
Did you know Balatro is available on mobile now? I almost wish I still didn't know, as for only a tenner (I love paying for full experience on mobile – that's how you know it's good) I can now play a game of Balatro any time, any place. Which would make a weaker man than me tremble, unable to resist going in for another round even in the middle of the… Anyway, it's good, alright?
For the uninitiated, Balatro is a poker-themed roguelike that has you assembling poker hands to score points that can be then used to modify your deck to take on increasingly difficult score challenges until you bust. The genius is in how it plays with those simple expectations, the rules that many of us just know through learning card games at a young age, and allows you to really mess with them.