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PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] caut_R@lemmy.world 148 points 5 months ago

They haven’t understood the game at all, I wonder if they even looked at it for more than two minutes

Run game > see playing cards and poker chips > close > PEGI 18

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 95 points 5 months ago

They're not looking into blatant gambling in AAA titles, of course they won't take a closer look into an indie game. They're completely useless.

[-] pachrist@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Ah, but there are also tarot cards, which is spooky Occult voodoo magic. Balatro backwards might spell "Satan is Lord" in some ancient druidic script.

[-] EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It can't be that easy. PEGI says that games containing gambling (real money or not) are rated with PEGI 12 to 18. So there must be something else to the game that led to this rating.

[-] 9bananas@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

or...you know... they're just morons.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe winning a game award while being solo developer studio, it feels like this to me

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