Okay wait- Fortnite is actually fun…

We’ve recently been playing a bunch of Fortnite… and I mean me and my wife. I don’t know what happened, but some switch flipped in our brains and here we are.

I do actually know what happened, they added a Sabrina Carpenter skin. My wife is a massive fan of her and her music, so this was actually enough to get her to buy vbucks (force me to buy her vbucks) and purchase the skin. It was her first time spending money on Fortnite, a game which she’d only played a tiny bit of in the past… the few times I’ve forced her to play with me.

Buying the skin made her actually want to play Fortnite so she could play with her fancy new skin, and that’s when it happened… She started having fun.

This woman, who didn’t simply have no interest in Fortnite but rather negative interest in Fortnite, as in, she was repelled by it, has now been running solos while I’m working.

And of course she’s been forcing me to play with her, and I’m starting to see the appeal.

I think Fortnite was just a little bit after my time. When it came out and first got popular, it was mostly a game for kids in my mind, and in reality too. And I mean like 12 to 15 year olds when I say “kids”. The game came out in 2017, so I was 19 at that point and in college. I just remember thinking it was cringe and lame so I really never gave it a shot.

I think as I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten less uptight and grand-standy. I’m allowing myself to enjoy things that in the past I would tell myself I’m not allowed to like because it’s made for [insert group here]. Fortnite was one of those things where I couldn’t possibly like it because it’s just a cringe kids game.

But damn dude, it’s a blast to play with friends.

I think what makes Fortnite stand out when compared to some of the other live service games is how it constantly finds ways to reinvent itself. The classic mode is still there, but they’ve got tons of different modes to try out as well, like a Lego mode, or my preference, the no building mode. That combined with the way they run their seasons makes it interesting and gives you a reason to jump back in after not playing for a while.

At the moment, they’re crossing over with Star Wars, so there’s all kinds of Star Wars related junk in the game from First Order bases to raid, TIE Fighters to yoink and fly around in, light sabers (which are dogshit, don’t even bother with them).

I get why kids like it!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m being summoned for a round of duos with my wife.