Duncan Fyfe
@duncanfyfe.net
freelance feature writer. video game writer. not duncan't fyfe. duncan fyfe.
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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This was one of the all-time bangers of deep dive journalism from Waypoint. I was a part of Sierra fandom and closely followed these developments as they happened, and it's unreal to see it retold but with all of the wild, crazy financial business shit laid bare.
Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.
How Sierra Was Captured, Then Killed, by a Massive Accounting Fraud
Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.
www.vice.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This was one of the all-time bangers of deep dive journalism from Waypoint. I was a part of Sierra fandom and closely followed these developments as they happened, and it's unreal to see it retold but with all of the wild, crazy financial business shit laid bare.
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Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.
How Sierra Was Captured, Then Killed, by a Massive Accounting Fraud
Sierra was one of the biggest game publishers of the 90s. Then they got an offer that was way too good to be true, but too good to decline.
www.vice.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Rediscovered this electric article from 2020 by the great @duncanfyfe.net about the death of Sierra, a studio that was so so important to my childhood.
And all your favourite characters from the movies are here
October 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
And all your favourite characters from the movies are here
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Friends, I am in the market for editing work at the moment. I really enjoyed a stint editing stories for BBC Future earlier this year and am currently looking for more such opportunities! Anything from news & features to book chapters and so on. I'm game.
Please share!
Please share!
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Friends, I am in the market for editing work at the moment. I really enjoyed a stint editing stories for BBC Future earlier this year and am currently looking for more such opportunities! Anything from news & features to book chapters and so on. I'm game.
Please share!
Please share!
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For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife.
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
www.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife.
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
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First 300 clicks free here, thereafter you have to register or subscribe:
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
[FREE TO READ] How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
on.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
First 300 clicks free here, thereafter you have to register or subscribe:
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Terrific piece about how the team that made Disco Elyisum fell apart. They never should have set up in that Doomed Commercial Area, I guess:
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
www.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Terrific piece about how the team that made Disco Elyisum fell apart. They never should have set up in that Doomed Commercial Area, I guess:
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Excellent long read on the weird, amazing creative folks behind a truly unique game.
on.ft.com/45beFip The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
on.ft.com/45beFip The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
on.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Excellent long read on the weird, amazing creative folks behind a truly unique game.
on.ft.com/45beFip The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
on.ft.com/45beFip The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
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Duncan Fyfe on the making of Disco Elysium in the FT!
Subscription link (I read through an iOS app subscription that is pretty reasonable fwiw) digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/8iojqfgt
Subscription link (I read through an iOS app subscription that is pretty reasonable fwiw) digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/8iojqfgt
Financial Times
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
digitaleditionapp.ft.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Duncan Fyfe on the making of Disco Elysium in the FT!
Subscription link (I read through an iOS app subscription that is pretty reasonable fwiw) digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/8iojqfgt
Subscription link (I read through an iOS app subscription that is pretty reasonable fwiw) digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/8iojqfgt
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Little fires everywhere; the Financial Times writes about Disco, ZA/UM, and all the offshoots.
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
August 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Little fires everywhere; the Financial Times writes about Disco, ZA/UM, and all the offshoots.
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
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I feel like the FT doing a big piece on Disco Elysium is an acknowledgment of its Marxist readers
August 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I feel like the FT doing a big piece on Disco Elysium is an acknowledgment of its Marxist readers
For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife.
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
www.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
For the FT this weekend, I wrote about the foundation and fallout of Disco Elysium: how two Estonian novelists' successes and failures in literature led to the creation of a video game masterpiece, and an endless font of strife.
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
www.ft.com/content/5ae5...
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this is like thinking the point of eating a meal is to experience having shat
Really a sad way to go through life www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b...
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
this is like thinking the point of eating a meal is to experience having shat
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From the Seattle Times website: 'The protest did get a surprise guest: Former Gov. Jay Inslee spoke to the crowd, urging people to stand up “for democracy.” Inslee called the unusual demonstration inspiring, saying “the only king” he recognizes is “Neptune, king of the sea.”' 🧜♂️
June 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
From the Seattle Times website: 'The protest did get a surprise guest: Former Gov. Jay Inslee spoke to the crowd, urging people to stand up “for democracy.” Inslee called the unusual demonstration inspiring, saying “the only king” he recognizes is “Neptune, king of the sea.”' 🧜♂️
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I just think anyone upset at the sight of a Mexican flag is clearly upset at the sight of Mexican people and are thus not rational political actors who should get to draw the lines of our discourse
Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them (Gift Article)
Images of Los Angeles protesters waving Mexican flags have gone viral in conservative circles this week. Many protesters say they are aware of the political reaction but won’t put their flags away.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I just think anyone upset at the sight of a Mexican flag is clearly upset at the sight of Mexican people and are thus not rational political actors who should get to draw the lines of our discourse
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also: to how many readers can this possibly be relevant
June 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
also: to how many readers can this possibly be relevant
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💫 BE GAY DO GLIDES
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May 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 CRESCENT COUNTY KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!!! 🚨
Pledge now to -
🧹 drift and drive on your witch-tech motorbroom
🏍️ make deliveries by day, street race by night
💋 kiss your friends on the mouth??
💫 BE GAY DO GLIDES
👇 BACK US HERE 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
Pledge now to -
🧹 drift and drive on your witch-tech motorbroom
🏍️ make deliveries by day, street race by night
💋 kiss your friends on the mouth??
💫 BE GAY DO GLIDES
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What happened with Polygon today is so fucked. Vox Media has made some atrocious decisions in my six years here but this is really something else. And to do this in the middle of us bargaining a new union contract, where they scold us for asking for better protections, is just unconscionable.
May 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What happened with Polygon today is so fucked. Vox Media has made some atrocious decisions in my six years here but this is really something else. And to do this in the middle of us bargaining a new union contract, where they scold us for asking for better protections, is just unconscionable.
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This sounds post-apocalyptic, but aspiring filmmakers and writers really should find and collect DVD commentaries.
So much applicable advice you’d never get in film school because it was discovered in the circumstances of making that movie.
Big cultural step backward to lose easy access to these.
So much applicable advice you’d never get in film school because it was discovered in the circumstances of making that movie.
Big cultural step backward to lose easy access to these.
April 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This sounds post-apocalyptic, but aspiring filmmakers and writers really should find and collect DVD commentaries.
So much applicable advice you’d never get in film school because it was discovered in the circumstances of making that movie.
Big cultural step backward to lose easy access to these.
So much applicable advice you’d never get in film school because it was discovered in the circumstances of making that movie.
Big cultural step backward to lose easy access to these.
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friends are calling this unhinged but I am calling it honest 💜
follow Crescent County on Kickstarter today!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
follow Crescent County on Kickstarter today!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
April 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
friends are calling this unhinged but I am calling it honest 💜
follow Crescent County on Kickstarter today!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
follow Crescent County on Kickstarter today!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
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⚡ CRESCENT COUNTY IS DOING A KICKSTARTER!! ⚡
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
April 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
⚡ CRESCENT COUNTY IS DOING A KICKSTARTER!! ⚡
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore
🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night
😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!!
⌚ Launching in MAY
👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...
#gamedev #indiedev
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Remember: all computing history is important and should be archived and studied, so we can understand the good ideas and mistakes of history.
Except this button. This button should not have been archived and remembered.
Except this button. This button should not have been archived and remembered.
April 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Remember: all computing history is important and should be archived and studied, so we can understand the good ideas and mistakes of history.
Except this button. This button should not have been archived and remembered.
Except this button. This button should not have been archived and remembered.