Another Fortnite Addiction Program Set to Air in Australia, Featuring Concerned Parents \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ve Been Headbutted, I\u2019ve had a Concussion\u201d 60 Minutes – The Sun, Fortnite – Epic GamesA mother from Sydney, Australia, has come forward to share a story about her \u2018Fortnite-addicted\u2019 son, who she says headbutted her for trying to stop him from playing. Fortnite has come under fire again in a video from Australia\u2019s 60 Minutes, where a concerned mother spoke out about her son\u2019s addiction to the battle-royale title. In the video, she states that her son physically retaliated to her attempts to get him to stop playing, and admitted that she was \u2018frightened\u2019 of her child. The show\u2019s host likewise revealed that her son had been truant from classes for two years. The video also teased that video game addiction can cause \u2018irreversible brain changes,\u2019 and was paired with clips of the son in question stating that he missed his friends outside of the game. \u201cI kind of miss having, like, friends, but I\u2019ve got friends online.\u201d The segment was advertised as a health warning, encouraging parents to take notice of their children\u2019s video game habits. The video follows the World Health Organization\u2019s classification of video game addiction as a legitimate disease, under the name \u201cGaming Disorder.\u201d The disease\u2019s symptoms include \u201cimpaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.\u201d Fortnite has been at the center of multiple controversies, including news of a girl entering rehab for her addiction to the game. The NHL has likewise cracked down on its players for posting about Fortnite on social media, citing that too much gaming takes away from valuable practice time. While many gaming pros and personalities have spoken out about the benefits of video games, negative news continues to circle the topic, inciting a heated conversation throughout the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another Fortnite Addiction Program Set to Air in Australia, Featuring Concerned Parents \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ve Been Headbutted, I\u2019ve had a Concussion\u201d 60 Minutes – The Sun, Fortnite – Epic GamesA mother from Sydney, Australia, has come forward to share a story about her \u2018Fortnite-addicted\u2019 son, who she says headbutted her for trying to stop him from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}