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Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel claps back with a tough new major order: liberate 5 planets in 3 days to secure our "economic future"

Helldivers 2 players were just celebrating a win, but the fight is back on

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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

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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

Total Film

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.

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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"

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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

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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

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‘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

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...

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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.

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"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"

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