It is not an island it's a world: Fortnite and “worldness”

Kyle Moore; Marcus Carter

doi:10.24251/HICSS.2021.347

It is not an island it's a world: Fortnite and “worldness”

Kyle Moore, Marcus Carter

Malaysia Sch of Arts & Social Sciences

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Fortnite is a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter that grew rapidly in 2018 to become one of the world's most popular games, with current estimates of 350 million active players. In this paper we argue that Fortnite's success can - in part - be attributed to the affective sensation of worldness that it creates via its 10 week 'seasons'. Via a study of children's digital play cultures, we discuss the implications of this way of thinking about the spatial, social, and material structures of the gameworld for understanding Fortnite's success, countering discourses of 'videogame addiction', and guiding future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021
Editors	Tung X. Bui
Place of Publication	HI USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	2843-2852
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9780998133140
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2021.347
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2021 - Online, Virtual, Online, United States of America Duration: 4 Jan 2021 → 8 Jan 2021 Conference number: 54th https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/72112 (Proceedings/Website)

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Conference	Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2021
Abbreviated title	HICSS 2021
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Virtual, Online
Period	4/01/21 → 8/01/21
Internet address	https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/72112 (Proceedings/Website)

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Moore, K & Carter, M 2021, It is not an island it's a world: Fortnite and “worldness”. in TX Bui (ed.), Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, HI USA, pp. 2843-2852, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2021, Virtual, Online, Hawaii, United States of America, 4/01/21. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2021.347

It is not an island it's a world: Fortnite and “worldness”. / Moore, Kyle; Carter, Marcus.
Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021. ed. / Tung X. Bui. HI USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021. p. 2843-2852.

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