Is Don Mattrick the savior Zynga needed? Will Thomas as Alone developer Mike Bithell drop hints about his upcoming project? Is Tom Mc Shea more than host Kevin VanOrd can handle? All these questions and more are asked, but not necessarily answered, in this week's podcast.

Also, new GameSpotter Walter Lopez gives away a special prize (you have to listen to find out what it is and how to win!), and Carolyn Petit wards our English guest from Kevin's clearly Amero-centric point of view. Explosions! Guns! Flags! Wieners! It's an Independence Day tradition to alienate the British.

GameSpot GamePlay Episode 46: Banana Hammock

GameSpot GamePlay Episode 45: Popular Tarts

GameSpot GamePlay Special Edition Spoilercast: The Last of Us

GameSpot GamePlay Episode 44: Movement to the Beat

GameSpot GamePlay Episode 43: Slow Boat to Ireland

GameSpot GamePlay Episode 42: Put Some Pants On