Mafia 2 lets you read Playboy and keeps track of how long you look at said Playboy

[MatParker116]

http://kotaku.com/5617072/video-game-tracks-how-long-you-stare-at-playboy

I'm both intrigued and slightly wiered out at the same time. I look of course but not for too long.

There are video games that track the calories you burn while playing them. There are games that count the number of virtual miles you race in them. Mafia II tallies how long you "read" its in-game Playboy centerfolds.

I played a press demo of Mafia II several weeks ago and poked around in the game's menus. Like many other games, it has a statistics screen that shows how the player's in-game actions are being tracked. Adjacent to a standard line about how many hours and minutes the player has experienced in Mafia II is the Playboy timer. That timer tracks the number of hours (!) and minutes the player spends looking at Hugh Hefner's magazine.

Fifty centerfolds originally printed in the magazine in the 1950s (and maybe 1960s; I'm not sure) are included in the game as collectible items. They can be viewed full-screen, surely to provide a sense of historical authenticity to the game's vintage mobster milieu.

The downloadable demo for Mafia II currently available for home consoles doesn't include the stats display, though it does include five centerfolds. We'll know if the feature made it into the final game when it ships next week.

If the future of video games may involve counting even the real toothbrush strokes you make, who is ready for their Playboy consumption to be tabulated too?

 

[Hiphophippo]

Couldn't honestly care less. If I wanted porn I'd quit the game and hit the ol' internet. That said...I really, honestly would read the articles if it would let me. Hell, 50 bucks for access to all those classic playboy articles? That's very nearly worth the price on it's own.

 

[Numb1lp]

Is Mafia a good game, becuase the second one looks pretty good, but I don't want to make the same mistake as the Godfather 2.

 

[Woodsey]

Is Mafia a good game, becuase the second one looks pretty good, but I don't want to make the same mistake as the Godfather 2.

They're nothing alike.

The Godfather games aren't even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Mafia. You can get the Mafia 2 demo off of Steam/XBL/PSN if you want to try it.

Also, despite appearances it's not a sandbox, nor is it trying to be.

Try it, enjoy it, buy it!

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

When i was playing the demo, i thought it was just one picture per each magazine you collect and nothing else, good to know ... just kidding just kidding.

Yeah in the demo you cant go back and "read" them again.

 

[Irridium]

Wait, you can go back and look at them? In the demo you can't.

Either way, if I wanted porn, I'd go on the internet. I hear that has some good stuff.

 

[Meggiepants]

Haha! This is funny. Why would a game out you for looking at Playboy bunnies from the 50s and 60s?

Everyone is right, there's way more interesting things online. Where only the feds are tracking how many hours you look at it.

 

[Beach_Sided]

Playboy will have paid to be in the game, so they'll just want to know how much coverage being included has given them I guess

 

[Berserker119]

Wait, you can go back and look at them? In the demo you can't.

Either way, if I wanted porn, I'd go on the internet. I hear that has some good stuff.

What? There's porn on the internet? What have I been missing?

 

[Irridium]

Wait, you can go back and look at them? In the demo you can't.

Either way, if I wanted porn, I'd go on the internet. I hear that has some good stuff.

What? There's porn on the internet? What have I been missing?

Dude, dude! You've been missing a lot. Like, everything.

 

[Irridium]

Give me my post back internet!

EDIT: There we go.

 

[Sacman]

I spent all day looking for all 5 centerfolds...

 

[Thundero13]

I suppose it doesn't have playgirl in it aswell.

 

[Les Awesome]

mafia 2 just made another purchase

 

[Numb1lp]

Is Mafia a good game, becuase the second one looks pretty good, but I don't want to make the same mistake as the Godfather 2.

They're nothing alike.

The Godfather games aren't even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Mafia. You can get the Mafia 2 demo off of Steam/XBL/PSN if you want to try it.

Also, despite appearances it's not a sandbox, nor is it trying to be.

Try it, enjoy it, buy it!

I wouldn't go as far to say the first Godfather game was bad.

 

[Woodsey]

Is Mafia a good game, becuase the second one looks pretty good, but I don't want to make the same mistake as the Godfather 2.

They're nothing alike.

The Godfather games aren't even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Mafia. You can get the Mafia 2 demo off of Steam/XBL/PSN if you want to try it.

Also, despite appearances it's not a sandbox, nor is it trying to be.

Try it, enjoy it, buy it!

I wouldn't go as far to say the first Godfather game was bad.

I didn't say that. It's still not worth mentioning next to Mafia.