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A gun being fired
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Soup of the day: Pumpkin pie
Soup (a slice of pumpkin pie on a plate with a fork, there's a little bit of whipped cream on top of the pie)
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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haha wow, looks like some really poor PR for campbell's soup here! If only there was some sort of soup focused internet microcelebrity they could hire to help them weather this storm...
News Article Campbell’s Soup VP Mocks ‘Poor People’ Who Buy Its Food in Secret Recording Published Nov 24, 2025 at 05:55 AM EST updated Nov 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM EST What To Know The Recording And Alleged Misconduct According to the lawsuit and interviews Garza gave to local media, the claims stem from a recorded meeting between Garza and Campbell’s Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer Martin Bally. Garza, who began working remotely for the company in September 2024, said he met Bally at a restaurant in late 2024 believing they would be discussing his salary. Instead, Garza alleges the executive delivered an hourlong tirade criticizing the company’s products, disparaging employees and customers, and making racially offensive remarks about Indian colleagues. Local 4 News in Detroit broadcast portions of the recording. In it, a speaker identified as Bally is heard saying, "We have s**t for f***king poor people. Who buys our s**t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f**‘s in it." He also referenced "bioengineered meat," saying, "I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer." The recording, which lasted longer than an hour and 15 minutes, included what Garza said was a "disgusting" rant alleged to be made by Bally about his coworkers: "F***ing Indians don’t know a f***ing thing," and "Like they couldn’t think for their f***ing selves," it said in part. The recording also allegedly captured Bally admitting he came to work after consuming marijuana edibles.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Soup of the day: A turkey sandwich, on rye bread, with lettuce and mustard, and, AND, I don’t want any zombie turkeys, I don’t want to turn into a turkey myself, and I don’t want any other weird surprises! You got it?!
Soup (homer simpson looking at a sandwich magically floating in the air)
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Made chicken thighs in a delicious white wine and garlic sauce - served with creamy garlic mashed potatoes and crispy green beans (not pictured)
Fredo's kitchen presents chicken thighs in a white wine and garlic sauce
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Soup of the day: Spaghetti and meatballs
Soup (A bowl of spaghetti with tomato sauce, meatballs, and some shredded cheese)
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a wise guy on mars
Da pope speaking into a microphone that he is holding with both hands kinda looking like a singer
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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However,
A gun being fired
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Soup of the day: Spanakopita
Soup (A piece of spanakopita, greek spinach pie, on a white plate on a blue tablecloth)
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Fredo's Game-Os early impressions: Total Chaos

Folks, this is a real weird one!! The team behind Turbo Overkill at Apogee are making an attempt at a sort of survival horror first person action game. It reminds me a little bit of condemned or dying light but much faster
Key art for total chaos featuring a demon head in a vortex
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Now playing, I hope it's not woke
Key art for clover pit, the slot machine roguelite featuring the machine with a 666 on the display
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Soup of the day: The Sega CD (model 1)
Soup (A sega CD model 1, which attaches to the underside of the original model 1 genesis)
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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mfw I'm watching a show and a character has a poignant and emotional death scene
3 people pointing and laughing A lady pointing and laughing holding her stomach Another guy pointing and laughing Another guy pointing and laughing - this guy is standing outside (the others are all against a plain background)
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Soup of the day: Ribeye steaks
Soup (2 ribeye steaks in a skillet, with a bit of butter on top)
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The old guy who wrote "blacks rule" on his own driveway
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Senator Armstrong from metal gear rising, holding a cigar
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Soup of the day: Lemonade
Soup (A pitcher of lemonade alongside 2 glasses, all 3 also contain ice and lemon slices)
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Soup of the day: Grapes
Soup (3 bunches of grapes - red, black, and green, on a white background)
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Soup of the day: Pancakes
Soup (a stack of pancakes with berries and syrup)
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Huh well that sure is an interesting ad to have directly on my TV's splash screen the moment I turn it on 🤔
A picture of my tv with an ad for rumble, the "free speech platform" with a picture of tim pool, Steven Crowder, and Russell brand
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Making mulled cider tonight! (A special Fredo's kitchen presentation)
Picture of my cider in an instant pot, with apples, spices of orange, and a spice bag filled with mulling spices
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Oh and for the record I do agree that a 4 is too low for AvP, which was pretty much universally regarded as quite a good game at the time. I wonder if they felt hamstrung by their 7/10 Doom review which was of course also an infamously bad take of theirs
