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Parents Seek Controls As ‘Fortnite’ Grows
All in the Family BOY SCOUT TROOPS PREP TO GO CO-ED
BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
Video-game fads come and go. Mario Kart, Minecraft and Pokemon Go have all had their 15 minutes of red-hot fame. Remember when every child in America desperately wanted a Nintendo Wii? (Cue tumbleweeds.) But no game has struck fear in the hearts of parents quite like Fortnite, the newest video game craze — released by Epic Games in July 2017 — that’s swept the nation, turning not just teens, but also college students and adults into serious gaming addicts. Fortnite is a game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Mac and mobile that offers players two modes: a solo version called Save the World, and the hugely popular multiplayer version called Battle Royale. According to recent statistics published in The New York Times, Fortnite generated more than $223 million in March 2018 alone - up 73% from February - making it the largest free-to-play console game of all time in terms of revenue generated and monthly active users. “It’s the thing now,” said Winnetka resident Jill Andrews, who has two daughters in college, one in high school, and a 7th grade son. “You’re seeing it in every frat house, dorm room and basement.” Described by the Times as a cross between Continued on PG 10
Mia Weiler, 9, and Evan Weiler, 11, who is a Webelo Scout in Cubs Scout Pack 48 in Lake Forest, sitting on pinewood Derby cars at the Cub Mobile event in Libertyville in May. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
Boy Scouts of America, the second largest youth organization in the United States, is going co-ed.
This fall, Cub Scout pack and den leaders across the country will officially open their doors to girls, paving the way for a new, groundbreaking approach the Boy Scouts of America calls “Family Scouting,” and a fundamental restructuring of dens, troops and packs that would allow girls to earn BSA’s
prestigious Eagle Scout rank. On June 1, BSA’s Northeast Illinois Council (NEIC), along with 271 BSA councils across the country, rolled out genderneutral Cub Scout handbooks and marketing Continued on PG 10
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