The looming Fortnite debate

[boyst]

1) I want to think on this some.

 

2) I am attempting to set my Nintendo up on a 60" Sharp Aquos I won at work.

 

3) they give out scholarships for gaming now.

[KD in CA]

21 hours ago, 3rdnlng said:

This gamer gave up this for the gaming.

 

ps://www.rt.com/sport/434150-gamer-break-up-girlfriend-esports/

 

Hell, I'd give up beer for Mexico's sexiest weather girl!

[GG]

4 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

Name one product ever offered by a company that hasn't tried to build in a method of retention.  Next, come to the realization that anyone can find a way to redefine retention as addiction.  Technology is simply speeding up the process.  How is Facebook immune to the accusations this video game faces?  They're not as good at causing addiction?

 

There have been rumors for decades that KFC puts a chemical in its chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly smartass.  Maybe they named the game Fortnite as a homage.

 

What if the Colonel devised a formula that made everyone turn back and reorder after pulling out from the drive-thru?

 

Apparently the game mirrors the effects of heroin.  Would you have the same reaction if a bunch of guys in a lab designed anything but a video game to produce the same response?  The algorithm is specifically tweaked to release dopamine that triggers addictive behavior.  The end result is far more harmful than any video game in the past. 

 

People get up in arms over second and third hand smoke that has very little scientific justification.   Why ignore a new medium that acts identically to things that are universally agreed are evil?

[KD in CA]