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".
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Guide The Urban Survival quest in Control Resonant has you follow a mysterious trail of mines to find a lone survivalist

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Guide The laundry in Control Resonant has a puzzle based around washing machines and a grid of numbers on the wall

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Guide The Mold in Control Resonant is something that people have been telling you not to eat, but should you listen?

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Guide The terminals throughout Control Resonant will ask you questions, but should you answer, and how?

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Guide The Karaoke machine in Control Resonant curses people to dance, but if you know the lyrics, you can save them

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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

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

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

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

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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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Guide There are five blue Sanzhana fairies found around Dawnwalker, unlocking extra time

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Guide Home Sweet Home is a quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker that traps you in a looping nightmare

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Guide The time to beat The Blood of Dawnwalker varies hugely, and can be anywhere between 20 and 50 hours

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Guide What should Coen do in The Blood of Dawnwalker once the prologue is over

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Guide In Dawnwalker's prologue, there are quests you can do before Mass at Sundown

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Guide How does time pass in The Blood of Dawnwalker, and is there a way to change it?

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Guide Anca's recipe requires you to memorize how hot the water should be and how many spoonfuls of herbs to add in Dawnwalker

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Guide It's a brutal choice, but should you try to force feed Esme to keep up her strength for Mass in Dawnwalker?

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Guide The best sword in The Blood of Dawnwalker is the legendary Imbued Sword of St. Mihai

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Guide We show you all the characters you can romance in Dawnwalker, and how to win them over
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