What do the domestication of rice, the Bronze Age collapse, the founding (and sacking) of Rome, the American Revolution, and the Moon landing have in common? That's right: You could fit every single one of them into the time we've all spent playing dangerously moreish deckbuilder Balatro and have a few millennia left to spare.
So says the game's creator, LocalThunk, in a post over on X, "The Everything App." "Balatro has been cumulatively played for over 11,000 years across all platforms," wrote Mssr Thunk in a post that should maybe have prompted some self-reflection on our part but which only sparked pride.
