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I can relate. I have taught myself to judge the impact of the StayAndPlay behavioral, and if necessary Alt-F4, walk away.

Getting the shopping out of the car when my wife gets back is not more important, but not helping my wife is perceived as rude, and that is important.

I'm trying to teach my boy this. Fortnite is absolutely gaming crack designed by psychologists. Powerful shit.

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My child enjoys Fortnite Battle Royale. I wanted to buy him Fortnite until he somehow got a free trial for a few days. All the loot boxes really put me off it.

Fortnite is free. The lootboxes, as far as I know, are mostly cosmetic and don’t give an advantage.

But they are inherently addictive (as in, they are meant to be and it is widely known that they are). You generally want to limit children's exposure to addictive things that bring them nothing at all. It's their formative years, after all.

Why doesn't someone form an NGO or non-profit that assigns addicictveness ratings to games? These things can easily be quantified and labeled in a way that parents could easily understand.

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