[HN Gopher] PEGI amends classifications of 'Balatro' and 'Luck b...
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PEGI amends classifications of 'Balatro' and 'Luck be a Landlord'
to PEGI 12
Author : jsheard
Score : 26 points
Date : 2025-02-24 19:07 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (pegi.info)
(TXT) w3m dump (pegi.info)
| skyyler wrote:
| >On the basis of these appeals, the PEGI Experts Group will
| develop a more granular set of classification criteria to handle
| gambling themes and the simulation, teaching and glamorisation of
| gambling in different age categories
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| Okay! Now make paid lootboxes an 18+ feature.
| kelseyfrog wrote:
| I'm 12 and I'm glad I can finally learn how to gamble.
| favorited wrote:
| There's no gambling in Balatro.
| fredley wrote:
| This time my Wheel of Fortune will hit, I know it!
| kelseyfrog wrote:
| Sure there is. Card packs all cost money and what you're
| going to get is up to chance.
| jjmarr wrote:
| Are all probability-based mechanics requiring you to choose
| how you spend limited resources gambling?
| jeffwask wrote:
| Good reversal. Balatro did not deserve a PEGI 18. There's more
| gambling in FIFA.
| starkparker wrote:
| It's still wild* to me that implementing real-money games of
| chance in video games warrants lower PEGI ratings than
| "glamorizing" the concept of fictional-money games of chance.
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| * PEGI is industry self-regulation, so it makes perfect sense and
| is not wild at all, it just feels like it in any kind of removed
| context
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