Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design

The main problem we have in our industry would not necessarily be addiction, because addiction is a very specific disorder that actually does not affect the very large majority of gamers–because being highly engaged with a game is not the same thing as being addicted. Addiction is a disorder, some people suffer from it, some people are addicted to games, yes, definitely. We need to have a rational discussion about this, and understand what’s the problem, and not be like “booooo, video games are terrible,” because then the video game industry is going to react “oh, no!

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