I’m not sure if it’s for the same reasons, but Andro.id is another example of an instance around a common intent/subject, with communities based on topics within that subject area.
Interesting concept but agree that if that was the intended means of propagating the fediverse, it doesn’t seem like it’s happening as planned (but still in a very viable way).
It absolutely did! When you’d get into the “rooms” with the gray walls and the electric-y fencehy thing Infront of you, you’d have to dodge left and right while holding the gun in front of you in first person view. That game was so fucking hard…