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Balatro mod Jimbo’s Big Naturals is a lot funnier and safer for work than it soundsOne pair
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Image credit:prettypinkpansy / Playstack
Image credit:prettypinkpansy / Playstack
Gentle reader, I have previously written exactly two boob-related articles in my life. One was a cheesy round-up of the best manboobs in video games for Green Man Gaming’s long-vanished blog. It was published sometime in 2010, and IIRC, pre-reboot Kratos came out on top. I think/hope it still exists somewhere in the apparatus of Green Man Gaming, hidden beneath the retailer’s veneer of respectability like a barrel of radioactive waste. The other boob article was a piece for OXM about Ken Levine saying that he wished people would stop fixating on Elizabeth’s cleavage in Bioshock Infinite - a complaint we might considerslightlyhypocritical, given the character’s visual design.
Now it’s time for boob article number 3: some modder has given 122 of the 150 Jokers in cardgameBalatrobig chests. This extends from visibly human Jokers to Joker concepts that shouldn’t, strictly speaking, have the capacity for boobage. The banana card has boobs, for example. The credit card card has boobs. Behold.
Image credit:prettypinkpansy / Playstack
I know about the Jimbo’s Big Naturals mod because Graham, ever the mercurial wayfinder, posted it in our Slack yesterday. It’s the work of artist, fanfic writer and “shitpost artisan"prettypinkpansy, who came up with the idea while “trapped in bed with a migraine”. Presumably delirious and raving, they rose from the sweat-soaked sheets, fired up Aseprite, and went to work. There were some mighty hurdles to overcome. “i cannot give titties to to-do list”,readsone despairing Bluesky update. Some hourslater: “let it not be said i am unwilling to admit when i am wrong”. The results can now be downloaded fromGithub. Here’s some blurb from the creator:
To be absolutely clear, this ain’t some pendulous waifu mod for the gamerz: it’s, dare I say, tasteful, whatever that means, and very much safe for work, assuming you have the kind of workplace where people don’t frown upon the spectacle of a busty walkie talkie.
“No nipples are onscreen,” prettypinkpansy explains. “The closest thing to anything scandalous is that Half Joker has a bare chest, but it’s torn too badly so that it obscures anything of note.” If you don’t want to install, you can always view the whole modded sprite sheethere. Given that prettypinkpansy doesn’t specify exactly which cards have undergone Big Naturalisation, there’s some innocent amusement to be had scrutinising seemingly boobless cards for subtle modifications.
I like Jimbo’s Big Naturals. It’s that magic kind of mod that is both very silly and surprisingly crafty. It’s also a testament to the variety and imagination of Balatro’s pixelart card designs: applying the same bodily adjustments to all of them has required a certain amount of imagination in turn. Yes,that’swhy I’m writing this up. Not because I’m almost 40 and still giggle at the idea of a banana with boobs. Some closing trivia:thisis the developer’s favourite Big Naturals card, andthisis the one that was hardest to create.
Little update: Prettypinkpansy has taken the time to comment on this piece, asking that I add the following, disconcertingly professional message to the article:
“Additionally, while making this mod, I discovered the Balatro modding community is full of amazing folks and amazing mods. I am but a drop in the bucket of their creativity. Please be sure to check out what the community has made onthe official Balatro Discord.”
