Get your tommy guns out of the closet

[Forward Observer]

Someone posted recently about the gangster game Mafia.

I was a big fan of the original PC version when it came out and it is still on my PC now as one of my sand box games. If you never played it, it is similar to the Grand Theft Auto games, but set in the 1930's gangster era---Tommy guns and women of ill-repute, but no drugs.

Most of the game plays like a 3rd person shooter, but you get to drive period vehicles, ride trolleys, and trains, and interact to some degree with the enormous environment. Even though it came out in 2002,---when one is driving down the street amid traffic with streetcars, overhead tains, and pedestrians it is still pretty visually impressive.

Here are a couple of shot I took from the orginal game; you can get in any of those cars and drive them if you have gas







My post is actually about a new sequel that I just read about aptly named Mafia 2. It is by the same group, and this time it is going to move into the 1940's and 50's.

Here is a link to a short preview and 5 screen shots.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=170565

Check those screen shots out and particularly the second one inside a bar. Damn, just another game that is going to force me to buy a new rig.

Cheers