It’s always good to know when the team involved in making something actually enjoys the thing they’re making. Therefore, it may be a delight to hear that Super Earth’s top spokesperson and your spaceship’s lead technician are both big fans of Helldivers 2—and the spokesperson's gaming history cuts deeper than one may think.
In a brief interview with PC Gamer, the voice behind the game’s beloved propaganda machine, Craig Lee Thomas, talked about how he’s been enjoying the hell(diver) out of the game.
“I cannot get enough of this game,” he said in a written interview. "I've been hopping on to squish bugs and stomp bots every chance I get.”
Thomas also said that he’s been playing with Sarah Emahleh, who voices the technician that accompanies you on your personal ship, and he describes how bizarre it is to hear each other (and themselves) talking in the same space. "I follow her into battle every chance I get. It's hilarious to be on mic with her on one of our ships (mine is the Superintendent of Liberty) and talk to her character while one of my character's PSA's is playing on the giant TV screen."
Thomas reveals his gamer age a bit, pointing out that AR-23P Liberator Penetrator, one of his guns of choice, “brings me WAY back to my Halo 3 days when I was a Battle Rifle stan.” That’s a heck of a fun throwback, though he’s been working in games for a bit, including with some voices in Smite and Lost Ark, and has an acting and showbiz career going back to Nickelodeon’s KaBlam!.
Thankfully, the Helldivers 2 community’s been treating him well, as he also said he’s been sent ceaseless memes since launch. Such is the joy of Democracy.
