| A Neo-Mafia may be using The Sims Online as a | | | | world, young people are busy killing each |
| chat room and indoctrinating teenage kids | | | | other at an alarming rate. Do we really need |
| into it. Several people on the game agreed | | | | something like a pseudo Mafia causing the |
| rationally that the mob may be using to lure | | | | same sorts of problems? Gangsterism, in other |
| teenage kids into the real Mafia. Some, in | | | | words, on the beloved video games of our |
| defense of the game, said no, it is a bunch | | | | children?According to Wikipedia, the foremost |
| of teenage kids having whoopies and do not | | | | Web online encyclopedia, ever since 9/11 the |
| get worried. Those people are often game | | | | FBI has not had much in time or resources to |
| addicts and love TSO a lot. They say they do | | | | handle organized crime, and there has been a |
| not get into trouble.And some people said, | | | | sudden resurgence in its activities.Right |
| Maxis, Mafia, who knows. Maybe Maxis is just | | | | now, the online game The Sims Online-- which |
| making money from the woes of those who play | | | | is labeled a T for Teens game -- has been |
| TSO and then leave.I have blown quite a few | | | | overrun by several obviously Mafia named |
| people away with this story (pun intended.) | | | | families. These people do not seem to have |
| Also, this is not a fiction story, and | | | | enough imagination to be Mexican Mafia, |
| finally, I am an ocasionally investigative | | | | Chinese Mafia or Japanese Mafia (yet), which |
| journalist who has won a few awards. You have | | | | also exist in real life. They are both very |
| probably never heard of me.THE SIMS ONLINE | | | | aggressive and very obvious.Whether or not |
| HOSTS THE MAFIAIf I told you this, would you | | | | they are the real Mafia is a question which I |
| believe me? Try doing so, because it is the | | | | cannot answer. |
| truth. And also, in this strange and perverse | | | | |