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Helldivers 2 marines have either completed the latest Major Order against all odds or are now unable to have sex because they haven't, and nobody knows which it is

How did we get here

Helldivers 2 devs tell players to put down the lightning guns to prevent the game from freezing, which sounds like a Terminid in disguise to me

Helldivers 2 devs tell players to put down the lightning guns to prevent the game from freezing, which sounds like a Terminid in disguise to me

In seriousness, these weapons are to blame for technical issues

Helldivers 2 community's ambitious plan to liberate 5 planets in 3 days in jeopardy as galactic war trackers catastrophically fail—but don't worry, Joel is on it

Helldivers 2 community's ambitious plan to liberate 5 planets in 3 days in jeopardy as galactic war trackers catastrophically fail—but don't worry, Joel is on it

Today's patch is also causing new crashes, it seems.

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In a rare message from Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel, Arrowhead confirms the war is bugged and not being tracked properly amid a spike in crashes after a new patch

Joel wants a fair fight, but the wrong kind of bug is causing a problem

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

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'

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

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

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

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.

The Last Of Us Showrunner Debunks Season 2 Theories

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...

Helldivers 2 players are closing in on their first "permanent" win in the bug war, so surely nothing will go horribly wrong when game master Joel presses a big red button

Helldivers 2 players are closing in on their first "permanent" win in the bug war, so surely nothing will go horribly wrong when game master Joel presses a big red button

"Breaking: Helldivers to permanently contain bugs"

5 new to Paramount Plus movies with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

5 new to Paramount Plus movies with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

Paramount Plus is adding a wave of critically-acclaimed movies in March 2024 including "Carol", "Airplane!" and much more.

Helldivers 2 is "halting all output" on mechs after factory planet Tien Kwan comes under attack in galactic game master Joel's latest twist

Helldivers 2 is "halting all output" on mechs after factory planet Tien Kwan comes under attack in galactic game master Joel's latest twist

Helldivers 2's latest major order tasks players with liberating the mech factory planet Tien Kwan

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Unreleased Helldivers 2 vehicles are leaking all over the place, but I'm not ruling out that Game Master Joel has something to do with it

Could some of these Helldivers 2 leaks be an inside job?

Helldivers 2 uses its game master to stop the live service side from being 'just a calendar with automated events tied to major holidays'

"We knew it would be divisive!"

The Last Of Us Season 2 Cast Revealed For Fans

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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"

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

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

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.

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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