Fortnite is undoubtedly a video game, but the unparalleled success of Epic's Battle Royale has given it a platform aspect as well. Fortnite was not built for a game like Roblox, so there is an ad hoc element to much of what Epic does with Fortnite; Fortnite has a huge audience, primarily young people, and Epic is clearly trying to make it a platform for Ariana Grande's concert or Marvel's Jamboree, along with the need for some fiber in their diet.

The most prominent example of this is the Martin Luther King, Jr. interactive experience "March Through Time," where players can learn about the civil rights leader and the broader historical context of the racism he fought against. Developer Luc Bernard, currently the director of The Light in the Darkness (a game about a French Jewish family trying to escape the Holocaust), is using Epic's tools to create Voices of the Forgotten, a Holocaust Museum within Fortnite.

"We are very proud to be the first to offer something like this to Fortnite's 400+ million players," Bernard said, announcing that the museum has passed Epic's approval process. Eighty percent of Americans have never visited a Holocaust museum. So this is going to be a game changer."

Bernard makes a good point, which boils down to putting educational material in any context where there are eyes to see it. Museums are also a unique way of telling a story, with their own logical steps and illustrations that show what words and numbers actually mean. The museum has interactive elements and exhibits on a wide range of Holocaust-related topics, including topics that Bernard feels have been overlooked, such as Sephardi Jews in North Africa. One of the screens shared by Bernard shows an exhibit on Abdul Hossein Sardari. Sardari was the ambassador to Iran and used his position to issue thousands of passports to Jews trying to flee France (importantly, Sardari made sure that the passport holders could not be identified as Jews).

"One of my goals is to make Holocaust education accessible to everyone in the world," says Bernhardt.

"If you start seeing avatars of Spider-Man exploring Holocaust museums, some organizations might not understand. But this will completely change Holocaust education, so that even unprivileged classrooms in large cities will be able to visit the museum."

Fortnight's Holocaust museum has been approved, but no opening date has been set yet; The Jewish Chronicle has published a walk-through video of the museum.