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The best Jokers in Balatro: 16 Jokers you’ll need for a Gold Stake run

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The best Jokers in Balatro: 16 Jokers you’ll need for a Gold Stake run

Table of Contents Table of Contents Burnt Joker (Uncommon) Stuntman (Uncommon) Square Joker (Common) Castle (Uncommon) Ride the Bus (Common) Supernova (Common) Green Joker (Common) Gros Michel (Common) Mystic Summit (Common) Blackboard (Uncommon) Card Sharp (Uncommon) Ramen (Uncommon) Baseball Card (Rare) Acrobat (Uncommon) Burglar (Uncommon) Blueprint (Rare) Balatro, during the early stakes — the game’s … Read more

Try this beautiful new game that just surprise-launched ahead of The Game Awards

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Try this beautiful new game that just surprise-launched ahead of The Game Awards

Nothing makes me feel more powerless in this world than the existential threats facing our climate. No matter how many paper straws I use, global warming is not a problem I have virtually any power to stop. So long as mega corporations keep pumping pollution into the atmosphere, all I can do is sit on … Read more

Overthinking trashy TV with The Crush House’s architect

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Overthinking trashy TV with The Crush House’s architect

The hardest part of any TV binge session is figuring out what to watch. That’s the tall task that stands before me when I meet up with The Crush House director Nicole He at a co-working space in Brooklyn. Rather than simply talking about her upcoming reality TV simulator or walking through a demo, I … Read more

Try this Kirby-like Metroidvania while you wait for Silksong

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Try this Kirby-like Metroidvania while you wait for Silksong

Lucid Dreams Studio It’s been a long few years for Hollow Knight fans. The Metroidvania’s long-awaited sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong, was announced five years ago. Since then, we’ve barely heard a peep about it outside of one high-profile trailer in 2022 that claimed it would launch within 12 months. That didn’t happen, and we’ve been … Read more

Ultros review: a bold, beautiful, and baffling Metroidvania

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Ultros review: a bold, beautiful, and baffling Metroidvania

“Ultros is a bold and beautiful artistic vision, but a convoluted Metroidvania.” Pros Psychedelic art Fantastic music Unique gardening system Cons Unclear visual design Underexplained systems Tedious backtracking My bloody quest to kill a grotesque demon is about to reach its climax when I stop to do a bit of intergalactic gardening. Testing out a … Read more