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September 3, 2018
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Won't stop, can't stop: Fortnite: Addicted to online gaming | 60 Minutes Australia

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ideo games have become so good, and provide such a sensory smorgasbord of action and colour, that children are becoming dangerously addicted. They’re playing for days on end, to the exclusion of everything else in their lives, including school, friends and family.

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