Well Bah Humbug to your Fortnite bucks you wanted for Christmas, kids.. parents just became a bunch of Devourers..
Here is the story for your quick review:
A lawsuit has been filed in Canada by parents who say their kids are addicted to the video game Fortnite.
A Canadian Supreme Court judge authorized the filing by Quebec parents against Fortnite’s manufacturer Epic Games.
Also mentioned in the run-up to the lawsuit: Parents say their kids are so addicted that they don’t take care of regular everyday hygiene such as showering. Some kids are so dependent on Fortnite, they’ve stopped eating and sleeping..
Immediately people took to the SOCIALS to give their own opinion..
Parents seem to be crankin’ 90s but others are wondering if they just were not doing their jobs. A lawsuit being filed against a game because the parents could not get their own kids to shower and eat?
So we will refrain from judgement.. we don’t want to get into a heal-off with anyone.. after all, there are times that lawsuits get a bad rap but have merit.
Remember the McDonalds hot coffee litigation in the 1990s? People mocked it terribly but in the end the woman who was injured suffered really horrific burns that necessitated harsh treatment and skin grafts..
This statement was a part of the press reports:
“The court concludes that there is a serious issue to be argued, supported by sufficient and specific allegations as to the existence of risks or even dangers arising from the use of Fortnite,” ruled Justice Sylvain Lussier.
An attorney from the firm that brought the suit equated the game’s maker, Epic Games, to a tobacco manufacturer in an interview, and said the legal responsibility was “basically the same.”
Lussier echoed the comparison of video game and tobacco addictions. “The harmful effect of tobacco was not recognized or admitted overnight,” he ruled.
So comparing Fortnite to tobacco use.. Health of the body and brain being debated.
Any parents who have kids who play the game–or kids reading this or even parents who play–know that certain addictive quality not only to Fortnite but countless other games that are optioned off as “free.” It’s the devil in the details that makes you need the meds.
The Canadian court did not completely agree with the parents’ claim that Epic Games deliberately made Fortnite addictive. “The court finds that there is no evidence for these allegations of the deliberate creation of an addictive game,” the judge wrote. “This does not exclude the possibility that the game is in fact addictive and that its designer and distributor are presumed to know it.”
So the question remains: What will happen next. Will Epic cave and settle? Will parents take it to the limit.. will kids suddenly have their game vaulted for Christmas?
May God save your battle packs.
