Main Quest

Composer Will Roget joins Main Quest for a deep dive into the music of Helldivers 2 , the power of player-focused composition, and the craft behind some of the most memorable game scores of the last decade. Will shares how Final Fantasy VII pushed him toward video game music, how MIDI transcription helped him learn composition, and how working at LucasArts shaped the way he thinks like a game deve...

Russ Nickel helped shape the voice, humor, and lore of Helldivers 2, one of the most surprising co-op shooter hits in recent memory. In this episode of Main Quest, Russ joins Eddy Barco to talk about writing for Super Earth, building the tone of Helldivers 2, creating ship characters, expanding the game’s lore, and helping develop the hilarious propaganda machine that made players instantly unders...

In this episode of Main Quest, Eddy sits down with Jeremy Cook, a veteran art director and concept artist whose career has crossed some of the biggest worlds in entertainment, including Star Wars, Halo, Doom, Quake, Blizzard, Blur Studio, and Exodus. The conversation explores how great game art works when players are not thinking about it. Jeremy breaks down the difference between designing for fi...

Helldivers 2 became one of gaming’s biggest surprises because players did not just play it. They turned it into a culture. * Note: This interview was filmed in 2025, so some information may have changed since recording. In this episode of Main Quest, Eddy sits down with Colebrew, a Helldivers 2 content creator and meme maker, to explore how Arrowhead’s co-op shooter became a community-driven pheno...

Craig Lee Thomas aka John Helldiver, goes behind the scenes of Helldivers 2 with us here at Main Quest. How did he land the role? What’s Arrowhead Studios really like? Is Super Earth just a bunch of dumb propaganda? On this podcast we’ll cover it all: voice acting, character creation, comedy, game development, fan moments, and the much more behind one of the most iconic characters in recent gaming...

What does it actually take to build a global hit game? In Episode 1 of Main Quest , we sit down with Evan Nickel, producer of Helldivers 2, to break down the real story behind one of the most explosive launches in modern gaming. From early development challenges to scaling a live service experience for millions of players, Evan shares what goes on behind the scenes at a studio level, what surprise...