2024-03-09
a way of thinking about the world which, to me, feels in tension with the ways that Balatro encourages the player to think about how to manipulate probability through systemic change.
Bloomberg
Online card game Balatro, created by a solo Canadian developer who goes by the handle LocalThunk, has sold 500K+ copies on Steam at $15 each in just two weeks
Red Hot Poker — There are some games that keep you entertained for a weekend. Renata Price / Inverse : Balatro Is A Poker Roguelike Where You Are The House Shubhankar Parijat / G...
if you used any of the lessons that balatro teaches you in a casino, you would be killed instantaneously by fourteen snipers. it is, in fact, tremendous instruction in how and why not to gamble—because wow it turns out stacking the deck is both easy and fun.
Bloomberg
Online card game Balatro, created by a solo Canadian developer who goes by the handle LocalThunk, has sold 500K+ copies on Steam at $15 each in just two weeks
Red Hot Poker — There are some games that keep you entertained for a weekend. Renata Price / Inverse : Balatro Is A Poker Roguelike Where You Are The House Shubhankar Parijat / G...
my 3d visual imaginary is improving thanks to the speed and fervency with which i am rotating balatro in my mind. i think the game is wildly clever, and the recent Store Incident says a lot about the way people think about addiction through the lens of aesthetics, not systems.
Bloomberg
Online card game Balatro, created by a solo Canadian developer who goes by the handle LocalThunk, has sold 500K+ copies on Steam at $15 each in just two weeks
Red Hot Poker — There are some games that keep you entertained for a weekend. Renata Price / Inverse : Balatro Is A Poker Roguelike Where You Are The House Shubhankar Parijat / G...