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Balatro removed from sale temporarily due to age rating changing from 3+ to 18+ without warning. (twitter.com)
submitted 8 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (12 children)

I know there are no gambling mechanics in the game, but it is certainly poker themed so I feel like I'd be hard pressed to argue that it doesn't contain gambling imagery, and it certainly instructs about how poker hands are constructed (in the sense that if you didn't know what a flush was, you will after playing Balatro). I feel like they may have run afoul of a technicality.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago (5 children)

by a loose enough definition any game with any randomness is gambling - including tossing a coin for white/black in chess.

[–] corytheboyd@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

chance + stakes = gambling
chance + nothing = chance

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not particularly interested in getting into a deep dive on this, but couldn't you argue that your time has a value and thus is a stake, or your feelings of success/failure in a given moment as response to a game state are "at stake," or the given entry price (eg $15) of buying the game from Steam?

In a loose definition that is.

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