.randyjonesworld.com

Appearing for the first time in a video game, the macho man Randy Jones will be cast as the leader of a gay biker gang. . As Running With Scissors ringleader Vince Desi put it: “What more can I say than Y M C A. Who needs John Travolta when we’ve got the original Macho Man, Randy Jones!”

Starting this weekend Randy will be staring in the Broadway hit musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” written by the award-winning team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. www.fairfieldacc.com

RWS will be announcing other celebrity signings for key character roles in POSTAL III. The brands premier on console will release in 2009 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC/Mac.

For more information on Postal games and gear, as well as updates on the development of POSTAL III visit our new expanded site www.gopostal.com and be sure to visit PostalNation.net for in-depth coverage of the RWS scene.

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