Nak3d Eli has kicked off a new video series – he calls it ‘Breaking Halo 4’. It’s all about finding glitches in Matchmaking maps… and the first episode looks at an invisible walkway (well, probably more than one) on Adrift. Normally, we’d stay away from stuff like this, but if you get beaten because of this glitch, you deserve to know what actually happened. Here’s hoping it gets fixed soon. Thanks, MrGreencastle. (Louis Wu 18:53:40 UTC)

Skywalker DSP came by with another commentated gameplay vid – this was a four-player custom Regicide game. Fun editing… and entertaining commentary!(Louis Wu 18:51:04 UTC)

Our forum had a Secret Santa exchange (completely organized by JDQuackers, I just watched) – and NartFOpc dropped in last night to share his gift. I love you guys.(Louis Wu 18:49:28 UTC)

kornman00 stopped by yesterday to show off a video containing some fun mods for Halo 4. (You can’t use these unless you’re willing to mod your Xbox 360 – but you can certainly watch videos.) Those monstrous Spartans are awesome! Update: kornman says there was no modded box involved; he was able to tweak gametype parameters that the games UI normally hides. Noice!(Louis Wu 18:46:03 UTC)

Kotaku decided to take a shot at shooter montages – and Tashi’s Halo 4 inaugural montage is held up as a ‘sincere’ example. (In the context of this article, that might not be a good thing.) Agree or not, it’s a thought-provoking read. Thanks, Zeouterlimits.(Louis Wu 18:43:52 UTC)

The Forward Unto Dawn crew has released another podcast – it’s a discussion of the first five episodes of Spartan Ops, with special guest Kete from The Running Riot. Dani’s… salty. Thanks, Fuchsdh. (Louis Wu 18:41:10 UTC)

Goosechecka sent word of a new Top 5 list – this one was compiled by TacoPizzaHunter, and contains the best Grifball videos of 2012. Nice! (Louis Wu 18:39:01 UTC)

Tommy92l sent us a link to a video showing some trolling in Halo 4… and some reverse trolling. Always fun when you get surprised! (Louis Wu 18:36:54 UTC)

One new piece is up in the Fan Fiction section today – go read!(Louis Wu 18:33:40 UTC)

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Today we embark on our mini-series of podcasts. It would only be appropriate that we start with a campaign one. We will be releasing these segments as they are recorded and then release them as official episodes as they come together. For our first campaign show, we start on the first mission: Dawn. In this mission, you are woken up by Cortana only to learn you’re drifting around a Forerunner planet and that the Covenant are fighting you once again. Podtacular founder foomojive joins us for this mission. Enjoy

The Achievement Hunter guys are back with another episode of Halo HORSE (well, it’s still PIG, and will be until the Fileshare issue is resolved) – Jack and Geoff square off in a battle that’s reminiscent of the early days. Watch it on AH.com or on YouTube – your call. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 21:19:44 UTC)

Robowski sent word that the latest Post Game Carnage Report has an interview with MLG player Dewbron (with info about cheaters in the Infinity Challenge) – and discussion about an upcoming contest. Go listen!(Louis Wu 21:14:33 UTC)

Tyrant has released the seventh chapter of his Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – this one will help you get through Composer. It’s pretty straightforward gameplay all the way through… but but he found a pretty nice position to play out the Mantis fight from – minimal danger! Take a look.(Louis Wu 19:23:08 UTC)

Just noticed that pete_the_duck posted a new Forge Quacks last week – did you know that two one-way shields placed back-to-back can be passed through in either direction? Weird; I’d have guessed they’d turn into a wall! (Louis Wu 17:24:31 UTC)

MoltenSlowa and crew got together for another Ops-Cast – there’s no new Spartan Ops content yet, so they decided to discuss the first three terminals they found in Halo 4. Go listen! (Louis Wu 17:22:52 UTC)

Chappified stopped back in with some more messing around on Halo 2’s Outskirts – mostly using a spazzing Phantom to shoot him around the map, but there’s other stuff too. Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:21:34 UTC)

The Halo Council has posted the third episode of their second season of their Top 5 list (whew!) – commentary by u4iX. Thanks, VivaciousJazzy.(Louis Wu 20:04:17 UTC)

Angry Joe released his Top 10 Gaming Controversies of 2012… and Doritogate (and its commentary on gaming journalism in general) made #3. He’s angry… but it’s a cool list! Thanks, SonGoharotto.(Louis Wu 20:02:29 UTC)

Paula found a Didact sighting in El Yunque, Puerto Rico. Love the pic!(Louis Wu 19:59:34 UTC)