PSP Roundup • Page 4  The brilliant Fading Shadows, PES 2008 and
others.  Hard Rock Casino    • Publisher: Oxygen Games   •
Developer: Farsight Studios  There are two types of bad game in
this world. There are the kinds which are a fundamentally good
idea, but implemented with all the grace and style of a
hideously fat man crossing a busy road on a pogo-stick.
Blindfolded. Then there are the games which, simply, have been a
bad idea since the moment that the initial concept flopped out
of the mouth of a designer. Somehow these concepts survive
months and months in development without anyone noticing what a
crap idea the whole thing is.  Hard Rock Casino is the latter
type of bad game. It's dressed up in ruthlessly competent but
utterly soulless execution, but the simple awfulness of the
concept shines through brightly. It's not just that it's a
compilation of gambling games. Let's pretend that you're willing
to accept that games of pure chance can be fun even without any
real cash riding on the outcome, becau