*Pop*. That’s the sound of a can of worms springing open, the contents of which are now swarming across my face as I grapple with this story. A Montreal law firm has requested authorisation to launch a class-action lawsuit against Fortnite for being too addictive. They’re doing this on behalf of the parents of two children, aged ten and fifteen. Core to Calex Legal’s suit is the way Epic hired psychologists during Fortnite’s development.
They “really dug into the human brain and they really made the effort to make it as addictive as possible”, according to attorney Alessandra Esposito Chartrand. The legal notice compares the effects of Fortnite to cocaine, because they both cause the human brain to release dopamine. This strikes me as daft, because so does salad. Even in the face of that overblown comparison, though, I’d argue the case isn’t completely without merit.
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