YouTube has started age restricting Balatro videos for alleged gambling-related content, and creator LocalThunk is clearly getting sick of this sort of thing

YouTube has started age restricting Balatro videos for alleged gambling-related content, and creator LocalThunk is clearly getting sick of this sort of thing

Balatro-focused YouTube channel Balatro University has shared a video describing their personal experience with YouTube age restricting videos about the game, with the given reason being its alleged depiction of gambling. Balatro creator LocalThunk has even commented on the situation, frustrated by the continued mischaracterization of his game. On March 19th, YouTube instituted a TOS…

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Crucial X10 review

You see that front-panel USB-C port on the fancy Fractal Design Terra Mini-ITX case? That’s a USB 3.2 x2, and if you plug it into a standard USB 3 header on a motherboard the system chucks an error and won’t boot. That’s my experience, anyway. So it was with some trepidation that I picked up…

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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Patrick Hickey, Jr.

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Patrick Hickey, Jr. who is displayed on card number 3258, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Patrick Hickey, Jr., is the founder and editor-in-chief of ReviewFix.com and a lecturer of English and journalism at Kingsborough Community College, in Brooklyn, New York. Over the past decade, his video game coverage…

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Writer Andrew Dice, whose work helped popularize Japanese indies like Recettear in the West, has died

Writer Andrew Dice, one half of videogame localization team Carpe Fulgur, has died. The news was shared to Twitter on September 25 by Dice’s friend and collaborator at Carpe Fulgur, Robin Light-Williams. Carpe Fulgur focused on localizing obscure or otherwise overlooked Japanese games, and was among the first companies to bring Japanese indies to Steam….

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From Pong to Pokémon to Poker: The Generational Reach of Gaming

Video gaming has undergone an astounding transformation over the past fifty years, from Pong’s simple, single-plane screen bouncing ball to immersive Pokémon mobile playing worlds to online poker. From humble origins as a niche hobby, and now perhaps the fastest-growing global culture, video games have expanded onto consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality. Players…

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