Catholic nuns unleash on Fortnite

A GROUP of Dominican Sisters noticed their students were acting strangely after playing video games, so took action. And the advice they gave to parents was priceless, writes Miranda Devine.

JUST when you think all is lost, along come the Dominican Sisters of Saint Mary MacKillop College in Wagga Wagga.

The nuns sent a strongly worded letter last week to parents about the dangers of the multiplayer online shooter game “Fortnite”, currently the most popular game in schools.

They noticed children were “doing weird dance moves and having obsessive conversations about the game … which involves incremental amounts of violence.

The game Fortnite has become an obsession for many children and teens. (Pic: Josh Woning/AAP)

“We strongly suggest that you do not allow your children to play it … Indeed, the medical and moral evidence flowing in from experts about the destructive effects of video games in general; their addictive nature and the damage they do to a person’s behavioural patterns and his/her ability to think clearly and rationally, is enough to suggest that children of whatever age, should be steered away from them altogether.

“We urge you to induce your child/children to develop interests and pastimes that remove them from the temptation to live and play vicariously — and possibly addictively in online adventures which, as you are well aware contain an untold number of very nasty hazards capable of destroying your child’s innocence and spiritual health.”

Go climb a tree, kids.

Originally published as Catholic nuns unleash on Fortnite