'Red Dead Redemption 2' gets blackjack wrong, but it's a fixable problem
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Video games suck at blackjack.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a convenient target, being the latest and most high-profile offender. But video game blackjack hasn't ever been done right in my recollection. And it's because every game gets a central component wrong: The key to blackjack, the thing that makes it interesting, is the betting. Not the rules.
So let's talk first about those rules, the absolute basics of blackjack. How each card works, what the goal is, how a typical hand flows.
Blackjack basics
The objective in blackjack is to get a set of cards whose sum is 21. Less than that is OK. More than that is a bust — a lost hand. Numbered cards, 2 through 10, count as the number printed on the card. Face cards also count as a 10. Ace can be either a 1 or an 11, whichever you choose. So if you have a 9 card and two Aces, you have a 21: 9 + 11 Ace + 1 Ace. That's great. Read more...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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