WEBVTT - A Parents Guide to Fortnite

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<v Speaker 1>What parents need to know about Fortnite. What's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Richdmiro. This is Rich on Tech Daily. Fortnite is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the hottest video games out there and so

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<v Speaker 1>many people are playing it. The full name is Fortnite

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<v Speaker 1>Battle Royale, but everyone's pretty much just calling it Fortnite.

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<v Speaker 1>The premise of the game be the last person standing.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on an island with one hundred other people and

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<v Speaker 1>you have to do what it takes to win, and yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that means there are lots of weapons and killing involved.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Fortnite has been around on consoles for a while, like

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<v Speaker 1>the Xbox and the PlayStation, but what really propelled this

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<v Speaker 1>game to a new level of popularity is when it

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<v Speaker 1>became available on the iPhone, and that was back in March. Recently,

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<v Speaker 1>we talked to Josh oakesofsmartsocial dot com. He runs a

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<v Speaker 1>really cool website that creates user guides for parents about

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<v Speaker 1>popular apps so they basically better understand what their kids

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<v Speaker 1>are doing on their phones.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's super popular because it's short gameplay, meaning that

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<v Speaker 2>you can play for one minute to up to twenty minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're playing with one hundred other people. Many of

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<v Speaker 2>them are your friends that you've invited to play with you,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're playing for a short period of time. Think

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<v Speaker 2>of it like episodic TV instead of a whole movie

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<v Speaker 2>where it's a big commitment. Students like it because it's

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<v Speaker 2>very fast paced.

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<v Speaker 1>Fortnite is free to download, but there are lots of

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities to make in app purchases. We call this the

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<v Speaker 1>freemium model. You can buy cooler outfits or better weapons.

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<v Speaker 1>So one thousand v bucks as they call them, will

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<v Speaker 1>cost you ten dollars. The other two most popular in

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<v Speaker 1>app purchases are even more v bucks for twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>dollars or sixty dollars, and the more you buy, the

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<v Speaker 1>more bonus v bucks you get.

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<v Speaker 2>In this game, you can buy different outfits and all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of different things, and it's a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>silly than just some of the other games that are

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<v Speaker 2>very graphic and violent. This game you can actually have fun,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can dance, and you can wear silly outfits

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<v Speaker 2>and do all kinds of things that your friends might

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<v Speaker 2>laugh at, and you're having fun along the way.

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<v Speaker 1>The game is rated twelve's loss for frequent slash, intense,

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<v Speaker 1>cartoon or fantasy violence and infrequent slash mild, medical slash

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<v Speaker 1>treatment information, whatever that is.

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<v Speaker 2>So this game is for mature audiences because you're killing

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<v Speaker 2>opponents in this game. Sure there's less blood and guts,

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<v Speaker 2>but you have an ax or a machine gun and

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of different weapons that you're using to defeat

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<v Speaker 2>the other ninety nine people that you could potentially be

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<v Speaker 2>playing against.

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<v Speaker 1>So who are these ninety nine other people? Well, they

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<v Speaker 1>could be your kids friends in real life, but they

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<v Speaker 1>can also be strangers.

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<v Speaker 2>Apps like Fortnite and many other ones have what's called

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<v Speaker 2>multiplayer mode. That means your kid can be chatting with

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<v Speaker 2>people that you don't know. And the biggest problem with

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<v Speaker 2>that some parents think, oh, there's a mute button, they

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<v Speaker 2>can mute the person that they don't like that's said

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<v Speaker 2>the bad word. Your kids might not know that. And

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<v Speaker 2>you've also taught your kids to be polite, so if

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<v Speaker 2>your kids are wanting to be polite, they may not

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<v Speaker 2>mute that person because they don't want to seem rude.

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<v Speaker 2>So you have to be really careful and be with

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<v Speaker 2>your kids where they're at because multiplayer mode allows you

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<v Speaker 2>to talk, listen, chat, and for that person to get

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<v Speaker 2>to know your kid.

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<v Speaker 1>And This is why Oaks recommends changing a privacy setting

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<v Speaker 1>right when your kid first sets up their account.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why when you set up an account, your kids

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<v Speaker 2>need to immediately set it to private so that only

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<v Speaker 2>their friends can find them knowing a username or email,

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<v Speaker 2>and not everybody can see them online.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're all guilty of this, spending too much time

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<v Speaker 1>in front of our screens. It's just kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>way of the world right now. Oaks recommends a simple solution.

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<v Speaker 2>Kids can lose track of time when they're on apps

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<v Speaker 2>like Fortnite, and that's why we tell parents, go get

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<v Speaker 2>a simple egg timer or a cooking timer and put

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<v Speaker 2>it next to your kids so as they're playing, they

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<v Speaker 2>can start to see and it'll buzz at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the game. Then parents aren't the bad person. The

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<v Speaker 2>timer is. And it's a great way to say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>real life has elapsed in this amount of time, and

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<v Speaker 2>now it's time for either to put this down or

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<v Speaker 2>to do something different.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I will tell you this. We started using these

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<v Speaker 1>timers in our house a few months back and it

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<v Speaker 1>has been amazing. We're a big fan of them. I

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<v Speaker 1>just set them on my Google Home. You can use

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<v Speaker 1>Alexa or Siri to do the same, and when the

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<v Speaker 1>timer goes off, there's really no debating. And I found

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<v Speaker 1>that my kids actually like Google telling them that times

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<v Speaker 1>up more so than me. Of course, they're not teens

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<v Speaker 1>just yet, so talk to me in a few years

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll tell you if this is still working. There

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<v Speaker 1>you have it, the download on Fortnite, which by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>is only going to get even more popular when it's

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<v Speaker 1>available on Android. It's not there just yet, but apparently

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<v Speaker 1>that's happening in the next few months, although no solid

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<v Speaker 1>date has been announced. Thanks so much for listening to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I do appreciate it, and if you can

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<v Speaker 1>would be great because that way more people discover it.

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<v Speaker 1>And as always, you can find links to everything I

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<v Speaker 1>talk about here on the podcast, including a link to

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<v Speaker 1>smartsocial dot com, where you can get family guides for

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<v Speaker 1>many more apps. Just go to richon tech dot tv.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Rich Smiro. Have a fantastic day. I'll talk to

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<v Speaker 1>you real sick