Deltarune
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Mike and Ting talk about Deltarune. Contains SPOILERS for Deltarune and Undertale! Contact us: or Show Notes: DELTARUNE UNALTERED UNDERTALE UNRELATED NUTDEALER
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Pre-Chat: The Last One...?
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Mike and Ting are taking a break. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Deltarune. Contact us: or Show Notes: Pre-Chat
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Now Playing 2025
Lost Levels Club
Mike and Ting talk about what they played in the first half of 2025. Contact us: or Show Notes: Multiplayer Singleplayer Mario Kart World
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Pre-Chat: Project Vend and Puzzmo
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Mike and Ting talk about Anthropic's Project Vend and being a tryhard at Puzzmo. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Now Playing 2025. Contact us: or Show Notes: Pre-Chat
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Blue Prince
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Mike and Ting talk about Blue Prince. Contact us: or Show Notes: What is Blue Prince? Room 46 Summary Post-Chat
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Pre-Chat: The Schwartz Awakens
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Mike and Ting talk about Spaceballs 2. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Blue Prince. Contact us: or Show Notes: Pre-Chat
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Slay the Spire
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Mike and Ting talk about Slay the Spire. Contact us: or Show Notes: What is Slay the Spire? Mechanics Experiences Summary
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Pre-Chat: Please and Thanks
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Mike and Ting talk about being polite to AIs and Mike's latest holiday. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Slay the Spire. Contact us: or Show Notes: Pre-Chat
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Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal
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Mike and Ting talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal. Contact us: or Show Notes: Price, Hardware and Features First Party Games Third Party Games
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Pre-Chat: Ghibli Grief
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Mike and Ting talk about lean forward vs lean back entertainment and Ghibli AI slop. NOTE: this is the pre-episode warm up chat for Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal. Contact us: or Show Notes: Pre-Chat
info_outlineMike and Ting talk about Balatro.
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Show Notes:
What is Balatro?
- Jester - Wikipedia
- Balatro
- A 127,076x Multiplier to the Moon! | Balatro | Road to 100% #18 (YouTube)
- The Making of Balatro (feat. LocalThunk) - Dear Dwyery #01 (YouTube)
- Big two - Wikipedia
- “Balatro is the first Deckbuilder I ever played!” (from LocalThunk’s reddit AMA)
- Slay The Spire Meets Las Vegas (Luck Be A Landlord) (YouTube)
- Quantity leads to quality (the origin of a parable)
- 'The Looker': The Art of Parody Against the Menace of Goofiness (YouTube)
- Balatro - Complete Original Soundtrack (Official) (YouTube)
- This might be 2023's best roguelite (Balatro) (YouTube)
- Balatro doesn’t collect telemetry! (from LocalThunk’s reddit AMA)
- Slay the Spire: Metrics Driven Design and Balance (YouTube)
Mechanics
- Blinds and Antes | Balatro Wiki
- Card Modifiers | Balatro Wiki
- Jokers | Balatro Wiki
- Booster Packs | Balatro Wiki
- Balatro bumped from some console storefronts due to ratings change - The Verge
Strategy
- Mike’s Balatro stats
- Ting’s Balatro stats
- Stakes | Balatro Wiki
- 1.0.1f patch is live on Steam! : r/balatro
- Tags | Balatro Wiki
- The Infinite Point Hand
- Smeared Joker (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Checkered Deck | Balatro Wiki
- Loyalty Card (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Spectral Cards | Balatro Wiki
- Vouchers | Balatro Wiki
Favourites
- Cavendish (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Gros Michel banana - Wikipedia
- Swashbuckler (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Blue Joker (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Hologram (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Erosion (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Baseball Card (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Burnt Joker (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Ramen (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
- Perkeo (Joker) | Balatro Wiki
Summary
- Dopamine - Wikipedia
- Love2d.org
- After selling 1 million copies, Balatro creator admits it's "held together with hopes and dreams" as game devs rally around the roguelike's beautifully nightmarish code
- Source code from Balatro : r/programminghorror
- Architecture astronaut - Wikipedia
- Jonathan Blow shows more footage of his new Sokoban-inspired game | Eurogamer.net
- Balatro - Metacritic