• FinjaminPoach
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    Literslly everyone in my life assumed i had a gambling problem when I took up Balatro LMAO

    • THE_GR8_MIKE
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      It doesn’t help if you phrase it like that either lol

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        My parents - who merely the screen over my shoulder when I was playing it at their house - I can understand. But my friends who are as plugged into the Internet as me, if not more, they have no excuse

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    Have y’all tried Black Jacket?

    It’s kind of like Balatro with Blackjack, but it’s also an allegory for gambling addictions and the devastation it causes to others.

    I’ve been having fun with it recently.

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    It doesn’t help my recent game purchases are Balatro, Cloverpit and Raccoin.

    Gambling is fun, but I prefer fake coin gambling

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    I’ve never had to explain it but if I did I would just say imagine a board game where you roll a dice, move that many spaces, and maybe get a random card. Just replace the dice with a deck of cards, where getting better cards is like rolling a higher number on the dice.

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      Tgey had a few issue with awards and shit because of that. Meanwhile people gamble away billions playimg fifa, but that’s fine.