On May 23 people were not expecting anything out of the ordinary. Then came new forum member hello6470 skating his way into GlitchBlog with some mind-blowing tricks. Now The GlitchBlog community needs something special to really be impressed, and hello6470 managed it: a full two videos of Aggressive Inline glitches, that’s just over fifteen minutes of pure glitching! Plus the glitches in the video are great with falling under the map, inside buildings and a glitch that looks like your character is dry humping concrete (0.13 video 1). Congratulations hello6470 you have earned front page status.
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Forum user PeeWee can’t just revise, he has to glitch and revise at the same time! While studying for his ICT GCSE using an interactive navigator he managed to yes, glitch out of the map. Now this may be the first ever glitch on an educational program so for this he earns this front page post and a massive well done from me!  To do this glitch PeeWee  walks into a wall close to a loading room and gets slipped along the wall and past the loading point and out of the map, all I can say is that I think that wall must have been made out of soap or something to be that slippy. Once out of the map PeeWee explains that you can free roam anywhere. Good luck on your GCSEs PeeWee, I hope you do better then what I got.

You can go check out the thread on this glitch by clicking this sentence

I recently caught up with the owner of GlitchMania.com to ask him a few questions about his take on glitching, and hear a bit about what inspired him to start glitching.

GlitchBlog: Do you remember what got you into glitching?

GlitchMania: I was playing Team Doubles on Halo 3 on Guardian. Someone hit me with a hammer and it launched me on top of the map. I thought that was a pretty cool spot to be in… especially for people like me who like to snipe. So I tried until I could voluntarily accomplish that glitch. I attached the video of that glitch below. It may be more of a tip or trick. Nevertheless it’s what got me started. (There are other ways to accomplish that glitch.)

GlitchBlog: What games do you like to glitch the most?

GlitchMania:  I enjoy Glitching on Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 the most. I don’t know why, I guess I just like those games the best. They’re very original, the Xbox Live aspect of those games are my favorite.

GlitchBlog: Do you have any tips for people who are new to the glitching craze, or should I say glitch mania that is growing so quickly?

GlitchMania:  I think the best Glitching tip I could give would be this… When you learn a glitch that can be used in actual gameplay you may be tempted not to attempt that particular glitch during gameplay (someone might kill you while your trying to accomplish that glitch.) But if you learn to incorporate that glitch during gameplay I can’t tell you how effective that will be.

GlitchBlog: GlitchMania has a great layout, and is very user friendly.  Do you have any advise for glitchers who want to create their own database, or website?

GlitchMania: First of all keep it original. Abstract websites usually don’t do well. Use free internet tools especially youtube. As it can drive traffic to your site, you can also use it to embed video glitches to your website (that’s the basics of website building.) Make your website very user oriented and give visitors a reason to come back. Also, when creating glitch video’s for youtube try your best to make a nice video. With high quality video, if possible, and good quality sound. This kind of video will get more hits, and better ratings.

GlitchBlog: What is the best way to keep up with all that is going on at GlitchMania?

GlitchMania: I have a Free Email Newsletter people can sign up to receive updates on the latest video game glitches.

It was good getting to know another fellow glitcher with the passion for long nights, and bloody thumbs.  He had some interesting answers, as well as some great insight.  I think that, most of all, it is just good to know we are not the only group out there who will spend hours trying to jump a wall.

  GlitchMania is accepting glitches from the public.  If you would like to contribute to the growing database just head on over, and follow the instructions on how to post.

This is a truly bittersweet post for me to make. It is great to see a new Saints Row glitch video from YourPrivateArea. I enjoy his videos immensely, and without fail. They are positively the most creative videos coming from the glitching community, with a style we should all try to learn from. This video is another great one with a list of seven tricks and glitches, but I am shocked to tell you that this new video is his “farewell video” to Saints Row 1. It’s true, he really is saying this will be it.

I could have done the obvious thing by asking YourPrivateArea when/if he planned to start working on another game (Saints Row 2). Instead I decided to simply ask him for a comment on his latest thread entitled “Going out with a bang”. I will leave you with his response…

“A wise man once said, “If you build it, they will come.” I don’t know what that has to do with me, but the point is that I made my vids for true Saints Row and glitch fans. Nothing wrong with a good CAMV one in a while, but it takes a special class of gamer to appreciate a glitch vid. In the end I just really hoped people would look at Saints Row, and games in general, in a different way. Like when Neo sees the Matrix code for the first time. Ok that’s a bad example, but you know what I mean…hopefully. The crazy thing is that alot of my favorite music just seemed to fit, and maybe even drove, my glitch finds. It’s a mixed blessing though because YouTube made me change some of some of the songs I used. Cry That’s ok, they just don’t know that you Don’t Mess With YourPrivateArea!”

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You guys know emerio right? That nice guy who hangs around the forum. Well he just posted a cool glitch he found in the new ninja blade demo. He uses those awesome ninja skills doing crazy jumps up though a ceiling (is this ninja a magician as well?) Then he dose a few more ninja moves to get over a invisible barrier, starts to fall under the map, then gets stuck on another barrier. When emerio tries to show off some more cool ninja skills he ends up looking like he is diving into a pool! emerio, that’s one crazy glitch you should be proud of!

