Episode 18.4: Interview with Daniel Greenberg, a Splinter Cell Remake, and TikTok Kitchen

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 Daniel Greenberg, Professor of Game Design at George Mason University and founder of Winterion Game Studios! Daniel came on the show today to chat about all things gaming (and root beer)! Some quick hits from our interview:

• Daniel's background and start in game design academia (1:01)
• Gaming as a staple in today's society (2:47)
• When gaming evolved into an art form instead of a fun "diversion" (3:41)
• Transmediation and how we interact with various forms of media (9:23)
• The "importance of storytelling vs. gameplay mechanics" debate (11:50)
• Game design elements that are fundamental for a really good game (17:05)
• The story of Winterion Game Studios and the IONGAMING project (21:47)
• "Must-play" retro games (26:39)
• Daniel's personal game development plans/experience (32:23)
• Daniel's favorite board game recommendations (34:33)
• Daniel's thoughts on the future of gaming and VR's place in that future (37:34)
• Daniel's history as a root beer aficionado (44:37) 
• Daniel answers: "If you could be a superhero, what would be your superpower?" (50:22)

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

• TikTok unveils plans for TikTok Kitchen, a "ghost" restaurant delivery service (58:24)
• Ubisoft announces a Splinter Cell Remake (1:10:00)

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

• Nerdbomber watches Ron's Gone Wrong and starts reading The Boys comics (1:18:39)
• Illeagle watches West Side Story and continues Spider-Man: Miles Morales (1:23:39)
• Techtic reads a book on Drones (1:26:55)

Then, we don't mean to drone on, but we have some Drone trivia! (1:29:36)

Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller

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Thanks again to Daniel Greenberg! Check him out at:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/winterion 
• Winterion Game Studios on Youtube: http://watch.winterion.com 
• Winterion Game Studios Website: https://winterion.com/index.html 
• George Mason University: https://www.gmu.edu/ 
• Daniel Greenberg at GMU: https://www.gmu.edu/profiles/dgreenb2 

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