Its not about real money spending. Loot boxes would be problematic without spending real money in my opinion. Thats why I think poker games that dont use any real money should also be marked for adults.

Unfortunately balatro uses poker as a base, and I dont think its changed it enough that it still doesnt resemble poker.

Im surprised the loot boxes in ea games are still around, did the rating organization comment on that at all?

Theres also a ton of people, medical professionals included, that treat type two diabetes as a permanent problem with no possibility of reversing it. This leads to people focusing on the medication they need to take instead of the food they eat.

I didnt mean specific if I said that, it generally looks like one. Like an old one from yahoo or something. The heavy poker themes and learning poker hands is enough.

I literally just got an email from ascension. Its hard to say if its just regular marketing stuff but it seems to imply the new server is out and ready to be played on. I plan to check it out as well.

I simply wouldnt give one game a pass to avoid hypocrisy. The loot box games should be marked for adults or changed.

I dont disagree with what you brought up but you left out that the game literally looks similar to any general poker gambling site.

Its poker with a twist, which absolutely exists in casinos.

Id rather neither, I can’t think of a single good thing that would come of teaching a child poker.

I wouldnt go that far, no.

I recommend Amish porn instead. I dont think they are actually Amish but way better than jewish porn.

I’m sure it saved time starting from the template from Hogwarts legacy. The real problem is veilguard isnt an RPG. Divinity original sin 2 is a better game IMO.

Do you throw danish people?

Its bad because children will associate poker with a good enjoyable time, which might lead them to a bad situation later on when they are permitted inside casinos.

I consider most arcades with ticket prizes to be gambling as well, and shouldnt be for kids. Most kids dont realize they could have just bought the prize for far cheaper.

And yes vodka pong is bad too, go yell at the rich vodka corporatists who paid the rating board to pass them though.

I’ll give you a tip, nearly all certification or rating boards are grifts.

No that part is very hypocritical, and I’m sure it has a lot to do with how much money the big game developers can throw around to make sure their loot box game isnt marked for adults.

I think both lootboxes and poker games are bad in this sense, its just the other reasons people are giving that are nonsense.

To say clearly, the rating board is hypocritical and should also mark lootbox games accordingly.

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Huzzah!

This post is clearly full of people WHO CLEARLY HAVE NO GAMBLING PROBLEM.

The arguments are even more ridiculous if you substitute an addictive drug for gambling.

“But vicodin and oxy are legal, how’s that fair!” “Plenty of kids are prescribed painkillers in other countries and they are fine!” “The regulatory agency is just trying to punish heroin for being way better than the rest!” “I think all drugs should be legal, anyone should be allowed to make whatever mistakes they want with no oversight!”

Gambling at an arcade is exactly the same. All you’ve done is lower the stakes so hopefully it couldn’t affect you.

Well many 10 year olds dont know how to find and use a vpn.

Or they are laws to prevent children from seeing pornography.

Slippery slope is nonsense. We dont allow a bunch of other things for children, its not any different because the company would rather stop selling altogether then to adjust for regulations.

A lot of people here are acting like free access to any type of pornography is a net benefit for society as well, which I find strange.