nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days 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-square146fedilinkarrow-up1697arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1692arrow-down1external-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 · 3 days agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFurtiveFugitive@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·3 days 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-up28·3 days 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-up26·edit-23 days 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-up7·3 days agoWhere the fuck are you going to Kmart?
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoHe’s Australian, Kmart is still fully operational in kangaroo land
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoThe logical conclusion is that Australia isn’t just “down under,” it’s the underworld where call failed American chains go after they die.
minus-squarePuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoOkay then, how does Hungry Jacks fit into that chain of logic?
minus-squaredumbass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWell, the burgers are better at hungry jacks!
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoBurger King just hasn’t died yet.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf it wasn’t for regulations, they’d happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots. Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.
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?
He’s Australian, Kmart is still fully operational in kangaroo land
The logical conclusion is that Australia isn’t just “down under,” it’s the underworld where call failed American chains go after they die.
Let’s go to Venture!
Okay then, how does Hungry Jacks fit into that chain of logic?
Well, the burgers are better at hungry jacks!
Burger King just hasn’t died yet.
If it wasn’t for regulations, they’d happily let the kids shovel their money into the slots.
Used to do that all the time as a kid, but a slot machine taking 2 pence a time is a far cry from one where you give it your bank card and go ham.