The absence of guns from Harris' map sparked some social media criticism, with one X user posting: "Kamala Harris took away our guns in Fortnite."
  • Butterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    23 days ago

    lmao I’m sorry I am 100% for gun regulation but this some big boomer energy and NOT the way to appeal to youth. If the intent is to say “Hey, we have no idea about what you are into but we are pretty sure we know better than you. Go to your room! No video games for a week!” then it’s probably working.

    • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
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      23 days ago

      It’s just absolutely bonkers that they’re using a gun game to campaign while disallowing gun use. You may as well partner with the NFL and then ban tackling, or host a Monopoly game while banning money.

    • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
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      23 days ago

      And I don’t think gun control is even a campaign promise. Just shows either lack of forethought or lack of understanding from their campaign

    • DdCno1@beehaw.org
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      22 days ago

      A majority appears to be:

      62.7% of the Fortnite players are from the age group of 18 to 24.

      https://www.demandsage.com/fortnite-statistics/

      It’s not just a kids game, has been around for long enough (seven years) and has enough staying power that even many of those who started playing it as kids are now adults. Personally, I never cared about it, but that’s because I stopped playing multiplayer shooters a long time ago, not because I feel like I’m too old for this.

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      22 days ago

      Us Millennials and GenXers are old now. :P Fortnight used to be a kids game, because GenZ were still kids. Now they’re adults, and Fortnite ain’t a GenAlpha game.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Man that is hilarious. I’m full on liberal don’t worry, but I’ll always think it’s funny when politicians try to get down with the kids. It always ends so terribly. Just… Stock to issues they care about, okay?

  • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    51·
    22 days ago

    i know the kids hate all that genocide that i’m doing and planning on continuing to do, but maybe i can win them to my side if i make fortnite boring?