Being that it is the holiday season, the GI staff decide to give back in their first segment. Matt Helgeson, Phil Kollar, Jeff Cork, and Nick Ahrens answer various questions from the GameInformer.com community which leads to some quite shocking answers. Phil Kollar, in response to a question about which company will jump on the next generation first, says that he feels the next home console we see very well may come from Apple. The guys also give some very honest answers about what they thing the biggest problem in gaming is at this moment.

In the second segment, Matt H. welcomes Matt Miller, Meagan VanBurkleo, and Adam Biessener to discuss their favorite indie and downloadable titles of the year. Popcap’s Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle get a favorable mention, as well as Matt H. discussing his love/hate relationship with Trials HD. Shadow Complex also gets its due mention as a possible game of the year for some people. Meagan then takes over the show to round out the segment with some lesser-known indie titles.

Covered games and topics: Mailbag, downloadable games, indie games, Plants vs. Zombies, Trials HD, Shadow Complex.

This week’s episode kicks off with some freewheeling questions from Gameinformer.com users in another edition of Reader Mailbag. Listen as Matt Helgeson, Phil Kollar, Nick Ahrens, and Jeff Cork give you the hard answers to the hard questions. In segment two, we wrap up our year-end podcasting with Adam Biessener, Matt Miller, and Meagan VanBurkleo, who take a look back at the year’s best indie and downloadable games. It was an amazing year in this rising category, so keep your ears peeled for some great games you might have missed.

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