Joel Franey
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, wr✱iting 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
The Elden Ring Fia hug blessing and debuff explained
Guide What does Fia the Deathbed Companion's Baldachin’s꧋ Blessing, curse and debuff do?
How to beat Dragonlord Placidusax in Elden Ring
Guide We've got t൲ips, weaknesses, strategies and the location for Placidusax in Elden Ring
All Elden Ring Divine Towers and how to reach the top
Guide We have all the Divine Tower locations in Elden Rin🌟g
All Elden Ring Deathroot locations
Guide We explain where to find every Deathroot in 🎀ܫElden Ring for Gurranq
How to play Elden Ring multiplayer co-op with friends
Guide Co-op multiplayer in Elden Ring allows players to work toget❀her to bring down 𝕴bosses.
How to reach the Elden Ring Consecrated Snowfield region
Guide The Haligtree Medallion location and Grand Lift of Rol💟d take you to the Snowfield in Elden Ring
Best Elden Ring classes ranked
Guide 🍰The best Elden Ring classes vary depending on skill, but spellcasters are powerhouses
Full Elden Ring Blaidd questline walkthrough
Guide We explain how to find Blaidd an🃏d get his armor and s♔word in Elden Ring
All Elden Ring Bell Bearing locations
Guideౠ We explain where to get every Bell Bearing for farming Smithing Stones with the Twin Maiden Husk's shop in Elden Ring
Everything about the Helldivers 2 Illuminate and tips for beating the Squids
Guide Here's what you need to know about the Illumina꧋te in Helldivers 2, ♌including how to fight them
Helldivers 2 weapon customization and attachments explained
Guide Customizing weaponཧs in ꦏHD2 is done by levelling up your guns through use
What is the best Weapon in Doom The Dark Ages?
Guide The best wea🎉pon in Doom The Dark Ages is by far the Super Shotgun, for its heavy damage
How to solve the rotating water room puzzle in Doom The Dark Ages
Guide The Kar'Thul Marshes l🌞evel in Doom The Dark Ages has an option🐬al puzzle where you spin a room with water
Where to find all Wolf Statues in Doom The Dark Ages
Guide Wolf Statueꦦs in The Dark Ages are found in 🃏The Siege, The Ancestral Forge, the Kar'Thul Marshes and Resurrection.
All Wraithstones in Doom The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul
Guide There's two hidden Wraithstone locations in Doom The Dark Ages🍨' eldritch Spire of Nerathul
All Doom The Dark Ages weapons and how to get them
Guide There are 23 weapons in Doom The Dark Ages, not including the weaponized dragon and statiꩵonary ♌turrets
Doom: The Dark Ages review: "Some may appreciate the greater focus on close-quarters, but others will find themselves nostalgic for the simple joys of double jumps"
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Best Dune Awakening skills, abilities and skill trees
Guide There for five skill trees in Dune A💛wakening, with three subtrees in each one
After years of despising JRPGs, Clair Obscur has finally brought me around by ditching the standard cast of tedious teenagers
Now Playing Now Playing | Expedition 33 brought me around to one of my least favorite🐬 genres by aging up its themes, dialogue and (thank Christ), the cast
Best Birthsign in The Elder Scrolls Oblivion 4 Remastered
Guide Birthsigns in Eld𓃲er Scrolls 4 Ob🎃livion Remastered grant permanent buffs or powers
Best Class in The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered
Guide ꦗWe have all the best class options in Oblivion Remastered here
I'm still scratching the surface of Arrakis in Dune: Awakening, but it's already doing at least one thing better than Villeneuve's films
Now Playing 🎃Opinion |🐬 Dune Awakening has doubled down on a major blind spot of both movies
Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered Vilverin puzzles and walkthrough
Guide Vilverin is one of the first dungeons in Oblivion Remaster✅ed
