Balatro wasn't just : pretty much (). But unfortunately things have now taken a distressing turn.
There's an official way to pronounce Balatro, and it's not what I thought. I say Ba-lah-tro and so do most members of the yono all app PCG team. recently put the question to Naman Budhwar, head of marketing at the game's publisher Playstack, and he says otherwise.
"BAH-luh-trow is how LocalThunk says it," says Budhwar. "But it’s kind of a 'gif / jif' situation, where he doesn’t really mind how people say it.
My disappointment is immeasurable, my day is ruined, and for some reason I keep thinking of that time John Romero said "gib" was .
Developer LocalThunk's been on a well-deserved victory lap recently, sharing the along with various other tidbits (such as when he resumed development because ). Oh, and the time they released a demo of the game where .