In Becoming Part of Something Bigger Than Ourselves, Jane McGonigal states that finding a true purpose in life is a hard mission to accomplish; that is where games such as Halo 3 begin to have a double meaning. While shooting aliens or the opposing team is a way to vent out frustration, McGonigal also describes the game as an opportunity for people to find a new purpose. The alternate reality experiences within the games leave a player feeling like a part of something bigger than themselves. McGonigal describes the “10 million kills” goal that the Halo community had reached and she says that by working together, Halo players everywhere accomplished something. Later on, she suggests that if the amount of people in the Halo community could work
