The Weekend Hotness: Oh, you’re my best friend, in a world we must defend

As seen on Weekend Destructainment: An A Cappella group performs the Pokemon theme. It’s surprisingly good, and for whatever reason, makes me want to fight someone. 

Jim interviews Owlboy, Factor 5 has possibly closed its doors, we got a bunch more Christmas cards, the new hovering car coming to Burnout was revealed, and plenty more happened over the weekend.

Weekend Regulars:
Weekend Destructainment: OMG shoes!
Achievement Unlocked: Wheelman, Afro Samurai, Magic Ball, and PAA: Episode 2
Discountoid: Only a few shopping days left!
Best of the Network this week
This Week in the Community: Santa hats for everybody!
Games of the week: Several months too late edition

Originals:
Destructoid interview: Owlboy

Reviews:
Strong Bad Episode 5

News:
Aspyr cuts one third of its staff
Lumines Supernova hits PSN December 23rd with limited 20-skin Holiday Pack
Chronicles of Inotia is an iPhone game and this video proves it
Gore Verbinski is the new Uwe Boll: ‘Pirates‘ director to take on Second Life
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom shuffling onto PSN next January
LittleBigPlanet gets a few patches, moderation much improved
Grow your psychic little brain with Double Fine’s Psychonauts ‘Psycho-pedia’
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts gets text embiggening patch
PlayStation 3 Trophy issue to be addressed in this century, presumably
Update on the Crackdown 2 front: Realtime Worlds in discussion with Microsoft
Capcom’s Keiji Inafune talks Mega Man, Dead Rising, and hamburgers
Don’t Panic: Free Radical Design isn’t dead just yet
Doctors identify new gaming-related injury
Bob’s Game developer protesting against Nintendo

Rumortoid:
Factor 5 has closed its doors

Offbeat:
In Dead Space, no one can hear you pee … in a urinal

Galleries:
EA wishes us happy holidays with ten new Skate 2 screens
Holiday cards: Prototype digital card isn’t much, but it sure is snowy
Holiday cards: The snow is Vin Diesel’s battleground in The Wheelman
Holiday cards: Blizzard sends Warcraft wishes

Videos:
World at War video has blood, also a bunch of quotes from reviewers
Back to the future: Pac-Man Championship Edition remade for the NES
Merry Christmas from Sega
Burnout Christmas card shows off the new hovering car
Bit Museum #2: Better than setting up your NES in the bathroom

Community:
C Blogs of 12/21/08
C Blogs of 12/20/08
A Time to Destroy: I Cast Thee Out
Final Fantasy: She still floats