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Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery

In Balatro, the Ante is the boss’s health and chips are the amount of damage done to a boss. The poker hands are just attacks done to the boss’s health. They use poker terms because it’s inspired by card games, not because there’s gambling.

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KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The only gambling in this game is picking the goddamn wheel card even though I know it’s going to give me “nope!”

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Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I didn’t say there was and neither did PEGI. The issue is all the terminology and visuals are gambling related. This is like giving a cigarette smoker a nicotine vape and saying it’s not cigarettes. It’s technically true but you’d be insane to authorize it for kids.

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- IzzyScissor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This analogy is garbage. The “nicotine vape for kids” isn’t Balatro, it’s loot boxes. Balatro would be like candy cigarettes.
  
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  - Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Funny you should mention candy cigarettes.
    
    Whether it’s candy cigarettes or a nicotine vape depends purely on the person playing the game. A gambling addict could easily see this as their nicotine vape, and it could easily prime kids for casinos.
    
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    sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    A good link, maybe image may be harmful even if it’s without context
    
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- Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The whole point of the post is real gambling is rated as totally safe for kids. As long as it doesn’t use card or poker chips as imagery. Why is getting kids to actually gamble ok? Why is imagery associated with gambling so much worse than actual gambling for kids?
  
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  - Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No the whole point of this post is performative outrage as marketing. They knew exactly what rating a faux casino game was going to get them.
    
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- BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You meant “chocolate cigarette” for your analogy, I remember they used to exists when I was a kid, don’t know if they still do.
  
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  - Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Funny you should mention candy cigarettes.
    
    Whether it’s candy cigarettes or a nicotine vape depends purely on the person playing the game. A gambling addict could easily see this as their nicotine vape, and it could easily prime kids for casinos.
    
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