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In season 1, I thought there was a good mix of things that the show did better than the game, and vice versa. For just about everything in season 2, the game did it better. Like the article states, my biggest issue with Ellie is she is almost a completely different character. The game's writing, which I think was absolutely fearless and brilliant, did a great job tearing down the whole anti-hero cliche that is so predominant in our entertainment now. I remember for the first Ellie/Abbie fight, I got so angry I put down the game for over a week. By the end of it though, I totally understood Abby and sympathized with her. In the show, I'm not much interested in either of them. There just isn't much depth, which part of is the writing, the other is they are just rushing through everything and inserting scenes from the game without dwelving into them.

Going to have to try some of these. I have been playing Balatro a little bit. It's weird, I was a poker dealer for 5 years, and I haven't really "got it" yet. It's fun to play a few hands but I don't think I really understand the logistics of everything yet.