I didn't stop at that sentence, but I can understand the latter sentiment. Zork was a revolutionary game, Fortnite is a cartoon shooter. Other than both games being popular there is simply no comparison between the two in my mind.
Article author here. I get why people trip over that comparison. Unfortunately it wasn't added by myself, nor part of the original draft. The comparison is (somewhat) obviously intended to make it clear that it was a super-popular game.
That said, I'm glad that people like the rest of the article :)
