Comment on Ben Starr recieves Balatro's BAFTA award in a clown costume

• satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  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.

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  • TheSambassador@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    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.

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    • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You know that isn’t a reasonable take. Nice try kiddo

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Neither is yours.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You don’t gamble anything though. Have you even played the game

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    • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes. It walks, talks, and quacks like a casino.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        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.

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      • heavydust@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        But it lacks the main feature of a casino: taking people’s money.

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  • gami@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Obvious troll

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    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.

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• satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Actually, can you explain to me how balatro is not gambling or encouraging gambling?

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  • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a strategy game with almost zero luck involved. It doesnt scratch the gambling part in the brain at all.

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    • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Almost zero luck? So there is a component of luck in the game dressed like a casino?

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Its incredibly simple, no money changes hands.

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