nanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 22 hours 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-square86fedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1575arrow-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.comnanoUFOM to GamesEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFurtiveFugitive@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·16 hours 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-up25·13 hours 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-up23·edit-213 hours 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-up6·9 hours agoWhere the fuck are you going to Kmart?
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsmanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 hours agoHe’s Australian, Kmart is still fully operational in kangaroo land
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·7 hours 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-squarePuddleOfKittenslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoOkay then, how does Hungry Jacks fit into that chain of logic?
minus-squaredumbass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoWell, the burgers are better at hungry jacks!
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoBurger King just hasn’t died yet.
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.
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.