Balatro

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This community is for the game Balatro, which is developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. For more Balatro conversation, please head to the stickied FAQ and check out the official Discord channel. Also make sure you read our rules before posting.

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BAE-LAE-TRO (lemmy.likes.cat)

submitted 5 days ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/balatro@lemm.ee

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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I say Ba-La-Tro

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Boil it, mash it, put it in a stew!

[–] nemith@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Latro? What’s latro?

[–] cdf12345@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Etymology. Latin latron-, latro mercenary soldier, brigand; akin to Greek latron pay, hire.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

It’s kinda like updog.

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 6 points 5 days ago

Wait I’ve been saying bola-taro this while time

[–] cephus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most people pronounce it the later, LocalThunk pronounces it the former, but says either is fine by them.

Source: start of this podcast interview https://youtu.be/hIlL7QomlOk

[–] tal@lemmy.today 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The word balatro wasn't made up for this game -- it's a Latin term for "joker".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balatro

It'll be an "a" sound in that word, not a "u".

[–] misterzero@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Baal-a-troix