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High on managed democracy, Helldivers 2 soldiers taunt D&D-style Game Master Joel after liberating 6 planets, defending 2, and capturing 2 whole sectors in days

Fellow soldiers are responding with a 'please don't do that'

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The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal says his Buffy role saved him from becoming homeless

Buffy the Vampire Slayer apparently saved Pedro Pascal’s career

Total Film

Raunchy road movie Drive-Away Dolls from one half of the Coen brothers marks a new, queer era in comedy

Big Screen Spotlight | Lesbian road trip caper Drive-Away Dolls is a welcome callback to B-movies past

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Drive-Away Dolls review: a wild Sapphic joyride from the Coen Brothers

Is this the lesbian road movie we’ve all been screaming out for?

Evening Standard

Helldivers 2 players are dousing planets in poison gas that Super Earth says will 'permanently' destroy the bugs, but we all know what Joel's really up to

Round up your co-op buddies and spray planet-wide insecticide to defend Super Earth's way of life.

PC Gamer

The Last Of Us Showrunner Debunks Season 2 Theories

Get insights into The Last of Us HBO series season 2, including showrunner's comments on fan theories, faithful adaptation of game storyline, and the handl...

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Helldivers 2 devs "knew it would be divisive" to put one real person in charge of the war: "It's something that a video game has never done before"

"This makes it feel more like a real war with real stakes, even though it's just a video game"

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 needed its own D&D-type game master because the co-op shooter "is going to run for a long time, we'd love to see it go for many years"

Arrowhead's dungeon master was put in place to "keep the never-ending war engaging for players"

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As Helldivers 2 players died millions of times on planet Mort, D&D-style war master Joel was "watching it all go down" and called it a "thing of beauty"

"He's as dedicated to the community as I am," community manager says of Joel

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 got so big that its virtual D&D master Joel needed "emergency" assistance: "He's only one guy, and he was just not sleeping ... sending me messages at 4am"

Helldivers 2 war master Joel needed reinforcements of his own

The Guardian - UK

‘Women have libidos too!’: Ethan Coen and wife Tricia Cooke on their raunchy new lesbian road movie

There’s a new Coen duo in town. Ethan Coen and his wife, film editor Tricia Cooke, have created a feature – Drive-Away Dolls. Here they talk about 70s B-movies, US politics, and the joys of their unconventional marriage

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350,000-strong Helldivers 2 contingent curses now-infamous galactic D&D master Joel as their next big campaign after Malevelon Creek takes a turn for the worst

That's a lot of soldiers to commit to a losing fight

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Windows Central

Helldivers 2 director explains the limits of Joel the Game Master's power: "The war fought and liberation of planets — that's all you"

The creative director behind Helldivers 2 has clarified exactly what Joel the Game Master can and can't do.

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Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel Influences Solar System-Wide War

Discover the unique role of 'Game Master' Joel at Arrowhead in managing Helldivers 2 gameplay, adding excitement and unpredictability to the solar system-w...

Windows Central

New Helldivers 2 Major Order calls on players to liberate Veld from a surprise bug infestation, and it's offering a good reward this time

Helldivers 2 says forget the robot front — Veld's got a surprise bug infestation, and we need to clear it ASAP.

GamesRadar

"Malevon Creek was literally an inside job": Helldivers 2 grunts in pieces after learning a real-life D&D game master is beating their asses in the Galactic War

Hi name is Joel, apparently

PC Gamer

'We have an actual person with the title of Game Master': A single Helldivers 2 dev named Joel is pulling the strings on its galactic war like an all-powerful D&D dungeon master, war will become 'more and more sophisticated over time'

Arrowhead has noticed the "attachments" players have to planets and will make them more of a character in the future.

Total Film

Pedro Pascal says filming The Last of Us season 2 "feels strangely brand new"

"I’m learning something new every day"

Motorsport

Obituary: British F4 racer Joel Pearson dies aged 19

Pearson made the switch from karts to cars partway through 2018 when he joined the Ginetta ranks, before contesting two full campaigns – taking two podiums en route to eighth in the 2020 standings.

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