Goodness gracious, but that’s absurd.
I mean, Mafia III is a video game, so yeah, it’s absurd anyway – but it just screams “ABSURD!” when you set it in a recent historical epoch. How is the protagonist expected to operate for more than a day before the entire National Guard is called out to find him? Supernatural intervention?
Note, of course, that there’s every chance that I end up playing this game. Absurdity is never a deal-breaker for me. But it’s still pretty funny, in a very dark sort of way.
15,000 murders in the US in 1999. 2,000 gang related killings per year, estimated. Mostly, he’s killing 2 or 3 people at a time. Er, except when he’s mowing down a KKK meeting.
Police task force, sure. A few “gang war” articles in the local fishwrap. I don’t see much more happening though, even in the real world.
We rarely see people shooting off bazookas in the street, though. 🙂
I live in Texas. What do you think we do for fun on weekends? 🙂
He’d have to work his way to a six star wanted level before that happens.