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 There are six hidden Testing Facilities hidden as part of the Unsupervised Science quest in Control Resonant

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Guide The Complete Set quest is about finding Speakers and a Subwoofer in Control Resonant

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Guide To reroute the power lines between platforms in Control Resonant requires several puzzles to be solved

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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 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 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 The locations and puzzles for all Taxis in Control Resonant are laid out here

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

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Guide In 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 Reset Items in Control Resonant are sold by Vendors, and rewards for Arcade machines

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Guide The arcade machines around Control Resonant are all Shum III, but in actuality they're all endgame challenges

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Guide The New Growth quest in Control Resonant has you help Doctor Underhill, then make a choice about what to do with her.

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Guide The new Transmog feature in Witcher 3 Remastered allows you to Reforge your equipment into a new look

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Guide The Gallery lists four paintings sold this month: Journey, Windows, Thunder and Tides, but what does that mean for the puzzle?

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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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