Personal Narrative: Fortnite And The Phenomenal Gaming Experience

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I was in my room one day and I began to feel bored, so I got on my Ps4. I was browsing through the games. I was looking for a new game because the game I was playing were starting to get old. I came across a game called Fortnite. I read about the game and it was where players all start with no equipment outside of a pickaxe for resource gathering and parachute onto the map. Once they land, they can scavenge for weapons, armor, and resources, the latter which can be used to make structures. It is a 100 player free for all and last one standing wins. It finally downloaded and I initially thought this was a hunger games rip off.. I was about to start my first game when a message popped up on my screen saying that I was the hundred thousandth player to play the game and for this, I am the chosen one. …show more content…
I was truly apart of the Phenomenal Gaming Experience. All of a sudden, my TV began to form a weird black mist. Something was moving my body and I began to be sucked into the TV. I was in

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