Fortnite Accused of Being as Addictive as Cocaine
Do you think it is so addictive that it can become dangerous?
December 6, 2019
A Montreal-based law firm is preparing a class action suit on behalf of two parents who claim that the popular game Fortnite is as addictive as cocaine. Apparently, whenever the game is played for a long period of time, dopamine is released in the brain making the game as addictive as drugs. Attorney Alessandra Esposito Chartrand states that when Epic Games created Fortnite the publisher hired psychologists to dig into the human brain to see what they could do to make the game as addictive as possible. Basically, the attorney is trying to prove that Epic Games should be sued because they put Fortnite on the market knowing how addictive it was to their youth target. The lawsuit claims that the game did not warn the users of the addictive risks. There was no report on the amount of damages sought in the lawsuit.
Is Fortnite really as addictive as a drug, though? Do you think it is so addictive that it can become dangerous?
Allison Feamster • Dec 9, 2019 at 7:37 am
Interesting! Anything that is considered addictive can be pointed at like this. However, dopamine can be released in any pleasurable situation. Can you really make eating illegal? Of course not!
As a gamer myself, I have not found addiction to be a problem. I believe it is the user, not so much the game, that controls that. I can imagine addiction to video games destroying one’s like much like a drug, but it does not mean it is the same thing. A drug destroys the insides as well, and/or change the level of consciousness. Therefore, a drug is far more dangerous because it does much more.
Did you know that sugar is considered addictive as cocaine too?