Thanks for everyone who stepped up and voted over the weekend for our Guilt O’ Lantern contestants – we’re still pretty low, overall, but it’s no longer embarrassing. It’s time to actually AWARD those cool prizes, so if you haven’t voted – today’s your last chance! We’ll close the polls this evening, and announce the winners in the morning.(Louis Wu 15:24:31 UTC)

tiny stopped in with a pretty cool pano stitched together from a filler game played during the FLAG Tournament this weekend… what an awesome assassination!(Louis Wu 15:21:42 UTC)

MoltenSlowa and friends have released the second episode of their Spartan Ops-themed podcast, Ops-Cast – this one focuses on Episode 2! (Whoa, you’d almost think the numbering system was related to the Spartan Ops release schedule…)(Louis Wu 15:20:30 UTC)

Schooly D has revisited his idea of a practice environment (he’d built one for Reach) – swing by his post for screenshots and a video showing off The Gym 2.0, now for Halo 4! (Louis Wu 15:18:35 UTC)

t00lbox found a way out of the Campaign level Composer – some interesting interactions on the outside! Go play.(Louis Wu 15:16:42 UTC)

RC Master put together a monster review of Halo 4, broken into 4 separate parts. The opening piece is here, but then there are followups on Campaign Levels, Infinity Multiplayer, and Spartan Ops and enemies. Only the Infinity Multiplayer section is fully spoiler-free. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:15:23 UTC)

Halo Council’s Clicked wants to help you with Global Ordnance Drops – swing by to watch his video and learn some timing. Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 19:46:40 UTC)

The Halo Forge Epidemic created a pretty cool custom mini-game for Halo 4 called ‘Thruster Busters’ – I haven’t played it, but the video explaining how it works makes it look like an awful lot of fun! Go give it a try. Thanks to NeoGAF’s MrBig for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 16:34:52 UTC)

Forge Hub wants your remakes! Swing by the Forgotten Treasures III announcement page for full details of this new contest – thanks, ZaneZavin.(Louis Wu 16:17:30 UTC)

LegendaryKRy found a neat little secret on the level “Requiem” where you go up against eight Beam Rifle wielding Elites. EIGHT! Confused as to why these Elites would appear, LegendaryKRy was hoping to find a major easter egg, no luck so far. He is asking for your help to further investigate. Thanks, Pok3R Fac3D(mastrbiggy 07:05:06 UTC)

If you played Halo 4 near the day of release, swing by this post on Reddit for a way to snag an additional 12k XP (and a new emblem). Nice! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 21:17:58 UTC)

The Achievement Hunter dudes filmed a fun easter egg from Halo 4’s Shutdown level – Andy Richter and Conan O’Brien philosophize about crates, rugs, and ancient aliens. Go watch! Thanks, bs angel.(Louis Wu 19:51:34 UTC)

Hedgemony whipped up another batch of Halo 4 panoramas (part 1 | part 2) – I could look at these all day. (Louis Wu 19:46:41 UTC)

Reach is still the focus of Fails of the Weak 113 (AH.com | YouTube) – might be changing to Halo 4 in the not-too-distant future. Go watch! Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 19:45:11 UTC)

Tex decided to make Hard Light Candy in honor of the Fight Like a Girl tournament – pretty fun stuff!(Louis Wu 19:43:49 UTC)