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Balatro

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Welcome to Balatro Lemmy and Mbin Community.

This community is for the game Balatro, which is developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. For more Balatro conversation, please head to the stickied FAQ and check out the official Discord channel. Also make sure you read our rules before posting.

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Boil it, mash it, put it in a stew!

[–] nemith@programming.dev 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 4 points 18 hours ago

Etymology. Latin latron-, latro mercenary soldier, brigand; akin to Greek latron pay, hire.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

It’s kinda like updog.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 6 points 18 hours ago

Wait I’ve been saying bola-taro this while time

[–] cephus@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Most people pronounce it the later, LocalThunk pronounces it the former, but says either is fine by them.

Source: start of this podcast interview https://youtu.be/hIlL7QomlOk

[–] tal@lemmy.today 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The word balatro wasn't made up for this game -- it's a Latin term for "joker".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balatro

It'll be an "a" sound in that word, not a "u".

[–] misterzero@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Baal-a-troix