The indie darling of 2024, Balatro, has unexpectedly made its way onto Netflix’s dystopian anthology series, Black Mirror. The game pops up in the latest season and while I'm completely blown ...

What's up with all the "M" jokers/references to Jolly Joker? "M" is a reference to an incident in the official Balatro Discord where a user named mjiojio was spamming the letter "m" in various ...

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly gave the green light to creation of distinctive license plates celebrating National Future Farmers of America and the Route 66 Association of Kansas in addition to ...

LocalThunk, the anonymous developer of the Indie hit Balatro, sent a real-life Jimbo to accept the BAFTA award for Best Debut Game. Balatro was released in February 2024 and almost immediately ...

The BAFTA Games Awards celebrate gaming excellence and creative achievement in the best games of the last year. Hosted by comedian Phil Wang for the second year running, the biggest names in ...

For Balatro fans, seeing Final Fantasy 16 star Ben Starr don the Jimbo Jester hat and clown makeup has become somewhat of a common occurrence. But Starr’s acceptance speech on behalf of ...

It's last year’s break-out indie success. Developed by a lone, Canadian developer known only as LocalThunk, Balatro is a poker-inspired card game with a lo-fi appearance and fiendishly addictive ...

Balatro publisher Playstack is undoubtedly thrilled with the success of the poker roguelike phenomenon, which recently zipped past five million units sold, and head of discovery Patrick Johnson ...

Stripped of traditional production trappings, “Skye” emerges as a minimalist yet emotionally rich road movie experience that takes viewers deep into the heart of personal transformation.

We may only be in April, but 2025 is quickly shaping up to be a stellar year for releases. So many GOTY contenders have already been released, but none are as beloved as Blue Prince. However, one ...

So, when something like Balatro comes along, it's important to really cherish the moment. And while it seems like something that just popped up overnight, it was a long time in the making ...

If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. The same is true of Anna Haines, whose general aesthetic is much more pared-back than Rachel's, though still not considered ‘minimalist’ in ...