Move over, Arbiter! There’s a new sidekick in town.

I don’t want to share any spoilers or anything, but here’s a screenshot from the upcoming Halo 4 game. This time the Master Chief teams up with a plucky comic sidekick to take down an Asian Triad gang and save a kidnapped child. I’ll be honest, much of the story has been copied from the Rush Hour movie franchise.

Anyway, when I saw that the Chief was on display in Vegas I was thrilled, but kept my geekiness in check until the right moment. And as soon as we got close enough to the Venetian I suddenly went, “Hold on, everybody! I have to do something” and ran off to get my photo. Also, the Chief was really nice in person, but that Cortana was a real bitch.

Side story: The movie studio folks are pointing fingers at Halo 3 as the reason the new Ben Stiller movie tanked at the box office. [insert crybaby sound efx here]