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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN APRIL 2025?
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 15:10:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote at 21:45 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On 5/4/2025 7:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:18 this Thursday (GMT):
>>> Since we're posting stuff a day early (well it's already May in some countries), I might as well do this too. :P
>>>
>>> Um, I barely played anything. I finally plaued my iPhone's thinking games (not Duo Lingo) this morning.
>> 
>> 
>> Still a lot of Balatro, tho I also picked up a cool little indie game
>> for 2$ called Downwell, too.
>
> I think I played Downwell for about 2 minutes.

Fair enough, at least you got 1$ per minute ;)

> I'm on the fence on Balatro.  On the one hand, card game.  On the other, 
> so high a rating.


It's not /really/ a card game, I think. Yes, it uses the mechanics of
poker cards, but its mainly the spirit of a rougelike: finding good
jokers that synergize, deck fixing, etc. You can even win with mostly
high card hands, if you get a good setup. (in fact, by late game, your
deck is usually either fixed to be 80% of a certain rank/suit, or youve
gotten such a strong setup you can literally play high card anything, in
my experience)
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