Shane and Trevor over at First Wall Rebate have posted another excellent episode discussing the impact of the EGM and 1UP.com closure/restructure. Our own Shawn Rider joins the discussion again, but the Special Guest this time around is Michael Abbot of The Brainy Gamer blog and podcast. Grab the episode at the link above, and add the First Wall Rebat podcast to your audio aggregator.

Fallout 3 Operation: Anchorage Interview - Eurogamer
Eurogamer talks with Jeff Gardiner of Bethesda Softworks about the upcoming downloadable content set to hit Fallout 3 in January (and February and March). This should be enough to keep us playing Fallout 3 until we hit level 30!
MMO Gaming website, Massively, has a great write up about five things that we don’t need to see in MMOs anymore. Ever. (We’re looking at you, Blizzard… And Mythic… And Funcom…) This is a great list and one that we can wholeheartedly support. Good on ya, Massively!
Several independent developers have gotten together to put their iPhone apps on sale for the New Year. There are a few indy games worth checking out for $0.99, including Blackbeard’s Assault, Mouse House and DuckDuckDuck. Kick off the year with some new indy games for your daily commute.
Trevor Dodge and Shane Hinton have begun an excellent new podcast called First Wall Rebate. GamesFirst!’s own Shawn Rider has been a guest on two of their podcasts so far, and plans to join them…
First Wall Rebate Ep 010 is up now, featuring GF!’s own Shawn Rider, who joins Trevor Dodge and Shane Hinton, FWR’s stalwart co-hosts. Discussion ranges over the best things of 2008, including iPhone games, Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Mega Man 9, GTA IV, Little Big Planet, and Braid.

This edition of the Brainy Gamer Podcast features a holiday extravaganza of Gamers Confab goodness: a 3-volume confection featuring a sleigh full of games bloggers all discussing our favorite games of 2008! ( via The Brainy Gamer: Brainy Gamer Podcast - Holiday edition )
This Holiday Confab also features First Wall Rebate co-anchor and friend of GamesFirst!, Trevor Dodge.

Supermandolini⢠- Arcade Buttons
These arcade fighter themed buttons are great additions to any messenger bag or lapel. Supermandolini has several other gamer-themed items, too.
