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Duncan Fyfe

@duncanfyfe.net
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freelance feature writer. video game writer. not duncan't fyfe. duncan fyfe. duncanfyfe.net

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Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
amazing section headers
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
never a good start
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 04/09/2026
excited to hear from a colleague that I'm mentioned in a podcast about why the game industry is collapsing
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bobo tucci @no-flashlight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Average MLB player Wikipedia page
Wikipedia sections:

Early life
Baseball
Racially insensitive comments
Personal life and family
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Longreads @longreads.com · 31/08/2026
"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-...
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Who Can Solve Gerhard Berger's F1 Quiz? | Esses
The strange story of the weirdest F1 video game ever made.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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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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...
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 25/08/2026
The story's online, too, free to read with sign-up: esses.com/stories/who-...
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Who Can Solve Gerhard Berger's F1 Quiz? | Esses
The strange story of the weirdest F1 video game ever made.
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 25/08/2026
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*
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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry, RIP
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Miles Pen @militarypenguin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You're all contractually obligated to read this comment Rob Paulsen made on a Tim Curry interview in 2025
Rob Paulsen - Voice Actor

I had the remarkable privilege to work with Tim a few dozen times.
Kind, generous, playful, naughty and a TOTAL pro. A couple years ago, at NY Comic Con, I was in the green room having lunch and Tim
came in in his chair. Of course, I was aware of his stroke, so l walked over knelt down and said, "Tim! It's Rob Paulsen. We
worked together on..." he looked me and said, "I know who you are,
you fucking wanker." It was like a blessing from the Pope. Utterly
unique. Unstoppable. A total star.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.
Tim Curry in full clown make up holding an umbrella between takes during the filming of the tv miniseries of It
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 25/08/2026
opened Instagram for the first time in a year and first thing up is "the dog you followed in 2014 is about to die"
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 25/08/2026
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*
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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...
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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.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 13/08/2026
kids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend
From Reddit: 

> Did millennials really party all the time?

> Gen Z here. I was shocked when I found out from a millennial co-worker that y’all had teen clubs. I heard about house parties, but dedicated teen clubs? Then when it was time for college, you went to the club or had some kind of party every single weekend, living it up. Now some millennials on TikTok claim that after college, they were partying on work nights, still clocking in the next day. For some reason, the teen clubs have since disappeared. I’m 23 now but even when I was in high school, that was not a thing. House parties were not that common either. They were more like get togethers with a small group of friends. We went to malls, but they were dying out at that point. Is it true that you were really living life this good? Or is it just exaggerated? I feel like my generation doesn’t really have fun like that and everyone is just super depressed and alone, more so since Covid. Even I’m pretty introverted, which sort of sounds ridiculous given this post. 😂 Just so you know, when I think of a “millennial party” I think of something out of Party Rock Anthem, Project X or Roderick’s party from the second DOAWD movie. It’s like I get nostalgia from something I didn’t even live through. I just feel like I didn’t really LIVE, if that even makes sense
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 13/08/2026
Absolutely not! I’d rather die!
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sam @samthielman.com · 12/08/2026
incredible work by the photo editor
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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.
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 04/08/2026
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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Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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...
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Ten Years of Tyranny
Sympathy for the Devil's little helper
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 04/08/2026
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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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 28/07/2026
Hmmm, this could be a problem
Sign on a dock that reads, This Dock Is Reserved For Viking Fleet
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Design Room @designroom.site · 22/07/2026
For our latest big story, @duncanfyfe.net dives deep the bestselling pinball game of all-time, The Addams Family.
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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.
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Eddy P | Pin-Crawl @empika.co.uk · 23/07/2026
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?
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
is this heaven?!?
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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
holy shit, my dream article???????
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Nun Ya @ishfery.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This was amazing!
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Zack Burrows @zackburrows.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Such a fun read on an industry and era that I’m admittedly unfamiliar with. It’s a long feature, but well worth the read!
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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This story gave me the perfect excuse to stop by a few arcades and take a bunch of photos.
A photo of The Addams Family pinball at Pacific Pinball MuseumA photo of The Addams Family pinball at Musee MecaniqueA photo of The Addams Family pinball at Free Gold Watch
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Greg Dunlap @heyrocker.com · 22/07/2026
A great read even if you're not particularly into pinball. Turns out that when you take a group of people who are the best at what they do, and give them the freedom to do their best, good things happen. www.designroom.site/the-addams-f...
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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.
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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
One of my favorite stories on the site to date!
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 11/07/2026
Baroosh: ok fuck me I guess
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 07/07/2026
Shout out to Seichō Matsumoto's A QUIET PLACE, the only crime novel I've ever read about a man investigating his wife's death then having to stop because he simply has too much going on at work
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Brett Miller @pecandragon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Tacet admission that they would have if they were not frozen.
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IGN @ign.com · 02/07/2026
Minions director Pierre Coffin has confirmed in an interview that no minions have worked with Hitler because they were frozen "in that cave."
Minions Director Confirms No Minions Worked For Hitler

