‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker is addicted to playing 'Balatro' video game, uses it to reward himself for writing
‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker is addicted to playing 'Balatro' video game, uses it to reward himself for writing
Creator-writer Charlie Brooker sits down with Deadline to talk about the making Season 6 of Black Mirror
BROOKER: This is going to sound so tragic, but right now there’s a game called Balatro. It’s like poker, and it’s possibly the most addictive thing ever created. It’s currently on Nintendo Switch and Steam deck, but it’s going to be released on phones, and at that point I think humankind’s activity is going to drop about 25%. I play that in short bursts when I’m writing to reward myself. I do like Ghost of Tsushima and Dave the Diver too, but there’s loads more.
One of us.
I was thinking about this episode a lot when I discovered Shapez and wouldn't fucking shut up about it for a week
it's so fucking fun omg, the last level I played had me delivering little watermelon slices to the hub 🤩
(there's a browser and mobile version too, but the controls aren't as intuitive, which makes it less enjoyable)
Wot if card games were addictive 🤯
Wot if yer mum was a Joker card
2 dimensional mothers and they're also the Joker
When Balatro releases on iOS I’m done for
o fuck
Gonna have to figure out how to make AltStore work, fuck you Apple for not enabling other app stores outside the EU
we're balatro girlies, of course we use it as extrinsic motivation
Unfortunately and unless I am mistaken, Brooker is a massive chauvinist
well he is british lol
I just really hate him for being smug and making bad sci-fi
Fukkin
After attending Wallingford School, Brooker attended the Polytechnic of Central London (which became the University of Westminster during his final year there) to study for a BA in Media Studies. He says that he did not graduate because his dissertation was written on video games, which was not considered an acceptable topic.
Critical support for the Brit*sh education system oppressing g*mers.
Good game
Brooker can fuck all the way off about Dave the Diver. Don't you dare compare my beautiful giant adult son David to fucking Balatro. Is he stupid?
balatro is amazing. i would be flattered
there was no comparison ??? it was just a name drop
