nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10file-text
arrow-up10external-linkBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFurtiveFugitive@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIs the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands? Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12. Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards? This whole thing is bonkers.
minus-squareforgotaboutlaye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards. I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
minus-squareRobust Mirror@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoKmart and target both sell literal “poker kits” with decks of cards and chips with no restriction on who can buy it. In the toy section with the other board games no less.
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhere the fuck are you going to Kmart?
Is the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands?
Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12.
Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards?
This whole thing is bonkers.
Anyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards.
I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
Kmart and target both sell literal “poker kits” with decks of cards and chips with no restriction on who can buy it. In the toy section with the other board games no less.
Where the fuck are you going to Kmart?