Posted 3/1/2024, 3:00:00 PM
New Video Game Lets Players Cheat at Poker with Impossible Hands
- Balatro is a new poker video game that lets players cheat and make up impossible poker hands like "Full Flush"
- It's part of a genre of games that aim to fix traditional gambling by letting players strategize and beat the house
- These games address the problem of normal gambling being rigged money sinks with no player control
- Balatro lets players cheat by using cards to mutate the deck and scoring to make it easier to get high scoring hands
- It mixes challenge, depth, and the fun of "getting away with something" by making broken poker hands to create an engaging roguelike experience