{"id":91495,"date":"2019-04-05T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/random_prince_harry_thinks_fortnite_should_be_banned"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:30:00","slug":"random-prince-harry-thinks-fortnite-should-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/05\/random-prince-harry-thinks-fortnite-should-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Prince Harry Thinks Fortnite Should Be Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and member of the British royal family, thinks that gaming phenomenon Fortnite<\/a><\/strong> shouldn’t be allowed.<\/p>\n

The Daily Express<\/a> reports that, during a visit to a YMCA in West London, Prince Harry urged parents to protect their children from \u201cirresponsible\u201d games, using Fortnite as an example. He described the game as an “addiction”, stating that parents don’t know what to do about it and its effects on their children.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe game shouldn\u2019t be allowed. Where is the benefit of having it in your household? It\u2019s created to addict, an addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible. It\u2019s so irresponsible.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents have got their hands up – they don\u2019t know what to do about it. It\u2019s like waiting for the damage to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In January of last year, it was reported that the World Health Organisation would list game addiction as a mental health condition<\/a> for the first time. It was a controversial decision amongst fans of the hobby, and one that went against the findings of a University of Oxford study looking into the matter; the Entertainment Software Association actually went on to criticise the decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the wellbeing of people who game for long periods of time, especially those who are young, remains a topic of debate.<\/p>\n

Where do you stand? Do you think games like Fortnite can be dangerously addictive? Do you think the accusations are unfounded? Let us know in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and member of the British royal family, thinks that gaming phenomenon Fortnite shouldn’t be allowed. The Daily Express reports that, during a visit to a YMCA in West London, Prince Harry urged parents to protect their children from \u201cirresponsible\u201d games, using Fortnite as an example. He described the game as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}