Most people would assume that 6-8 weeks of globally warmed summer holidays provide ample opportunity for outdoor childhood adventures but in a world where 10 year olds are almost constantly glued to electronics, a FORTNITE lasts much longer than two weeks and is fast becoming the bane of my life.
It’s not just the shooting that greatly disturbs me but the fact that all general life must go on hold for the latest battle. Friends calling for you to come outside to play seems resigned to my memories of the 1980s. There is no longer any need to leave the house when you can party in your parents’ living-room and talk to your “dudes” online with the echoing reverberation of a headphones and speakers combination.
To make matters worse, Social Media personalities are established based on their expertise in this game. If FORTNITE is not in play then, we must endure a shouty teenage prankster called Morgz, role-model to Year 7s, stealing his mother’s credit card to buy V-Bucks, the FORTNITE currency, advertising his own “Merch” or entering his girlfriend’s home surreptitiously.
Explaining that taking and using other people’s credit cards is in fact illegal, is made more difficult when in a black and white world, “his mum deserved it because she agreed to the terms and conditions in a previous video where she broke her promise to give Morgz unlimited skins if he got a Victory Royale in the game.”
The appeal of Morgz’s pranks elevates him to hero status while Morgz’ Mum, Jill, seems to be equally popular on her own YouTube channel. It is a definite sign of my age when I think Morgz and his mum should be a little more careful with content when broadcasting to impressionable children. It's just not flippin' dope, Dudes!
It’s not just the shooting that greatly disturbs me but the fact that all general life must go on hold for the latest battle. Friends calling for you to come outside to play seems resigned to my memories of the 1980s. There is no longer any need to leave the house when you can party in your parents’ living-room and talk to your “dudes” online with the echoing reverberation of a headphones and speakers combination.
To make matters worse, Social Media personalities are established based on their expertise in this game. If FORTNITE is not in play then, we must endure a shouty teenage prankster called Morgz, role-model to Year 7s, stealing his mother’s credit card to buy V-Bucks, the FORTNITE currency, advertising his own “Merch” or entering his girlfriend’s home surreptitiously.
Explaining that taking and using other people’s credit cards is in fact illegal, is made more difficult when in a black and white world, “his mum deserved it because she agreed to the terms and conditions in a previous video where she broke her promise to give Morgz unlimited skins if he got a Victory Royale in the game.”
The appeal of Morgz’s pranks elevates him to hero status while Morgz’ Mum, Jill, seems to be equally popular on her own YouTube channel. It is a definite sign of my age when I think Morgz and his mum should be a little more careful with content when broadcasting to impressionable children. It's just not flippin' dope, Dudes!