Episode 19.9: Interview with Charles Watson of GG, PlayStation Plus Changes, E3 Cancellation, and a ScarJo-Evans Reunion

Welcome back to another episode of the Online Warriors Podcast! This week, we have a very special episode in store for you.

We kick off the episode with a special guest interview featuring Charles Watson, solo-developer of GG, a backlog tracking app considered by some to be the Goodreads for Games! Charles came on the show today to chat about all things GG and gaming! Some quick hits from our interview:

• Charles' background and start in software development (0:40)
• A little background about GG and the inspiration behind the app (1:13)
• The origin story of the GG name (2:40)
• The exponential growth of GG (3:56)
• How the growth of the user base has impacted development (5:29)
• The trick to balancing work, family, and app development (6:33)
• How the GG user interface came to reach the current state (8:48)
• The future of the GG app (11:55)
• A hot tip for any developers looking to start an app or site (13:06)
• Charles' personal backlog (13:57)
• Charles answers: "If you could be a superhero, what would be your superpower?" (17:35)

Next up, we dive into a couple nerdy news topics that broke this week:

• Sony updates the PlayStation Plus service and adds some new tiers (21:16)
• Apple announces Project Artemis, a new project that will reunite Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans (33:51)
• E3 is officially cancelled for 2022 (42:40)

The crew then goes hands on in their What-Are-You-Up-To Segment:

• Illeagle watches Moon Knight and Severance (50:00)
• Techtic plays Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and watches Rescued by Ruby (55:39)
• Nerdbomber watches Halo and Minx (58:12)

Then, even though it's almost spring, we have some trivia about everyone's favorite Winter Soldier - Sebastian Stan! (1:08:00)

Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller

Indie Podcast Promo: Science Fiction Remnant 

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As always, we appreciate you tuning in, and look forward to seeing you next week! Stay safe and healthy everyone!

Thanks again to Charles Watson! Check him out at:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sircharlesw 
• GG App on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGGApp 
• GG App: https://ggapp.io/ 

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