Andrew DiMino, representing UNICO (a group of Italian Americans), claimed a victory against Take-Two with his organization’s protest of a Mafia II Launch Party, at the 92nd Street Y’s Tribeca Center. He said that their involvement made the event a dismal failure.”
DiMino noted that “the combined result of our activities was that, without acknowledging our efforts, both Take-Two and the 92nd Street Y became very hesitant to heavily promote ethnic bashing in this very public way. The lack of media coverage for the launch party is another indicator that they pulled back on promoting this event.”
“For us, this is one small, satisfying victory in a much longer, more sophisticated campaign within the Italian American community opposed to Mafia II specifically, and the continued misrepresentation of the Italian American community, generally, concluded DiMino. Take-Two and its major investors, and the entertainment industry in general, will be hearing further and forcefully from us.”
Those who attended the party, however, contend the opposite. Some claimed to have not noticed UNICO’s presence and others said that the event run by Gamertag Radio was great, with the tone being unaffected by the protest.
Source: Destructoid
