Hopefully, you’ve noticed (and checked out) the FLAG (Fight Like A Girl) icon over on the right side of the page – the tournament is coming up this weekend, and the cause is a great one. If you need MORE incentive, they’ve just opened up a ‘Play With Bungie’ option – for a $15 donation, you and a friend can play against a pair of Bungie employees in a Halo 3 custom game, or with them in a Firefight game. Playtime is limited to 20-30 minutes, so sign up NOW. Thanks, angel.(Louis Wu 12:55:53 UTC)

c0ld vengeance noticed the original Halo HUD showing up in a new ad for Virgin Media, currently showing in movie theaters in the UK. Homage… or ripoff? Either way, it tickled me.(Louis Wu 12:51:38 UTC)

Mid7night ran across a video someone made using his Halo ships ported into X-Plane – pretty cool stuff! (Seems like they might be useful to Machinima makers…)(Louis Wu 12:50:50 UTC)

Co-Optimus is giving away a copy of Halo 3: ODST with a Sgt. Johnson code – swing by the thread, tell them what your favorite Halo weapon is, and you’re entered! Drawing is this Friday (October 16).(Louis Wu 12:49:32 UTC)

You’d never know it if you only listened to the rabid fanboys… but developers who work on different platforms CAN get along. The Naughty Dog crew hosted a live chat session with fans to answer questions about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (a PS3 exclusive currently getting rave reviews), and one of the questions they received had to do with why Bungie was mentioned in Uncharted 2’s credits. The response:

We try to be quite open with our technology and our process. We exchanged technology and ideas with other developers. We wanted to make sure we thanked everyone that helped us out in some way.

Always nice to see cooperation! Thanks to SF Console Game Examiner for noticing this. (Louis Wu 12:48:35 UTC)

Yesterday, Bungie posted a new ‘Know Your Ninja‘ – the target this time was Achilles. He plays Halo, he makes vids, he bans people. Go read about him!(Louis Wu 12:48:11 UTC)