When you have an incomplete world--like any work of art, be it game, novel, play, song, painting and so on--what you choose to include and to exclude is significant. What you decide upon is what you think is important, relevant and meaningful for your creation.

Playboy was undeniably a cultural force when it fired up in the Fifties, a mark of the era, and it's likely a 'real' Vito might read it. However, rather than simply having the Playboy brand present in the game world, Mafia II has filled the world with collectable magazines displaying a high-res pair of breasts for your erotic enjoyment. This is for the player, not Vito, because you're surely a bloody bloke and blokes love tits, don't you all?

Course you do my son, I bet you get all the birds dontya? It's too bad you had to stop watching pornography to play this game but we managed to sneak in some jubblies for you, son. I know you gamers love pictures of naked ladies, innit? Get in there my son!

It's worth noting that this was back when Playboy really was worth reading for its articles but nope, tits are all I'm getting. It's bizarre, it's alienating and it's damned stupid.