Is Fortnite an addictive video game?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy-26 Jun 2018Presenter
Louise Theodosiou, from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and video games expert and enthusiast Alysia Judge discuss Fortnite.
Fortnite: the video game taking the world by storm
Krishnan Guru-Murthy-26 Jun 2018
It’s got kids obsessed, parents tearing their hair out and some schools calling for it to be banned.
Fortnite is the video game of the year. It’s an astonishing success, but sparking lots of debate about gaming addiction, as the NHS opens its first clinic specialising in the condition.
As a parent myself, I know all about the perils of trying to tell children to turn it off and go and do something outside.
I just don’t understand, I’m regularly told. So I got my own son into the studio with his friends to learn about the attractions and perils of Fortnite.
