Derek Johnson

2 weeks ago | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

Sometimes, all you want to do in a video game is rip and tear. For as enjoyable as narrative-driven RPGs, mystery-filled puzzlers and adaptations of beloved movie franchises are, there’s a certain something about titles where the extent of your interactions with its worlds involve a shotgun. That’s what made the original DOOM  great, and what has kept the series relevant for over 30 years.

3 weeks ago | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

It seems like it’s been ages since an actually unique video game was released. Maybe I’m just jaded, but it seems like literally every video game I play these days is clearly inspired by something that came out at least a decade ago. Not for Broadcast, for example, is one of my favourite titles of all time, but it’s just Papers, Please mixed with V for Vendetta. Atomfallis Doctor Who combined with Sniper Elite. Highwatertakes XCOM’s gameplay and sets it in the world of Waterworld.

1 month ago | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

It seems wrong to call any game a “masterpiece” these days. When video game technology was constantly changing, it was possible for games to be objectively better than others. Battlefield 3, for example, looked and played and sounded better than Call of Duty 3, so it made sense for the former to be reviewed better than the latter.

2 months ago | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

I’m not from the United Kingdom. Even though Jump Dash Roll is, I’m its only Yank writer, and probably the only person on staff who hasn’t seen all twenty trillion seasons of Doctor Who. I also don’t care for tea unless it’s in the form of a delicious Wisconsin-made liquor, am biologically required to despise monarchies, and have more ammunition in my truck than London’s police force does in its armoury.

2 months ago | cyberscoop.com | Derek Johnson

Google announced Tuesday it will acquire cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The move pairs Google — among the world’s largest cloud service providers — with one of the most promising cloud security startups. The purchase comes less than a year after Wiz rejected a previous $23 billion bid from Google, with executives saying at the time that they hoped to take the company public.