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Balatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ rating (x.com)
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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 46 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The pathetic thing is games of the ilk of balatro and luck be a landlord (also OG peggle) are actually the kind of game that plays with your gambling impulses but in a healthy and fun way, these games should be celebrated for subverting the language of gambling to make something beautiful, how pathetic to have so little actual understanding of video games and yet have this kind of power to impact the industry.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've always suspected I might be susceptible to gambling addiction so I stay out of casinos.

Instead, I go to the arcade. Which is like a low stakes child casino. Win a bunch of tickets and then either buy something stupid with them, or, just straight give them to some kid.

My point being, we've specifically constructed casino-like facilities for children and it's regularly accepted, so why should Balatro be different?

[–] LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

There's a scam to steal money from kids in pretty much every grocery store near where I live. We call them claw machines.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Gambling at an arcade is exactly the same. All you've done is lower the stakes so hopefully it couldn't affect you.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago

Yeah how dare you pay $9.99 one time to gamble all you want! If you're gonna get those dopamine hits, you better be spending real money at the tables!

[–] RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First time I've seen someone mention Luck be a Landlord. Really fun game.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

I want to see someone take an actual slot machine rip out all the evil bits and replace it with a computer running Luck Be A Landlord with custom flashing lights for when you win, the slot machine lever and all that stuff.

It would be pretty awesome