May 14, 2018 • 4 mins
Fortnite is a super popular mobile game on the iPhone and consoles. We talk to Josh Ochs of SmartSocial.com about what parents need to know about the game.Fortnite Parents Guide on Smart Social:https://smartsocial.com/fortnite-parent-guide/Follow Rich on Social Media:Facebook: http://facebook.com/RichOnTechTwitter: http://twitter.com/richdemuroInstagram: http://instagram.com/richontechEasy ways to listen on your phone or smart speaker:"Hey Google, Play the Rich on Tech Podcast""Hey Siri, Play the Rich on Tech Podcast""Alexa, Enable the Rich on Tech Flash Briefing"
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
What parents need to know about Fortnite. What's going on?
I'm Richdmiro. This is Rich on Tech Daily. Fortnite is
one of the hottest video games out there and so
many people are playing it. The full name is Fortnite
Battle Royale, but everyone's pretty much just calling it Fortnite.
The premise of the game be the last person standing.
You're on an island with one hundred other people and
(00:25):
you have to do what it takes to win, and yes,
that means there are lots of weapons and killing involved.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Fortnite has been around on consoles for a while, like
the Xbox and the PlayStation, but what really propelled this
game to a new level of popularity is when it
became available on the iPhone, and that was back in March. Recently,
we talked to Josh oakesofsmartsocial dot com. He runs a
really cool website that creates user guides for parents about
popular apps so they basically better understand what their kids
(00:54):
are doing on their phones.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And it's super popular because it's short gameplay, meaning that
you can play for one minute to up to twenty minutes,
and you're playing with one hundred other people. Many of
them are your friends that you've invited to play with you,
but you're playing for a short period of time. Think
of it like episodic TV instead of a whole movie
where it's a big commitment. Students like it because it's
very fast paced.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Fortnite is free to download, but there are lots of
opportunities to make in app purchases. We call this the
freemium model. You can buy cooler outfits or better weapons.
So one thousand v bucks as they call them, will
cost you ten dollars. The other two most popular in
app purchases are even more v bucks for twenty five
dollars or sixty dollars, and the more you buy, the
(01:39):
more bonus v bucks you get.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
In this game, you can buy different outfits and all
kinds of different things, and it's a little bit more
silly than just some of the other games that are
very graphic and violent. This game you can actually have fun,
and you can dance, and you can wear silly outfits
and do all kinds of things that your friends might
laugh at, and you're having fun along the way.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
The game is rated twelve's loss for frequent slash, intense,
cartoon or fantasy violence and infrequent slash mild, medical slash
treatment information, whatever that is.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
So this game is for mature audiences because you're killing
opponents in this game. Sure there's less blood and guts,
but you have an ax or a machine gun and
all kinds of different weapons that you're using to defeat
the other ninety nine people that you could potentially be
playing against.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
So who are these ninety nine other people? Well, they
could be your kids friends in real life, but they
can also be strangers.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Apps like Fortnite and many other ones have what's called
multiplayer mode. That means your kid can be chatting with
people that you don't know. And the biggest problem with
that some parents think, oh, there's a mute button, they
can mute the person that they don't like that's said
the bad word. Your kids might not know that. And
you've also taught your kids to be polite, so if
your kids are wanting to be polite, they may not
mute that person because they don't want to seem rude.
(02:53):
So you have to be really careful and be with
your kids where they're at because multiplayer mode allows you
to talk, listen, chat, and for that person to get
to know your kid.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And This is why Oaks recommends changing a privacy setting
right when your kid first sets up their account.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
That's why when you set up an account, your kids
need to immediately set it to private so that only
their friends can find them knowing a username or email,
and not everybody can see them online.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And we're all guilty of this, spending too much time
in front of our screens. It's just kind of the
way of the world right now. Oaks recommends a simple solution.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Kids can lose track of time when they're on apps
like Fortnite, and that's why we tell parents, go get
a simple egg timer or a cooking timer and put
it next to your kids so as they're playing, they
can start to see and it'll buzz at the end
of the game. Then parents aren't the bad person. The
timer is. And it's a great way to say, oh,
real life has elapsed in this amount of time, and
now it's time for either to put this down or
(03:47):
to do something different.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Now, I will tell you this. We started using these
timers in our house a few months back and it
has been amazing. We're a big fan of them. I
just set them on my Google Home. You can use
Alexa or Siri to do the same, and when the
timer goes off, there's really no debating. And I found
that my kids actually like Google telling them that times
up more so than me. Of course, they're not teens
(04:09):
just yet, so talk to me in a few years
and I'll tell you if this is still working. There
you have it, the download on Fortnite, which by the way,
is only going to get even more popular when it's
available on Android. It's not there just yet, but apparently
that's happening in the next few months, although no solid
date has been announced. Thanks so much for listening to
the podcast. I do appreciate it, and if you can
(04:29):
leave me a rating and review in Apple Podcasts, that
would be great because that way more people discover it.
