X3F Week in Review: December 12, 2008 - December 18, 2008

As is our wont, we at Xbox 360 Fanboy have gathered up the various news articles and community features of the past week and arranged them neatly for easy consumption. You can find them all below. Oh, and by the way, we're giving away the Gears of War 2 Combustible Map Pack on Friday. Keep your eyes open or you might miss it.

Community

• Xbox 360 Fancast 95 -- The one with Ross (not Bob)
  Joystiq's Ross Miller stops by

• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Dash of Destruction
  It's free. It's about Doritos. GOTY?

• Ask X3F: Just like Mama used to play edition
  Games for Mom.

• X3F is now on Twitter!
  The world trembles.

News

• NXE audio issues continue to fire up forum users, Microsoft still working on a fix
  What? Can't hear you.

• Video: Gears of War 2 grenade tags and melees ... through walls?
  Oh hey, another glitch.

• Square Enix: 360 easier to develop on than the PS3
  Flame shield: Activated

• Mercs 2 Blow it Up Again DLC available for free
  Blow it up again. And again and again ...

• New COD4 playlists axed, no more DLC likely
  Surprise!