Duncan Fyfe
@duncanfyfe.net
freelance feature writer. video game writer. not duncan't fyfe. duncan fyfe.
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Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy
September 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy
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amazing section headers
September 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
amazing section headers
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never a good start
September 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
never a good start
excited to hear from a colleague that I'm mentioned in a podcast about why the game industry is collapsing
And then @adamconover.net asked me to come on and explain why all the headlines in the games industry are so grim and I explained why it all started to go bad when my nieces and nephew didn’t like the games I bought them. youtu.be/w7GFLFQWt_g?...
Is The Video Game Industry Collapsing?
YouTube video by Adam Conover
youtu.be
September 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
excited to hear from a colleague that I'm mentioned in a podcast about why the game industry is collapsing
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Average MLB player Wikipedia page
September 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Average MLB player Wikipedia page
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"Why would Gerhard Berger lend his name to the driest, cheapest-looking, and least commercial F1 video game ever made?"
@duncanfyfe.net for @essesmag.com: esses.com/stories/who-...
@duncanfyfe.net for @essesmag.com: esses.com/stories/who-...
Who Can Solve Gerhard Berger's F1 Quiz? | Esses
The strange story of the weirdest F1 video game ever made.
esses.com
August 31, 2026 at 6:57 PM
"Why would Gerhard Berger lend his name to the driest, cheapest-looking, and least commercial F1 video game ever made?"
@duncanfyfe.net for @essesmag.com: esses.com/stories/who-...
@duncanfyfe.net for @essesmag.com: esses.com/stories/who-...
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The same story repeats itself everywhere in the culture: dumb rich guys who don't know what anything is or does, who are too lazy/smug to learn and ideologically committed to the idea that everything they don't control is Woke Bullshit, wrecking stuff on principle. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War
Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was see...
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The same story repeats itself everywhere in the culture: dumb rich guys who don't know what anything is or does, who are too lazy/smug to learn and ideologically committed to the idea that everything they don't control is Woke Bullshit, wrecking stuff on principle. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
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I'm in ESSES again, with a piece on the strangest Formula 1 video game ever made - or not made, as the case may be.
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
August 25, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I'm in ESSES again, with a piece on the strangest Formula 1 video game ever made - or not made, as the case may be.
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
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You're all contractually obligated to read this comment Rob Paulsen made on a Tim Curry interview in 2025
August 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
You're all contractually obligated to read this comment Rob Paulsen made on a Tim Curry interview in 2025
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Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.
August 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.
opened Instagram for the first time in a year and first thing up is "the dog you followed in 2014 is about to die"
August 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
opened Instagram for the first time in a year and first thing up is "the dog you followed in 2014 is about to die"
I'm in ESSES again, with a piece on the strangest Formula 1 video game ever made - or not made, as the case may be.
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
August 25, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I'm in ESSES again, with a piece on the strangest Formula 1 video game ever made - or not made, as the case may be.
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
This is a career highlight; never before have I reported a story by enlisting a F1 driver to ask another F1 driver about Austrian hackers *during the Monaco Grand Prix*
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New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI.
We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
www.404media.co
August 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI.
We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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kids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend
August 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
kids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend
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Absolutely not! I’d rather die!
August 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Absolutely not! I’d rather die!
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incredible work by the photo editor
Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment
Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
incredible work by the photo editor
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I don't know if Tyranny is Obsidian Entertainment's best game, but for my money it is their most interesting and effective design. Here's my piece on the 10th anniversary of Tyranny, which people weren't in the mood for in November 2016 and may be even less so today
Was Tyranny a victim of bad timing or was it a bit too honest about the subtext of its audiences’ fantasies? @duncanfyfe.net on a game that has remained topical, trenchant… and rather neglected. remapradio.com/articles/ten...
Ten Years of Tyranny
Sympathy for the Devil's little helper
remapradio.com
August 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I don't know if Tyranny is Obsidian Entertainment's best game, but for my money it is their most interesting and effective design. Here's my piece on the 10th anniversary of Tyranny, which people weren't in the mood for in November 2016 and may be even less so today
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Was Tyranny a victim of bad timing or was it a bit too honest about the subtext of its audiences’ fantasies? @duncanfyfe.net on a game that has remained topical, trenchant… and rather neglected. remapradio.com/articles/ten...
Ten Years of Tyranny
Sympathy for the Devil's little helper
remapradio.com
August 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Was Tyranny a victim of bad timing or was it a bit too honest about the subtext of its audiences’ fantasies? @duncanfyfe.net on a game that has remained topical, trenchant… and rather neglected. remapradio.com/articles/ten...
I don't know if Tyranny is Obsidian Entertainment's best game, but for my money it is their most interesting and effective design. Here's my piece on the 10th anniversary of Tyranny, which people weren't in the mood for in November 2016 and may be even less so today
Was Tyranny a victim of bad timing or was it a bit too honest about the subtext of its audiences’ fantasies? @duncanfyfe.net on a game that has remained topical, trenchant… and rather neglected. remapradio.com/articles/ten...
Ten Years of Tyranny
Sympathy for the Devil's little helper
remapradio.com
August 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I don't know if Tyranny is Obsidian Entertainment's best game, but for my money it is their most interesting and effective design. Here's my piece on the 10th anniversary of Tyranny, which people weren't in the mood for in November 2016 and may be even less so today
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Hmmm, this could be a problem
July 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Hmmm, this could be a problem
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For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
The Addams Family pinball: An oral history
We talk to the team behind the 1992 breakout hit to learn about licensing, magnets, and how it designed the most popular pinball game of all-time.
www.designroom.site
July 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
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Amazing piece. Obviously inspirational for me. Gonna be taking that in to the office tomorrow 💖
What a game though, not sure i realised it was the first with tons of modes and minigames?
What a game though, not sure i realised it was the first with tons of modes and minigames?
For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
The Addams Family pinball: An oral history
We talk to the team behind the 1992 breakout hit to learn about licensing, magnets, and how it designed the most popular pinball game of all-time.
www.designroom.site
July 23, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Amazing piece. Obviously inspirational for me. Gonna be taking that in to the office tomorrow 💖
What a game though, not sure i realised it was the first with tons of modes and minigames?
What a game though, not sure i realised it was the first with tons of modes and minigames?
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is this heaven?!?
For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
The Addams Family pinball: An oral history
We talk to the team behind the 1992 breakout hit to learn about licensing, magnets, and how it designed the most popular pinball game of all-time.
www.designroom.site
July 22, 2026 at 2:41 PM
is this heaven?!?