Actually, we hate to say it, but this sounds like an excellent meshing of genres for a video game. 1UP is reporting that HBO has licensed out the characters from The Sopranos for a game, and that game isn't kneecapping jokers or burying slobs, but poker.

Apparently, the game is imminently, if not immediately, avaialable to Cingular customers and features all the lovable teddy bears from America's favorite mobster sitcom: Tony, Paulie, even Silvio! Play 5 Card Draw with the amoral reprobates who would sooner shoot you in the head than buy a pizza!

The Sopranos Pick Up Poker [1UP]

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