March 17, 2025

The Next Balatro: Monkey See, Monkey Publish

Publishers desperately want to sign "The Next Balatro" because they are reactive losers who chase trends rather than lead markets. Will they ever find it, however, when games like Balatro are the antithesis of what these corpos stand for? No. No they won't.

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alexander gaitan · March 17, 2025

Steph needs a nap. Rest well!

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James Rule · March 17, 2025

Imagine if instead of searching through itch.io looking for things to content strike, AAA(A?) publishers looked for promising games to fund? Oh wait, that would take a brain.