Police call for ban on Mafia computer game
Posted by Marcel Klum on 08 February 2002 - 10:08 · 11 comments & 1070 views
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#1 Posted by wazat on 08 Feb 2002 - 11:14
- Aaaargh they gonna hit need for speed next.....
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#2 Posted by JZolloXP on 08 Feb 2002 - 11:45
- Mafia sounds like a good game, nobody has ever made a mafioso type game before. (except for GTA3, but the maifa is part is small) If it ever hits the US, i'll buy it...
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#3 Posted by Fedr0 on 08 Feb 2002 - 11:52
- This is pure bullshit. I'm Italian and this news is fake, it didn't appear anywhere.
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#4 Posted by Redmak on 08 Feb 2002 - 12:24
- [url=http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/news_high_tech/mafia.asp]http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/news_high_tech/mafia.asp[/url]
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#5 Posted by Dclanz on 08 Feb 2002 - 13:15
- A "mafiosi" wannabe. ROFL :ditsy:
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#6 Posted by LiGhTfast on 08 Feb 2002 - 13:19
- this game looks amazing from what i seen cant wait for a release
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#7 Posted by Kusanagi on 08 Feb 2002 - 16:34
- they should ban AOL from Italy... tutti ladri, tutti mafiosi... that's for real
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#8 Posted by [saint lucifer] on 08 Feb 2002 - 22:36
- Damn Italians.......
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#9 Posted by drewster2100 on 09 Feb 2002 - 05:34
- gosh, poor maker of the game... did all that hard work, and some idiots are trying to kill it
Last edited by 2488 on 09 Feb 2002 - 05:34
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#10 Posted by [saint lucifer] on 09 Feb 2002 - 21:54
- Like I said, damn Italians....
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#11 Posted by Xain on 10 Feb 2002 - 13:10
- More pointless, misunderstanding censorship.
BTW, my local Game store (L'Derry, UK) have it lidted for the 22nd of this month - that's Friday week (or one week after MOH:AA - I don't know how I'm going to fit them both in
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It tells the story of a taxi driver who becomes a mafia boss's driver and has to cheat and kill other members.
The game, called mafia, is planned for launch in Italy later this month.
It is subtitled "The instruction manual for wannabe mafiosi".
President of the national anti mafia police section Roberto Centaro told the Il Giornale newspaper: "I'll do anything I can to ban the sale of the game in Italy. This is a proper instruction book for wannabe mafiosi."
Former interior minister Carlo Taormina said: "When it comes to mafia one simply cannot take it as a game. There's really nothing to joke about here."
But the distributor of the game in Italy, Cidiverte, says there has been an over-reaction.
Head of the company Pietro Vago said: "The video game is aimed at adults, who should be capable of distinguishing between reality and fiction. We think that there has been an over-reaction from the politicians."
Mafia will hit UK shops at the end of March.
A spokesman for Mafia's UK distributor Take 2 told Ananova: "We are unaware of any problems internationally with the game, and we've got no issues with it whatsoever."
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According to Millennium Jet's computer models, SoloTrek will eventually be able to fly at altitudes of nearly 8,000 feet for about 120 nautical miles and reach speeds up to 80 mph. It will be primarily sold to the military, and later aimed at police, fire departments and search and rescue teams. Ultimately, it may one day reach the civilian market.
This summer, Moshier hopes to demonstrate a more advanced prototype, and by 2003 he says he plans to make a functioning unit available to the U.S. Special Forces.
Initially a solely self-funded venture, Moshier says he also has received resources and technical advice from NASA and a sizable chunk of funding from the U.S. Defense Department. To date, he says nearly $3 million has been spent on the prototype.
But despite the high cost, it's a passion for Moshier, who says he's "always dreamed of being able to fly."