How ‘Helldivers 2’ Broke the Live-Service Slump | Button Mash

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Are you ready, Helldivers?! Ben, Steve Ahlman, and Matt James discuss how online co-op shooter ‘Helldivers 2’ became a surprise sensation and feel-good gaming story by building a new model for live-service storytelling and community (to go with great gameplay). Then they offer five rapid-fire recommendations for recently released, lower-profile games to play between blockbusters (58:00). Host: Ben Lindbergh Guests: Steve Ahlman and Matt James Producer: Devon Renaldo Additional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:05.0	Over 25 years ago on September 29, 1998,
0:09.5	we watched a brainy girl with curly hair drop everything to follow a guy she only kind of knew to college.
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0:20.0	My name is Greg Grunberg, though you may know me better as Sean Blumberg, the inventor of smoothays, and director of
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1:10.7	teach kids good many habits, and give interest on personal and joint accounts.
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