Gnomes pop up all over the place, hence this blog. Sometimes they show up in weird places, like video games. I posted before about World of Warcraft, and Fable. And now, this game.
Fortnite was released in 2017 by Epic and quickly captured the hearts and minds and all the spare time for everyone under 21. It's basically a first person shooter game, much like Call of Duty, Battlefront, Overwatch, and many others. Fortnite added the ability to build defenses, and has seemingly endless personalization/customization skins.
Why do I care? Normally, I don't. I'm not really into online melee games like the ones mentioned above. I'm not into playing with others. Except Mario Kart, and FIFA. But... I discovered today that this game has gnomes!
Apparently the Battle Royale mode includes treasure hunts, daily challenges that hide objects all over the landscape. Sometimes they make you search for gnomes! This, of course, is very much like the quest in Fable III. They even laugh when you get too close.... so, actually very much like Fable III.
In addition to these scavenger hunts, Fortnite has also included a skin (of course) that allows players to dress like gnomes, while they muck about, shooting zombies and each other, or whatever it is you do in this game. Grimble is his name... and he looks terrifying.
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| it's not unsettling... not at all |
