Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Can you win Fortnite's Battle Royale as a pacifist? Can you make friends with opponents during a death match? Come with me on a journey as I try to break Fortnite by acting like a Care Bear on a battlefield.

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• Book of Travels (Early Access)
mightanddelight.com/book-of-travels
• Palia (Public beta)
palia.com
• Codename: Islands
meetyourisland.com
• Communite
jimjum.itch.io/communite
• Loftia
loftia.gg
• Meadow
store.steampowered.com/app/486310/Meadow
• Sky: Children of the Light
thatskygame.com

REFERENCES
• John Green plays Fortnite as a pacifist:
youtube.com/watch?v=XjRa1RQhy-w
• The real Lord of the Flies article by Rutger Bergman:
theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months
• The Castaways documentary film from 1966:
youtube.com/watch?v=DYebOCCoTYM
• Humankind by Rutger Bregman:
powells.com/book/-9780316418539/1-11
• Fortnite Players Roleplaying As Taxi Drivers:
gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-players-are-roleplaying-as-taxi-drivers/1100-6480764
• Crash Course Literature - Lord of the Flies:
youtube.com/watch?v=WfNiQBXmPw8

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