In early 2019 when the Minecraft revival started, I never ever expected the same thing to happen to Fortnite, a game that was lambasted as a "cringe clickbait kids game" far more than Minecraft. From 2021-22 I treated it as a 'guilty pleasure' that I pretended I didn't put 100s of hours into. It was interesting, however, to see a slight bit of positivity for the game when Dragon Ball and Zero Build were added. A year after that, Fortnite Season OG became the perfect setup for getting the game back into internet culture, as people flocked to the game for the nostalgia (ironically, the internet started to hate on Fortnite while the Chapter 1 Map was still live).

Chapter 5, to my surprise, has kept the hype train going. Ever since late October my feed has been filled with Fortnite memes. Now, with a map way better than Chapter 4, and the 3 new game modes, Fortnite is turning itself into a viral Roblox-esque platform. The new modes are interesting for about 5 seconds and are more basic versions of existing games. Still, it's nice to see people not shitting on the game anymore. Peter Griffin Fortnite 10/10


Season 2 edit: Item shop has been ass this whole chapter and I'm convinced Lego Fortnite is a factor. Also it's really funny that they gave up on the season theme in two weeks and replaced the loot pool with Avatar/Star Wars lmao