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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months ago

Balatro Dev jokes about adding loot boxes to lower 18 age rating, highlighting the "real gambling" EA Sports FC gets away with [info A]

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Balatro Dev jokes about adding loot boxes to lower 18 age rating, highlighting the "real gambling" EA Sports FC gets away with [info A]

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  • moonpiedumplings@programming.dev
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46MQ1ZMZ-l4

    This is a trailer for NBA 2k20, that shows more gambling content than actual gameplay.

    The top comment is:

    Hey 2k, theres a basketball minigame in your gambling simulator, can you fix it please?…

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      Jesus, your comment really under sells just how bad that was. That trailer is 95% gambling. That’s nuts lol.

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      i was expecting you to be exadurating, but its mostly just… cards cards cards.

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    Love the joke, hope it stays a joke.

    • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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      For context, he made this joke because PEGI rated the game 18+ recently

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    Those aren’t gambling. they’re surprise mechanics that are ethical and fun. blobcat, box

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    That thumbnail is right before this person loses the game, lol. Them jokers are trash.

    • srock@sh.itjust.works
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      Unless that knife has a lot of mult

      • blackwateropeth@lemmy.world
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        True, I find that one a pain to work around since you gotta continually ‘eat’ jokers… gets worse with eternals too

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      And they didn’t even bother playing their planet card.

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        There is a voucher that makes each planet card for the hand played give 1.5 * mult

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    LMAO! Good one!

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