Monday, September 3, 2018

What's The Deal With "Fortnite"?


The Guardian describes it as the most popular game in schools. "With more than 125m players worldwide, the chances are either your children or their friends are already passionate fans." The article goes into great detail regarding the game.

Here is a 5 hour sampling of the Fortnite summer skirmish competition from week five series (day 2) back in early August 2018....


At the time of this posting it has almost 1.4 million views.


Although there's been no studies I can't imagine someone's mind not exhibiting symptoms of PTDS if they spend an extensive amount of time under the stress of this game.

I had no clue some 125 million were entertaining themselves with this kind of violence. It indicates to me a lot of peoples' basic instincts are alarmingly drawn towards violence. One could argue the game is fulfilling a demand. Hence why it's success. One could further argue if gamers are glued to the chair acting out their fantasies they won't be out shooting other people. So without a research the question remains-- are they potential bad actors or doing more harm to themselves then to others?

Either Way....
Of all the games I could imagine being developed this would be the last one I'd like to see on the market. Quite frankly it scares me so many of my fellow human beings take joy in annihilating each other. However I'm sure it would be a great military tool for those looking for new recruits by name. Then on the other hand perhaps Homeland Security may also be interested as well in who these players are. No one knows, do one? :-)

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