Indie hit card-battler Balatro has been played for over 11,000 years, cumulatively. At least that's according to the game's developer, who goes by LocalThunk on Twitter. And while it may be tempting to write off this banana emoji-accompanied Tweet as a joke, it's a bit more likely than you might think.
Balatro is a take on the solitaire format, where players form poker hands to beat given scores, or blinds. The twist is that you also get the deck-building aspects of less standard card games by adding in Jokers that multiply certain hands or provide other effects, and unique poker cards that can also increase your score or multiplier. ... [MORE]
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