I see what the creator of Balatro meant: this pachinko roguelike's Steam Next Fest demo is dangerously hard to put down

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I should probably get some work done, I thought.

And then I played more of the Ballionaire demo.

Now here I am, spreading my affliction with minutes left in my work day.

Gold balls, flame balls, water balls, anti-gravity balls it’s all balls down here.

The thing is, this is pachinko, one of the purest games of chance around.

All you’re really doing is constructing anidealpath.

Not that I would know.

Look at that pachinko ball go.

Developer newobject is bang-on: this is “brain-tickling fun.”

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