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Going to attempt an updated/better explanation of the Classic Fredo Concept: The Gunstar Heroes Zone™.

A game belongs in The Gunstar Heroes Zone™ when it gains an outsize fandom and/or reputation relative to the impact the game had when it originally game out.
One of those weird memories that just lives forever rent free in my head was the time one of my normie co workers asked me about what video games I was playing, and I brought up Final Fantasy and he was like "Final Fantasy??? What's that??? Never heard of it!"
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
checked out highguard on steam and saw that it requires this bios level modification on top of everything else which woof, yikes, etc
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Game of the year (2006, 2025)
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 AM
It's only just occurring to me now but I think Firefly is an interesting example of a show that is in the Gunstar Heroes Zone™
One of my hottest takes but: Firefly is overrated by some people because the cast chemistry was so good they overlooked/memory holed the major flaws in the story/world. It was also pretty niche except in specific nerd spaces.
You know, Firefly was the actual sci-fi property that was huge, but had no real cultural impact.

Like, Firefly was synonymous with 2000's nerd culture, and you never hear anything about it now. Even Nathan Fillon is now more famous for other stuff.
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Was going through some old photos and stumbled into this hysterically funny pro doge comic that has aged like milk to say the least
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Finished reading @mikedrucker.bsky.social's book, "Good Game: No Rematch" today - Very fun and definitely a lot of relatable stuff if you're a video game turbonerd like me

For a lot of us, video games are really tired to many major events in our lives and it was neat to see that represented here
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Dinner check: reply to this with what you had for dinner (or what you are going to have, if you haven't eaten dinner yet)
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It's always so funny seeing these edgelord dipshits on here who are like "heh people can't handle my harsh truths, I'm just too real 😎" and then they just get dunked on constantly for like a week before leaving the site forever
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Soup of the day: Water
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Interestingly, I've seen a lot of doubling down on this lately with this "w.. well you have to admit the damn wokes were out of control!" narrative from your Joe Rogan/ south park guys and I just want to say this definitely isn't going to work and you are definitely not saving face here
im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse

if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Currently high and watching the star wars prequels with Mrs F, we're now watching episode 1 and I'm reminded of how that naboo starfighter was hidden in rogue squadron for the n64 and nobody knew about it for quite a while

Was very rare to see a game do that sort of thing
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The first rule of Fredo club is that you tell everyone you know about it. The second rule of Fredo club is that you tell everyone you know about it. You need to be hyping up fredo club all the time!!! Tell your friends, loved ones, demand they join Fredo club!!!
The best part about Fight Club was the tips provided in running a successful club
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Haha Octopath 0 literally opens up with the "wake up sleepyhead!" bit, I bet I am gonna love this one
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 AM
"But Master Yoda, you can't die!"

Master Yoda: *dies*
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Jabba the Hutt rip bozo you won't be missed
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
New from the Lindt Chocolatier, the 70% cacao dark chocolate and poison bar
January 26, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I am of course famously not a sports guy (#banallsports) but I'm seeing people posting about the patriots being in the super bowl again and damn that has gotta be just exhausting for football fans (who aren't from there, of course)
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Seeing people talking about this dog killing thing again so I thought it would be relevant to revisit this post
The currently viral conservative dog killing thing is morbidly interesting to me - I have known a few of these types in my life and it's very bizarre, it always seems to me they are shooting dogs as this sort of performative affectation, pretending to have this hardscrabble life -
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 PM
*steps outside, is immediately crushed by gigantic falling tree*

Hnnnngh, with my last breath....I curse
... all of you.... *dies*
January 25, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Now watching, I hope it's not woke
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Soup of the day: Ice
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Tonight's inventory:

1 battle axe
1 kite shield
15 throwing knives
1 burrito (poisoned)
1 ration (poisoned)
2 red potions
2 blue potions
11 FredoCoins
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Now watching, I hope it's not woke
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Fitz's root beer, Dr Pepper cream soda, Cheerwine, Fitz's hip hop pop
What's on your Mt. Rushmore of pop/sodas?
January 25, 2026 at 12:21 AM
One of those gaming curiosities I always found really interesting is that we had this brief period in the mid 90s where top down & isometric third person shooters got very popular and oversaturated the market in the same way we are seeing with roguelites now
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM