Comment on Ben Starr recieves Balatro's BAFTA award in a clown costume
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 months agoI can type with one hand and pull a lever with the other, thank you.
But really quick, explain how balatro is gambling for the idiots among us
Poker is a gambling game. Balatro is loosely based on poker. Throw in some additional luck/randomness and change the money aspect to points. Gambling and addiction in general are devastating.
It would be interesting to compare brain activity of a gambling addict at the casino with a dedicated balatro player. I have my suspicions about what we would see.
Obvious troll
Poker is a gambling game.
False. It is a card game, sometimes people gamble over card games and poker is a common one. You can gamble over yahtzee if you wanted to.
Chess is a war game. Killing and violence in general are devastating. It’d be interesting to compare the brain activity of a murderer with a grandmaster player. I have my suspicions about what we would see.
You know that isn’t a reasonable take. Nice try kiddo
Neither is yours.
You don’t gamble anything though. Have you even played the game
Yes. It walks, talks, and quacks like a casino.
Have you played the game because it really sounds like you haven’t. It sounds like you’ve just seen pictures and made an assumption
There is no gambling mechanic, other than matching poker suits there aren’t really any poker mechanics, there are no other players.
But it lacks the main feature of a casino: taking people’s money.
satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Actually, can you explain to me how balatro is not gambling or encouraging gambling?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Its incredibly simple, no money changes hands.
vxx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s a strategy game with almost zero luck involved. It doesnt scratch the gambling part in the brain at all.
satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Almost zero luck? So there is a component of luck in the game dressed like a casino?