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Balatro doesn't have microtransactions for a very good reason: 'It makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots and pans," LocalThunk says
By Andy Chalk published
news That also holds for in-game ads, season es, and other "nonsense that isn't actually the game."

Dulcet-voiced Sony tech god Mark Cerny is better than you at Balatro, s the 0.1% of players to platinum the whole game
By Joshua Wolens published
News Who's this Joker?

Veteran indie dev says success on Steam these days is impossible to predict: 'Why did Balatro take off? You could write a million f***ing essays and none of them will be definitely right'
By Fraser Brown published
News "Everything has changed. Everything is harder work."

Balatro's publisher beat gold stakes and the Jokerless challenge so quickly it even surprised LocalThunk: 'How did you do this so fast?'
By Christopher Livingston published
News "I sent him the video of the score, going, like, screw you. Yeah, I got it!" said Playstack's Wout van Halderen.

Balatro scoops a BAFTA and Jimbo weirds it up on-stage: 'LocalThunk is really rich now… he has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way'
By Rich Stanton published
News Also: play Animal Well.

YouTube is conducting a 'platform-wide review' after mistakenly hitting Balatro videos with an age restriction for gambling content
By Andy Chalk published
news "Videos featuring Balatro gameplay should not be age-restricted."

Balatro's creator has reached poker zen after beating every deck on every difficulty: 'All this time playing has killed any negative emotions I had toward it'
By Harvey Randall published
News I have no enemies.

YouTube has started age restricting Balatro videos for alleged gambling-related content, and creator LocalThunk is clearly getting sick of this sort of thing
By Ted Litchfield published
news "Good thing we are protecting children from knowing what a 4 of a kind is and letting them watch CS case opening videos instead."
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