This television network in Spain talks about Fortnite addiction and violent behavior generated by the Epic Games game.

Months ago, a Canadian law firm said Fortnite generated a similar addiction to cocaine and for that reason, parents were going to report Epic Games for not warning of the risks involved in enjoying their battle royale. Did you think that the subject had fallen into oblivion? Nothing is further from reality.

In the last hours a program of the television network Telecinco, in Spain, has talked about this issue by resorting, of course, to the most negative discourse against video games and, especially against the aforementioned Fortnite . “It’s the fashion video game, ‘ as addictive as cocaine ‘ in which 300 million people play,” you could read in one of the signs that appeared on the screen.

Tertullians have highlighted as something negative that Fortnite is free and that it is on all platforms, because that allows more players to form that title ” Fortnite Addicts ” with which they gave name to the program. With a noticeable lack of solid arguments and an important ignorance of the video game industry, they have ridiculed that a Fortnite player – or eSports in general – can earn more money in a tournament than in any television program.

There are other factors that make Fortnite such a negative video game according to the television program. They highlight that it is a group game, and fast games, with the ability to generate dopamine in fans. They also mention recurring themes when talking about videogames from these television chapters, such as that fans can become violent , stop going outside, or pay their anger with their parents.

Some fans immediately showed their dissatisfaction on social networks , even questioning the choice of the “Fortnite champion” that Telecinco turned to to validate his message that the game is so addictive Like drugs “Telecinco: ‘Fortnite makes people become addicted and dumb.’ Also on Telecinco: ‘Save me for four hours on three different shows every day!'”, Joked an amateur.

Unfortunately, these television programs or sensationalist statements without any scientific rigor are quite frequent when it comes to speaking -for bad- of video games. Days ago, video games were held responsible for a shooting in Mexico, to the point that a psychologist had to say the obvious: video games don’t make you a murderer.

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