Whether you love or hate it, you can’t deny that Fortnite is something special. The game has transformed from a run-of-the-mill Battle Royale into one of the Internet’s biggest digital third places, with countless game modes and collaborations available to overstimulate you.
This past weekend, Fortnite launched what is arguably its most ambitious crossover in years: an entire Battle Royale season themed around The Simpsons. For the majority of November, players can drop into a map modeled after the show’s town of Springfield, fighting to stay alive while taking in the near-endless number of Easter eggs and homages to the show’s decades of canon. The collaboration has even branched into the current season of The Simpsons itself, with weekly animated shorts debuting on Disney+, and a deliciously macabre couch gag in the newest episode.
