Battle royales. The RPS treehouse is unable to comprehend these destructive influences on society. Well, this week we’ve got a young person to help us decipher them.

Ollie, one of our guides writers and freshest recruit, plays Fortnite for the fun of it. So he has been drafted in to chat to Alice B and Brendan about the ultra-deathmatch, among others.

Links:

Fortnite’s trap towers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdW4d94Uf0

Nate’s Dwarf Fortress diary, part one: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/14/dwarf-fortress-diary-the-basement-of-curiosity-episode-one-crushed-legs-and-eagle-guts/

Control is the key to CS GO Danger Zone: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/21/control-is-key-in-counter-strike-global-offensives-battle-royale-mode/

Brendan said Plunkbat was uninteresting in his early access review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/28/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-review-early-access/

Radical Heights was that last ditch battle royale from Boss Key: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/04/18/radical-heights-battle-royale-early-access/

The Culling wasn’t tooooo shabby: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/25/the-culling-review-early-access-2/

PUBGCorp aimed to sue Epic, yeah: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/29/pubg-corp-to-sue-epic-games-over-fortnite-similarities/

And dance move creators are pulling some legal moves as well: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/05/fortnite-dance-legal-dispute/

Matt liked Battlerite Royale: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/10/03/battlerite-royale-gets-battles-royally-right/

The saddest scene in Walking with Dinosaurs: https://youtu.be/b0VQkX3cgzw?t=111

Fortnite’s first incarnation was free-to-play vom: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/08/fortnite-review-early-access/

Stardew Valley has a battle royale mod: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/07/stardew-valley-has-a-battle-royale-mod-because-of-course-it-does/

Steve liked the early access version of Hades: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/08/hades-early-access-review/

Alex Wiltshire is the only good ‘Mechanic’: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/the-mechanic/

Ace Combat 7: Unknown Skies is out on Feb 1: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/22/ace-combat-7-gamescom-trailer-date/

Watch Alice’s panel on Dragon Age at PAX: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/366747349