@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 month agoBalatro 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+ ratingx.commessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1705arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1700arrow-down1external-linkBalatro 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+ ratingx.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square150fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish81•1 month agoIs the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands? Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12. Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards? This whole thing is bonkers.
minus-square@forgotaboutlayelinkEnglish28•1 month agoAnyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards. I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
minus-squareRobust MirrorlinkfedilinkEnglish26•edit-21 month agoKmart and target both sell literal “poker kits” with decks of cards and chips with no restriction on who can buy it. In the toy section with the other board games no less.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 month agoHe’s Australian, Kmart is still fully operational in kangaroo land
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoThe logical conclusion is that Australia isn’t just “down under,” it’s the underworld where call failed American chains go after they die.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoOkay then, how does Hungry Jacks fit into that chain of logic?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoWell, the burgers are better at hungry jacks!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p954EFd0VMI
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoIf it wasn’t for regulations, they’d happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots. Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.
Is the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands?
Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12.
Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards?
This whole thing is bonkers.
Anyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards.
I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
Kmart and target both sell literal “poker kits” with decks of cards and chips with no restriction on who can buy it. In the toy section with the other board games no less.
Where the fuck are you going to Kmart?
He’s Australian, Kmart is still fully operational in kangaroo land
The logical conclusion is that Australia isn’t just “down under,” it’s the underworld where call failed American chains go after they die.
Okay then, how does Hungry Jacks fit into that chain of logic?
Burger King just hasn’t died yet.
Well, the burgers are better at hungry jacks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p954EFd0VMI
Let’s go to Venture!
If it wasn’t for regulations, they’d happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots.
Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.