Joel Franey got his Bachelors in Creative Writing and Games Design from Brunel University in 2017, before going on to do a Masters in Creative and Critical Writing from Sussex University. During this time he also worked freelance in various gaming-related roles and professions, including design, PR, reviews and features, before eventually joining the guides team at USgamer and ReedPop in 2019. Since then, he has written professionally for numerous publications, including Gfinity Esports, Eurogamer, VG247, Dicebreaker, RPS, Jelly Deals and more. These have involved, among other things, writing guides, news, features, reviews, and even working as an SEO consultant, restructuring and rewriting content for the purpose of increased online traffic. He eventually joined GamesRadar+ as a Guides Writer in 2021, with a focus on covering single player games and narrative games, though nonetheless regularly contributing to ongoing coverage of online gaming services and multiplayer properties, and has covered a variety of major AAA games in his time since then. In his spare time he is also a long-time fiction writer, having written books, screenplays and more besides in a variety of genres, and is the co-host and co-creator of the pop culture comedy podcast, "Margaret Thatcher, Templar Spy".
Latest articles by Joel Franey

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Guide To reroute the power lines between platforms in Control Resonant is a complex undertaking, especially in the Vanished Station

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Guide Control Resonant starts properly after defeating the Artist and making it to Central

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Guide There are seven zones, or regions, spread across the Control Resonant map, which are unlocked through map kits

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Guide How long it takes you to complete Control Resonant will vary depending on how much you engage with side content

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Guide I explain how to get every power and traversal ability in Control Resonant

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Guide We lay out the best starting primary and second weapon (or Aberrant Form) in Control Resonant

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Guide Clearance in Control Resonant is broken up across several keycards of different levels

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Guide The Freeze Frame questline in Control Resonant has players hunt down a camera by tracing the instant photos it left behind

By Iain Wilson Last updated
Guide Redeem Shift Codes in Borderlands 4 to get Vault Hunter Skins and Golden Keys, which unlock potentially incredible loot drops

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Guide The Frozen Trail update for Arc Raiders is coming October 8 to all platforms

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Guide The pillars with changing symbols in Control Resonant are save points and respawn checkpoints

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Guide Reset Items in Control Resonant are sold by Vendors in limited quantities

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Guide Living Shards are used to buy new weapons and Combo Finishers in Control Resonant

By Joel Franey Published
Guide If you've been playing Control Resonant, you may have noticed spheres or balls of warped space at the edge of certain buildings

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Guide Combo Finishers round off your standard weapon combo with a more powerful finishing attack in Control Resonant

By Joel Franey Published
Guide The Patterned Factory in the Central region holds one of the Resonants that the game is named after, but how do you get inside?

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Guide There are seven taxis hidden around Control Resonant as part of "The Last Taxi" side quest

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Guide The Mysterious Dog appears seven times in Control Resonant, each time with a puzzle to find its missing Dragon toy

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Guide In the Welcome to Manhattan mission, you need to move the charge to Central Checkpoint between Power Cores.

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Guide In the Panopticon Service Request, you have to give Langston the correct containment Cell ID and contain the World's Fair Radio

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Guide The Pattern Break puzzle in Control Resonant is a recurring world feat where you have to break the patterning

By Duncan Robertson Last updated
Deals Black Friday Meta Quest deals are a ways off yet, but here are the offers you can already make the most of.

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Guide Every secret mission in PTCGP is here, including those from the Team Rocket's Ambition B4a booster set
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