Is Popular PC Game ‘Fortnite’ Bad for Kids?
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Popular Fortnite is played all across the world on emulators, consoles, PC boxes, and now even on phones. The love for Fortnite is crazy. The unique and attractive art design is what sets it apart in the community. There are quirky, fun world-building, Llamas, tomatoes, and more for the win in-game.
Adding to it, there is an interesting take on the battle royale formula with balancing shooting with the resource-gathering and cover-creation mechanics. But, the question is, “Is Popular Fortnite Bad for Kids?“ Let’s understand the pros and cons in the detailed piece below.
Pros: Understanding the Benefits of Fortnite
Fortnite is fun to play around with friends and family. Fortnite has become a big player in the way that many kids socialize with each other, and that’s not all bad. They can learn teamwork, cooperation, compromise, sacrifice, the agonies of defeat, and the triumph of succeeding at a common goal. Concluding this point, it has almost all the benefits of team sports, except also accessible if you happen to be less athletically skilled.
Players can work toward long-term goals by earning and saving V-Bucks, playing on a consistent schedule, staying focused and committed to their goals, and wisely passing up opportunities for impulse purchases. In short, it can help to teach kids a good work ethic, problem-solving skills, and money management.
Cons: Here Comes the Bad Part of Fortnite
The battle royale as a concept is pretty dark. If you don’t reminisce about it much, the stress is less. But if you do, it’s Hunger Games-level dark. What happens when Fortnite characters die? Do they teleport out to a happier place? Are they holograms? Or is it something far more sinister? Why do these characters feel the need to murder each other?
Time will tell whether Fortnite can stay compelling over the long haul or if it will eventually fade like so many other games with massive cultural impact. Either way, for the time being, parents with younger children especially should be cautious about how much their kids commit to playing.
At the same time, in both its strengths and weaknesses, Fortnite can help to be a conversation starter between parents and kids and something that can be used as a way to teach and learn the joys and hazards of modern games and how to balance gaming and other interests and obligations.
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Mohit Kumar
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