High stakes poker on the Vegas strip, PS3-style

Speaking of card games, doesn't it feel like poker reached a pinnacle of popularity awhile ago, and is now on the long slide back into the realm of frat houses, casinos, and late-night "Hey, here's a deck of cards" sessions? There was a time that you could walk into almost any store in America, and they'd be selling poker chips and card tables. It's definitely starting to hit the skids now, as evidenced by the complete box-office failure of the film Lucky You.

Anyhow, we digress. At Sony Online Entertainment's game event last week, we played a few hands of High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition. While it might be nominated for one of the Long Title of the Year Awards, it actually wasn't too bad. We played some tournament style Texas Hold 'Em, and the graphics were slightly better than the poker games we've played on the Xbox 360, though the gameplay was pretty much the same. You can't really change that up much.

If you're in to poker, or just like staring at avatars from uncanny valley, it might just be worth a download this Summer, when it releases for $9.99.