I did want you for the commission, but you were far too slow. Sorry old bean.

Yes indeed it is that time again, the staff group have some jolly exciting projects to test out and we need some members from the community to join our usergroup The Commission. You will help us test and change the new site projects we hope to make public soon. If you want to join the group here is what you need to do:

• Send a PM to el_chippo or myself
• Bring fresh ideas for the site
• Be committed to making MS a better place in preparation for mafia 2
• Have a reasonable grasp of the English language

In the PM just let us know why you want to join the commission, it doesn't have to be long, just a couple of sentences.

Cheers dudes and dudettes!

Thanks to everyone who entered out little competition, we had 14 people enter and 14 people walk away a little richer. But like all good things this competition must come to an end, and because today is the 22nd, and because it is a couple of hours away from ticking over to that time in the top half of the world I am closing it now. If you had just answered all the questions correctly and had your finger poised on the mouse button ready to send the email to me, sweating with anticipation of the monies that were destined to come your way you should have entered earlier and not poised so long. Your day of glory may come again, but I know this, it will not come today.

Also in regards to my last news post title for which I received no "rofl" or even a "lol" the joke is this, in Australia 'date' is slang, look it up and then bask in the greatness of the title...

So in closing the shortest and most ridiculous news post for quite some time I will say this: Milk is a solid source of calcium.

First up today I am going to let you all in on a little secret, we have opened the Mafia 2 console forum for discussion, this has remained locked since we opened the Mafia 2 forums but now it is open for you to discuss what you want from the sequel as console loving folk. I have written up a few little things to keep in mind so the discussion varies from the main Mafia 2 forums. Try to keep it interesting and relevant. More...

After varying degrees of success for out last few competitions the staff decided to make a competition so completely easy that even if you don't know the answers, you should be able to find the answers without much difficulty. In keeping with the simple theme in the hope that a few people will try and answer them we are going to run the competition for a week and have no "first in" winner, you will get a certain amount of BN's depending on how many questions you answer correctly. More...

Today we are bringing you the latest updates from The Official Mafia 2 Site, we have some news on what makes the games characters who they are and some behind the scenes gossip from E3.

It took weeks to design the Mafia II booth for E3 and days to set it up. These pictures chronicle the process of creating 2K's space, as well as turning the Mafia II booth into Empire Bay.

You can enlarge the images by clicking on them. There are more images and information on E3 at The Official Mafia 2 Site. More...