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Now this is environmental storytelling.

The Fortnite battle royale island has been snowed over for the holidays, and near the center is a giant block of ice — and it’s widely believed that it will slowly thaw to eventually reveal none other than Mariah Carey. This is exactly the kind of weird-ass stuff I play this game for.

A screenshot from the video game Fortnite.
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