And as always, you can find links to everything I
talk about here on the podcast, including a link to
smartsocial dot com, where you can get family guides for
many more apps. Just go to richon tech dot tv.
I'm Rich Smiro. Have a fantastic day. I'll talk to
you real sick
What parents need to know about Fortnite. What's going on?
I'm Richdmiro. This is Rich on Tech Daily. Fortnite is
one of the hottest video games out there and so
many people are playing it. The full name is Fortnite
Battle Royale, but everyone's pretty much just calling it Fortnite.
The premise of the game be the last person standing.
You're on an island with one hundred other people and
(00:25):
you have to do what it takes to win, and yes,
that means there are lots of weapons and killing involved.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Fortnite has been around on consoles for a while, like
the Xbox and the PlayStation, but what really propelled this
game to a new level of popularity is when it
became available on the iPhone, and that was back in March. Recently,
we talked to Josh oakesofsmartsocial dot com. He runs a
really cool website that creates user guides for parents about
popular apps so they basically better understand what their kids
(00:54):
are doing on their phones.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And it's super popular because it's short gameplay, meaning that
you can play for one minute to up to twenty minutes,
and you're playing with one hundred other people. Many of
them are your friends that you've invited to play with you,
but you're playing for a short period of time. Think
of it like episodic TV instead of a whole movie
where it's a big commitment. Students like it because it's
very fast paced.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Fortnite is free to download, but there are lots of
opportunities to make in app purchases. We call this the
freemium model. You can buy cooler outfits or better weapons.
So one thousand v bucks as they call them, will
cost you ten dollars. The other two most popular in
app purchases are even more v bucks for twenty five
dollars or sixty dollars, and the more you buy, the
(01:39):
more bonus v bucks you get.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
In this game, you can buy different outfits and all
kinds of different things, and it's a little bit more
silly than just some of the other games that are
very graphic and violent. This game you can actually have fun,
and you can dance, and you can wear silly outfits
and do all kinds of things that your friends might
laugh at, and you're having fun along the way.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
The game is rated twelve's loss for frequent slash, intense,
cartoon or fantasy violence and infrequent slash mild, medical slash
treatment information, whatever that is.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
So this game is for mature audiences because you're killing
opponents in this game. Sure there's less blood and guts,
but you have an ax or a machine gun and
all kinds of different weapons that you're using to defeat
the other ninety nine people that you could potentially be
playing against.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
So who are these ninety nine other people? Well, they
could be your kids friends in real life, but they
can also be strangers.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Apps like Fortnite and many other ones have what's called
multiplayer mode. That means your kid can be chatting with
people that you don't know. And the biggest problem with
that some parents think, oh, there's a mute button, they
can mute the person that they don't like that's said
the bad word. Your kids might not know that. And
you've also taught your kids to be polite, so if
your kids are wanting to be polite, they may not
mute that person because they don't want to seem rude.
(02:53):
So you have to be really careful and be with
your kids where they're at because multiplayer mode allows you
to talk, listen, chat, and for that person to get
to know your kid.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And This is why Oaks recommends changing a privacy setting
right when your kid first sets up their account.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
That's why when you set up an account, your kids
need to immediately set it to private so that only
their friends can find them knowing a username or email,
and not everybody can see them online.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
And we're all guilty of this, spending too much time
in front of our screens. It's just kind of the
way of the world right now. Oaks recommends a simple solution.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Kids can lose track of time when they're on apps
like Fortnite, and that's why we tell parents, go get
a simple egg timer or a cooking timer and put
it next to your kids so as they're playing, they
can start to see and it'll buzz at the end
of the game. Then parents aren't the bad person. The
timer is. And it's a great way to say, oh,
real life has elapsed in this amount of time, and
now it's time for either to put this down or
(03:47):
to do something different.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Now, I will tell you this. We started using these
timers in our house a few months back and it
has been amazing. We're a big fan of them. I
just set them on my Google Home. You can use
Alexa or Siri to do the same, and when the
timer goes off, there's really no debating. And I found
that my kids actually like Google telling them that times
up more so than me. Of course, they're not teens
(04:09):
just yet, so talk to me in a few years
and I'll tell you if this is still working. There
you have it, the download on Fortnite, which by the way,
is only going to get even more popular when it's
available on Android. It's not there just yet, but apparently
that's happening in the next few months, although no solid
date has been announced. Thanks so much for listening to
the podcast. I do appreciate it, and if you can
(04:29):
leave me a rating and review in Apple Podcasts, that
would be great because that way more people discover it.
And as always, you can find links to everything I
talk about here on the podcast, including a link to
smartsocial dot com, where you can get family guides for
many more apps. Just go to richon tech dot tv.
I'm Rich Smiro. Have a fantastic day. I'll talk to
you real sick
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