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

• SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I 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

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  • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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      • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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    • gami@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Obvious troll

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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    • vxx@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Its incredibly simple, no money changes hands.

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