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Mafia Wars on Facebook by Zynga Games

If you haven't had a chance to move beyond the ridiculous commentary that you share with your friends on Facebook then I suggest you give Mafia Wars a chance. This game developed by Zynga Games is as addictive as they come. You join, along with your friends, a mafia family and you work at completing "jobs" to help earn money, status , and your place among the best criminals in the cyber world. I love it because it has so many possibilities as you work your way up the ladder. You can fight other mafias, collect a bunch of different kinds of weapons, cars, and real estate. The down side is that everything is tied into your "energy level" which only regenerates at the rate of 1 point per three minutes. As you get farther along the jobs cost mor energy for you to complete although the rewards definately start to skyrocket. The directions are very brief and don't give you enough to understand the advanced parts of the game.
The navigation is based on simple toll bars labeled in an obvious manner such as "Jobs", "Fight", etc. Easy to use in the beginning but only several hours worth of gameplay will allow you to truly grasp this game's cool factor.
I think the best part of this game is you can interact with your other friends on Facebook by asking for items or gifting things to them to help each other along on the journey.