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Most of Mafia II's memorable moments come from the cinematics and not the actual missions, which consistently lack exciting gameplay opportunities. Cover-based gunfights dominate much of the action, with occasional stealth segments, but the action feels very rote and familiar and doesn't stack up to the combat found in other titles. You'll also be forced into fistfights at various points, but the stiff and simplistic controls feel underdeveloped, making these encounters feel like a chore. And though the game is loaded with era-appropriate vehicles (including boat-like cars and sweet little coupes) that you can be customize and store, Mafia II only features a handful of chase sequences.

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Rapper Bow Wow loses $100,000 in insane Madden bet, wisely places another compulsive wager

The artist formerly known as Lil' Bow Wow may have been a successful child rapper but he ain't got game. Apparently he learned nothing after he entered a high-stakes competition of Madden NFL and lost.

In an interview on the late night talk show that no one watches, George Lopez Tonight, the incredible child prodigy didn’t confess he has a gambling problem, but we’re thinking he might need a second opinion (as in, one other than his own). Apparently, his worst setback was when he bet an amount of money that most Americans have never even seen in their bank accounts.

"He beat me, and I had to pay him $100,000" said Bow Wow, referring a Madden match between him and rapper The Game, which we can only assume was alcohol-induced. And apparently it wasn't even a close match. "He beat me kinda bad," added a sheepish Bow Wow.

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