Review scores Publication Score AllGame 4.5/5[59] Computer and Video Games 90/100[44] Edge 4/10[60] Electronic Gaming Monthly 6/10, 7/10, 5/10, 5/10[61] EP Daily 9/10[62] Game Informer 9.25/10, 8.75/10, 9/10[63] Game Players 90%[64] GameFan 98/100, 98/100, 98/100[65] GamesMaster 95/100[66] Next Generation 4/5[67] Atari Gaming Headquarters 9/10[68] Digital Press 9/10[69] Electronic Games A−[70] Game Zero Magazine 48.0/50[71] Games World 75/100[72] ST Review 84%[73] Ultimate Future Games 79%[74] VideoGames 9/10[75] AwardsPublication Award Game Informer (1994) Jaguar Game of the Year[76] Game Players (1994) Best Jaguar Game[77] GameFan (1994) Best Action/Adventure (Jaguar)[78] VideoGames (1994) Best Jaguar Game[79]
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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It reminds me of how they got grief about the inconsistency of their rating system and the "7 is good" defense of reviews for games like Doom and Fallout 3, so their response was to change the review key as follows:
Edge's review policy: Every issue, EDGE (always in bold) evaluates the best, most interesting, hyped, innovative or promising games on a scale of ten, where five naturally represents the middle value. Edge's rating system is fair, progressive, and balanced. An Average game deserves an average mark - not as many believe, seven out of ten. Scores broadly correspond to the following sentiments: zero, nothing one, disastrous two, appalling three, severely flawed four, disappointing five, average six, competent seven, distinguished eight, excellent nine, astounding ten, revolutionary Edge's scoring system explained: 1 = one 2 = two 3 = three 4 = four 5 = five 6 = six 7 = seven 8 = eight 9 = nine 10 = ten
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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I was listening to an episode of @funfactorpod.com (which is really great, btw you guys should have me on) where they're talking about Edge magazine issue 16 and they had an interesting convo regarding this letter sent into Edge and their reply. I'm screenshotting / transcribing below:
By their nature, reviews are subjective. One man's meat is another man's poison. Your magazine has an absolute right to express its opinions. Blah blah blah. уе finally managed to get hold of AVP, and | can honestly say that your review was the most extraordinary exercise in bullshit Гуе read for a long time. It was so crammed with knee-jerk smugness and blistering illogicality that it’s hard to know where to begin. suppose a list will do the job. |. ‘The front end is incredibly slow.’ Damn Rebellion for its insolence! Wasting five seconds of our lives is unpardonable! 2. ‘There’s no real strategy in AVP.’ Perhaps we're just using different definitions of strategy or maybe I'm just a crap gamesplayer, but | found that if | didn’t plan the way | used medikits and ammunition, | wound up dead. 3. ‘When you kill an Alien, its corpse creates an obstacle.’ Yeah, so lure them out. Use medikits wisely. Use... strategy! 4. ‘In Doom you never know what’s around the next corner — in AVP it’s usually nothing.’ Really? Maybe | could borrow your cart, because on mine the Aliens are bloody everywhere. 5. ‘Some atmospheric music would be nice.’ Nice. Yes. Sod sinister. Sod the dull throb of distant engines and the shock of a shrieking Alien or whispering Predator. Let's get nice. 6. Wolfenstein seven out of ten, AVP four out of ten. Good call, Edge. Reactionary nostalgia is what pushed forward the boundaries of gameplaying. 7. ‘AVP is a lumbering imitation of Doom.’ Imitation in as much as Sonic is an imitation of Mario and MK is an imitation of SFII. Doom has unquestionably set a standard in the firstperson-perspective genre. But lumbering? Edge, are we being just a little bit precious? Oooh! Take your cotton-picking hands off my format! Don't you dare change the gameplay or I'll scratch your eyes out! In concluding, let me outline a couple of risks. As an owner of a struggling console, | run the risk of being over-defensive. | forked out hard cash for my Jaguar, and | don’t want to see it fail. So, just to qualify my position, let me state that I’ve been seriously disappointed by the software Atari has produced. With the notable exception of Tempest 2000, the games have been atrocious. Brutal Sports Boreball, Boreden, Dino Bores, Trevor McBore and, yes, even Wolfenbore —all of them utter crap. As for you, Edge, you run another risk. You are streets ahead of the other games mags. Your readers know it. Sadly, so do you. Your risk is smugness, a kind of ‘more adult than thou’ approach to gaming which doesn’t shirk from standing, reed-like, against the hurricane of popular opinion. The way | see it, AVP presented an irresistible target. Everyone had been talking about it for an infuriatingly long time and poor old Atari had pinned its hopes on its success. Your reviewer couldn’t wait to be the one to stick the knife in. Garciano Sol, London EDGE'S REPLY: Oh dear. Edge seems to have touched a raw nerve here. God forbid that anyone should dare to criticise the Jaguar’s flagship game. Your implication that Edge should have pulled its punches simply because of Atari’s precarious position in the console market runs contrary to everything the magazine stands for. And the accusation that anti-Jaguar prejudice was the cause of AVP’s low mark is ludicrous — Edge didn’t hear anyone complaining when it gave Tempest 2000 nine out of ten in issue 8. Have you considered the possibility that Edge simply didn’t like AVP? Maybe it’s a game that only shows its true colours when the lights are turned down, the sound is cranked up, and Doom is switched off on the neighbouring PC. Well, Jaguar owners will soon be able to choose between both experiences — id’s classic arrives on the Jag in December. As for AVP, Edge's decision is final and no more correspondence will be entered into.
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Soup of the day: Hot apple cider
Soup (A clear mug filled with hot apple cider on a little green kitchen towel. There's a cinnamon stick floating in it and a spoon next to it)
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM