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[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The whole situation is incredibly stupid and it isn't the dev's fault:

Roguelike hit Balatro accused of pushing gambling, removed from stores as publisher asks fans to "stop calling this game 'crack cocaine' before the FDA comes after us too"

After poking around online myself, the self-styled "definitive poker roguelike" is still available on all major platforms in North America, but it has been tagged with a 10+ ESRB rating and a disclosure for "Gambling Themes." Notably, the UK Xbox and PlayStation stores have it listed with a PEGI 18 rating and a disclosure for "Prominent Gambling Imagery." The Nintendo UK store, however, seems to have removed the game entirely for the time being.

Anyone who's ever seen and/or has played Balatro knows that there's no real gambling involved unlike the other real gambling apps on the play store and whatnot

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

as publisher asks fans to “stop calling this game ‘crack cocaine’ before the FDA comes after us too”

This made me spit toothpaste all over my keyboard.

[-] Object@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

It's not a parody?? Wtf

[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The recent post's in-app notification seems to be the dev both raising awareness and clowning on the bullshit situation they're unfortunately in;

not sure if the game is actually disabled (probably just not available to download/reinstall as far as can tellI)

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Its also ~~word for word copied from~~ heavily inspired by the TikTok app's notification talking about trump working to get it unbanned.

[-] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

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