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Enzo and Isabella, from the Bonus Content screen of Mafia: The Old Country Deluxe Edition. Image extracted from the game files. File name: T_FE_BonusContent_Background

"Nah. If you want to draw Il Merlo, it needs to be ugly. This little guy’s far too handsome."

Clarissa, follow each of these steps EXACTLY. This is the Baron’s favorite meal and it must be perfect. Pasta alla Norma Ingredients: Rigatoni Tomatoes 1, 2 Eggplants Basil 2 Cloves of garlic Ricotta salata For the pasta sauce, crush the garlic cloves in a bit of oil, and after a couple of minutes, add the tomatoes. Let it cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Cut the eggplants into slices, salt them a little and put a weight on them for about half an hour so they release their bitter water. Dry them well and fry them in oil. Cook the pasta, and when you're about to drain it, save a small cup of the cooking water and add it to the sauce. Pour the pasta into the sauce and add the basil and the eggplants. When you plate it, grate some ricotta salata on top and add a bit more basil.

Dearest nephew, I hope this message reaches you in good health. I washed up again in America and, this time, I’ve decided to stay. Write to me, if you can. Better still, join me here. I’ll buy you steak and eggs for breakfast. My fondest regards, Uncle Silvio.

Painting of Don Niccolò Galante, extracted from the game files of Mafia: The Old Country. First seen in-game during Chapter 3: Pizzu and last seen during Chapter 13: Capiregime.

Don’t worry, we’ll still go tomorrow. But you should listen to your mother.

Che bellezza!

Thank you, I enjoy digging into the game files. I’ll be posting more audio files, but it’ll take some time because Tumblr only allows 10 audio uploads per day and per post. For example, if Cesare has more than 10 lines about a certain subject, unfortunately I will have to combine all those files together into a single audio file to save time and bypass that "only 10 audio uploads per day/per post" rule.

Hey, you're good…

I couldn't find any Massaros at the Villa Torrisi graveyard (link contains spoiler). There are Torrisis, Fiorinos and a Cusenza buried there but no Massaros. In fact, besides Cesare, there aren't even any mentions of another Massaro anywhere in the game's text files. I presume Cesare's parents are probably alive somewhere... or, well, buried someplace else if they're dead. (Also, if the Fiorinos are Bernardo Torrisi's in-laws, then I have even more questions about Cesare.) In any case, the vagueness of it all reminds me of another uncle and nephew in the Mafia series... Sal Marcano and Michael Grecco from Mafia III. Grecco isn't a Marcano by blood but Sal took him in because Grecco's (step)mother is Sal's sister-in-law. So that makes Grecco Sal's nephew by marriage (... step-nephew by marriage?).

Enzo Riccardo Frascari singing Tuyo, the opening theme of Narcos.

Good, you're doing good…

Curious to know how everyone else played the game. I played the game using the Sicilian dub for my first playthrough.