'Fortnite' is tougher than the Boston Celtics,' New York Knicks coach David Fizdale said to The Athletic in December. 'Fortnite' isn't only distracting kids but professional athletes, too. “The reward system of 'Fortnite' mimics the psychological response one gets from gambling.”

“It's an addiction, literally,” McCullough said. Michael McCullough, a father of six in Falls City, Nebraska, said he cut off his 14-year-old and 10-year-old sons from the game after he and his wife discovered their older kid charged more than $300 on a credit card without their permission. It all adds up to so much money that publisher Epic Games has raked in more than $1.2 billion. They lament all the loot the kids spend on the Vbucks virtual currency that buys the youngsters cosmetic 'skins' and dances ('emotes') for their characters. Parents fret about exposing the kids to violence and an array of strangers. “There is no question that 'Fortnite' is the biggest pain point in terms of media and tech for kids today, and certainly their parents,” Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit advocacy group for kids and families, recently told USA TODAY. You certainly can’t blame those parents who deem 'Fornite' a menace. Assuming they’re cool in the first place with letting their kid participate in a third-person shooter game that’s played by more than 200 million people globally, not all of them, of course, of school age. It’s a question parents have been asking of themselves and their friends.

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