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Balatro

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Welcome to Balatro Lemmy and Mbin Community.

This community is for the game Balatro, which is developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. For more Balatro conversation, please head to the stickied FAQ and check out the official Discord channel. Also make sure you read our rules before posting.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Boil it, mash it, put it in a stew!

[–] nemith 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Etymology. Latin latron-, latro mercenary soldier, brigand; akin to Greek latron pay, hire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It’s kinda like updog.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most people pronounce it the later, LocalThunk pronounces it the former, but says either is fine by them.

Source: start of this podcast interview https://youtu.be/hIlL7QomlOk?si=ySLmyKKsABXsBQv-

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The word balatro wasn't made up for this game -- it's a Latin term for "joker".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balatro

It'll be an "a" sound in that word, not a "u".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Wait I’ve been saying bola-taro this while time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Baal-a-troix