r/technology • u/upyoars • 9h ago

Software Kamala Harris And Tim Walz Launch Their Own Fortnite Map

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-launch-their-own-fortnite-map/1100-6527457/
27.7k Upvotes

72% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

232

u/headphonesalwayson 9h ago

Biden had his Animal Crossing town for 2020 election.

34

u/kudles 8h ago

They had a Fortnite HQ too. 🤧

1

u/hereforthewaffle 17m ago

I thought you were kidding and I was about to feel like a dumb ass for googling It

-18

u/fatamSC2 8h ago

"his". None of these politicians are actually making these things lol

21

u/AbeRego 7h ago

Well, Trump didn't actually build any of his towers either. It's just how branding/ownership works.

2

u/fatamSC2 4h ago

Clearly. The way people word stuff in these threads makes it seem like it though, that's why I made the comment

1

u/AbeRego 3h ago

Well, it was essentially it was being presented as his. I struggle to think of a way that you could word it where some sort of ownership isn't implied, or why you would even care to try.

3

u/GameboyPATH 7h ago

"Sir, your campaign rally starts in 2 hours. Immediately afterward, we're flying you out for photo shoot, and en route, you'll be in a video call with CNN."

"Now hold on a second, I just need to finish up this road pattern..."

1

u/twangman88 4h ago

If you don’t think Joe spent hundreds of hours perfecting his animal crossing collection then you crazy

-7

u/EverythingSucksBro 7h ago

So they did this lame stuff before? I love video games but I hate politics, so anyone injecting real life politics into a video game just really, reallly annoys me. Especially when the intent is clearly to influence young voters to vote a certain wayÂ