Some games push your luck. Others push your brain. Balatro does both, and now—thanks to the Neuro Mod—your neurons might just file a formal complaint. For anyone who has ever thought, “You know what this psychedelic poker roguelike needs? More existential crises,” the Balatro Neuro Mod might be the mod you didn’t know you needed. It’s like someone looked at the game’s already bonkers blend of gambling, poker mechanics, and card-combo chaos and thought, “Let’s make it weirder—but also smarter.” And yes. It works. What is Balatro Again? A Quick Recap Before Your Brain Short-Circuits At its core, Balatro is a roguelike deckbuilder with a heavy poker twist. You’re not just playing hands—you’re strategically stacking modifiers, combos, and wild synergies in an ever-evolving attempt to beat increasingly tough blind levels. Think of it as poker meets slot machine meets acid trip. Add some rogue mechanics, and suddenly your full house…
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Ex-BioWare Devs Reach Their Goal for Banner Saga
We told you about the ex-BioWare devs leaving the company to start their own Indie game design company and begin building The Banner Saga. So how has that been working out for them? Well, probably a lot better than many would have imagined. The team is doing great and used Kickstarter to gain funds for their project and it paid off in a big way. “Stoic Studio, the Austin-based developer recently formed by veterans from BioWare, has already reached its $100,000 funding goal for its turn-based strategy RPG The Banner Saga. The indie developer managed to reach its goal on donation platform Kickstarter just two days after launching the campaign, and after receiving pledges from almost 4,000 people. It still has 30 days to raise more money to fund the PC game, which is scheduled to release later this year.” Gamasutra also tells us about some other games that hit…