I think it’s less of a monopoly and more of the fact that they won the market share game. I could buy all my games somewhere else but I don’t know why I would do something so stupid.

Imagine feeling threatened by cartoon boobies.

First they came for the hentai but I did not speak out because I’m not a weeb…

For a really long time I never thought I’d do more than one gold stake. That first one was the only completionist feeling one to me.

I later discovered Dr. Specter’s Balatro University and also watched a lot of Major League Balatro. I learned a ton and thought that maybe I’d give harder stakes another try. There’s a lot of dopamine to be had in applying theoretical knowledge to overcome something you previously thought was nearly impossible.

Black stake is a whole other beast though. Dr. Specter himself says if you really want to beat it you should be prepared to reset over and over for hours on end.

Black deck is my last gold stake and I feel exactly the same way.

+1 for Balatro.