Via: Polygon
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kehbleh🍉 @kehbleh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
you left out the best slide: IT WAS THE GOOSE THAT CREATED THE VALUE 🗣️
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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Babe wake up new insane SoftBank slides dropped
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 24/06/2026
the most beautiful phrase in the English language. melts in the mouth
A page from the book INDECENT EXPOSURE by David McClintick, with this quote highlighted: "Hey, baby, you asked my opinion! Don't walk on me with your 'Fuck you' shoes!"
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 21/06/2026
These people have lost their whole minds. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/a...
But some people online criticized the game for having “gone woke” by creating a Black samurai named Yasuke. Elon Musk, the tech entrepreneur, said Shadows was an example of how “D.E.I. kills art,” using an abbreviation for diversity, equity and inclusion. Ubisoft reminded players that its games were works of fiction, even as Yasuke was an actual historical figure.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A very funny detail is that the cult leader never uses a computer and only gives commands verbally, presumably out of a paranoid desire to not leave a paper trail of criminal conduct and that paradoxically resulted in every one of his commands being typed up and sent to 10 people via email
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I've often said that I felt like I understood most things in American politics but I never could figure out why Tulsi Gabbard in particular did things and "all her decisions were being controlled by a reclusive cult leader" turns out to be the reason
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/06/2026
reddit post: I want to buy obscene amounts of canned fish across the border for personal consumption
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/06/2026
i support banning young people from social media except linkedin. without the ability to build a professional network, showcase their skills, and access career opportunities we are consigning the next generation of young hustlers to a ruinous future
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Duncan Fyfe @duncanfyfe.net · 06/06/2026
keep an eye on this
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Please do not say the sentence "kids don't want to feel the adult behind the book" but also yes they fucking do. One of the best parts of being a kid is reading a book that is just out of your grasp of maturity. Feeling like you're getting an early preview of the world.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I was inspired by this piece from @duncanfyfe.net ‘Is this book even for children?…The book feels at once too odd, tempering its fantasy with adult disappointment, to catch on with kids.’ www.ft.com/content/412a...
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The story behind an almost forgotten 1950s feminist fantasy classic
Why Naomi Mitchison’s Travel Light gets better with distance.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Just finished reading this. I’m sorry it’s taken so long to discover Naomi Mitchison. Hard to sum up but it’s like Colette wrote a fairytale. Amazingly published in 1952, two years before Lord of the Rings
Book cover - girl on a winged horse
TRAVEL LIGHT
NAOMI MITCHISON
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Elliot 🫪 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Went to Korean BBQ for birthday dinner and saw one of my favorite things in the world: inexplicable signage
Photo of the wall of a barbecue restaurant, with text printed on the wall that reads: “Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what kind of MEAT for Dinner”
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