I received a message in my inbox from GlitchBlog forum member elephant45.  He informed me that Silent Glitchers were getting set up to accept some new members.  If you ever wanted to join a glitching clan this is a great opportunity to become a part of an excellent team.  Here is the information he wanted to pass along…

“It’s that time again, Silent Glitchers is holding tryouts.  All of you out there that just got that new capture card, or that new laptop why not put it to some good use by joining SGC?  We have been called one of the top glitching clans around by GlitchBlog, and are well known in the glitching community.  On Jan 1st tryouts will open, head over to www.Glitcher.net or this form thread here on GlitchBlog and post your application.  Include your: gamertag, glitching experience, youtube videos, contact info, etc.  A video is up with all the information you need. So, get ready, and good luck!”~elephant45

Halo was the game that really got the ball rolling on the whole video game glitching craze.  It’s only natural that we still enjoy watching the glitches that many think of as the best any game has offered since.  That is why GlitchBlog forum member Lance has released a series of compilations that show the very best glitches found in the game.  The videos are put together nicely, and even includes tutorials for many of the glitches.

Check out these threads from the GlitchBlog forums to watch the very best of Halo glitching.
Halo: The Pillar Of Autumn Glitches

Halo: The Pillar Of Autumn Glitches II
Halo: Assault On Control Room Glitches Parts I, II, III

Halo: Assault On The Control Room Glitches IV

Halo: Two Betrayals Glitches

 Halo: The Maw Glitches

This is not all of his videos, but they are my personal favorites.  If you want to see the other Halo videos Lance has made, just visit the forums.  I think he has about every glitch ever found in Halo documented in his other threads, so be sure to check them out.

I will always hold a special place in my heart for the magic of Halo 2 glitching.  It was the game that got me hooked on the concept, and I am always up for a few nade piles to waste an afternoon.  I always browse the HIH forums to see what kind of things people are doing in Halo 2, but things really hit a slow period around the time Halo 3 was really getting hyped up.  Naturally everyone was distracted with the new toy, and as a result, good old Halo 2 seemed to loose some of it’s spotlight.

After my last visit to HIH’s Halo 2 campaign forum I am happy to say that there are a lot of brand new glitches.  I am talking major stuff!  New areas galore, new techniques that are very effective, and even some odd glitches like one called “The Hanger Was Made For Two” where a phantom is frozen inside the hanger. 

Here are the threads that I am most impressed with.

You simply must check out xlax007’s thread Rampage - 19 amazing vids with 14 new unexplored areas. In this unbelievable thread xlax007 uses a technique he calls the BAW launch to reach areas we have never been.  There are 14 areas in this one thread that people have never been to.  I didn’t even think there were 14 areas left to find.  As it turns out there are more than that.

There is also another thread by xlax007 called Attack on the unexplored: 8 new Gravemind areas. The title really sets you up nicely, and the video does a good job filling in all the details along the way. The video also features some great work by x l3ucl x

Another thread over there that tripped me out was SRL’s Bottom of the Hanger thread. Finally, after all this time, someone gets past the barriers, and lives to run around on the bottom. It is amazing that glitches this cool are just being discovered now.

It is amazing to find so much activity among the Halo 2 glitchers, and I can not tell you how cool it has been watching this stuff. You guys really should try to go by HighImpactHalo.org, and the Halo 2 Campaign forums specifically. There you will find even more new stuff. I simply wanted to give a few examples.

Just thought I’d let you all know that GlitchBlog is being featured in a magazine! Ben Talbot from the UK version of the Official Xbox Magazine contacted me a while ago to get my opinion regarding some glitching-related questions, and they are featured in an article in the next issue of the magazine. Don’t worry — I let him know that I don’t have an active role here anymore, and my opinion is that of a “retired glitcher”.

Here’s what Ben has to say about the article on the OXM Blog:

Last but not least I promised to give a big shout out to everyone in the Glitching community. In the latest issue, I’ve written a feature about the people who deliberately find faults in games and why they’re motivated to do it. I found writing it really interesting, hope you enjoy reading it too. The article is illustrated by Chris Judge, the Irish artist behind many top billboard ads at the moment. Very cool.

lunerXsoul SGC has posted a great video of a Gears of War 2 glitch that is a must see.  It is called the Sky Cannon, and is one of the best new glitches found in the game.  You can visit his forum thread to post comments, and also visit the videos youtube posting. 

The following text tutorial is from the videos youtube information. 

First grab a smoke grenade and go to the spot that is shown in the video… next throw the nade at the sandbag… before it blows up, roll towards it… while your on the floor hold forward and rapidly press A… your camera should jump over cover but your body should still be on the ground. Move up the stairs by rapidly pressing **LT**… if done correctly your camera should shoot into the air… Lastly, have a friend shoot your body on the floor for about a second, you should then launch up into the air and be able to walk on the sky barrier… be careful because you can get stuck in some areas and when you get shot your heath does not regenerate… HOST CAN DO THIS GLITCH!!!