Taco Time brings people together.

Sometimes I swear that the world's oil companies make most of there money from the citizens of North Bend Washington's travel needs. To literally get anywhere you have to drive at least 15 miles. Now there is a fair amount of grocery stores for ones needs (though these stores are often lacking in the type of food I enjoy), however to get just about anything else you are looking at at least a 15 mile drive into Issaquah. For those that work in Bellevue, you are looking at a 250 miles a week, which for my car is at least one tank of gas. Multiply that by how many number of people live in this town and you can see that is a lot of gas that is being used. Because of this, it often irks me that everything is so far away, as time is another consideration that is to be addressed if you want to go just about anywhere out of town. That said, for as familiar I am with having to travel a fair distance to get just about anywhere, I really enjoy it when things come to me.

Sunday was one such day, as Devon invited me over to his parents place to help him watch his dog while his folks were out of town. My first thought when I received this invitation was about how hungry I was, specifically for Taco Time. Now I know that eating at Taco Time after one has experienced the bliss of taco trucks is tantamount to blasphemy. However, until one actually opens up in the King County area, Taco Time shall serve as an suitable exception. After ordering a Beef Natural Soft Taco for the two of us, I drove over and arrived about 5 minutes later. After arriving, we proceeded to consume our much craved for meals. After this we let the dog out and decided what game we would co-op through.

Because I have never played it before, we decided to co-op all the Spec Ops missions of Modern Warfare 2. Now though I'm not really what you would consider a fan of the game, I will enjoy just about anything if someone else is there to suffer through it with me. Admittedly, I probably would have been pretty bored if I had been playing though the game by myself. Since I had another person playing through these missions, all of which are designed around playing with another human, I found that it wasn't really what was in the game that was fun, but the team work that was required. As an example, one of the missions involved one player being in the cockpit of a helicopter, while the other play was in the ground. The goal of the helicopter pilot was to clear a way for the other player. While this may seem like standard fare for this type of game, the teamwork and social aspect added an extra enjoyment layer that otherwise would have been missing.

After we beat a number of these maps, we decided that it was time to part ways for the day. Right about now you are probably wondering why I spent 4 paragraphs describing something as simple as a videogame session. To that I must explain. Devon demanded that I spend at least 4 pages on this blog. To that I say 4 paragraphs instead feels like a good compromise.