Fortnite as a communal hangout area, a 'third place':
https://char.gd/blog/2018/fortnite-is-the-new-hangout-spot
https://medium.com/s/greatescape/fortnite-is-so-much-more-than-a-game-3ca829f389f4
It's also really impressive to build a successful app across PC, consoles and Android, with everyone playing together!
Related Posts
Learning software development through playing and contributing to a MUD: https://tashian.com/articles/how-i-learned-to-program/
If you created a large, successful OSS project, would you want to be BDFL or move on after a period?
I see tradeoffs on both sides, although it's not a decision I've needed to make myself.
... and my third refactoring with Cursor changed some function calls that I didn't want it to modify. Subtle.
I've had the most success with AI coding tools when I know exactly what I want the output to look like.