Poker roguelite Balatro swept the BAFTA games awards last night, and Final Fantasy 16's very own Clive, Ben Starr, gave an incredibly strange speech when picking up its best Debut Game win.

First off, you might be wondering why LocalThunk wasn't there to accept the award for themselves, but Ben Starr made sure we got a show, as can be seen in the BAFTA Games Awards 25 ceremony from 1 ...

Ben Starr as 'Balatro' mascot Jimbo at the 2025 ... “And I can say having met him personally, LocalThunk is really rich now,” he continued, playfully mocking Balatro’s creator.

Though PEGI and, now, YouTube have failed to tell the difference, so the hit game's creator LocalThunk has once again spoken out about the mischaracterization. "Apparently Balatro videos are being ...

It was another big weekend for Balatro and developer localthunk as the game got another set of flowers at the BAFTA Game Awards, but localthunk didn’t just take in the praise. They also directed ...

Among the 154 songs that compose the game's eight hours of music sits the beautiful "Until Next Life," which marks actor Ben Starr's first foray into performing video game music. Starr, who plays ...