My friend and I were playing a co-op campaign of Halo: Reach—Pillar of Autumn. My helmet ablaze with blue fire, his cyan armor a stark contrast to the barren landscape, we sped beneath mighty legs of giant alien walkers and over the bodies of hapless foot-soldiers so unfortunate as to land between the path of our mighty truck. Coming upon a broken bridge over a mighty chasm, we halted; he with a rocket got atop the truck. I was to count down, he to fire, and as a majestic bird, we flew boosted by fire.