Derek Johnson

Lawrence

Play-by-Play @BakerAthletics (🏈🏀⚽️⚾️🥎🏐); 🗣Locked On Jayhawks; past 📻: @RCST1320 & @KUVolleyball

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Articles

The Last of Us Part II Remastered (PC) Review

2 weeks 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.
Atomfall Review - Jump Dash Roll

4 weeks 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.
Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion

1 month 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.
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North Review

2 months ago | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

I’ll be honest, I really don’t care for the original Rainbow Six games. They were released when I was too young to play them, and by the time I was old enough to hold a controller, I became addicted to the substantially less realistic entries into the franchise.
Derek’s Substack

2 months ago | jayhawksoverflow.substack.com | Derek Johnson

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2

2 months ago | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

Not too long ago, by which I mean almost five years ago, I purchased a PS4 when the United States government gave everyone in the country $1,200 to stimulate the economy at the start of COVID. I did so because I both wanted to be a good citizen who supported businesses by spending money on stupid shit, and because I wanted to play its plethora of platform exclusives. However, over the past four-plus years, that purchase has become increasingly pointless.
The creative process

2 months ago | medium.com | Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson·FollowJust now--How can one describe that which he has never seen? Is the act of creating from nothing even possible? Or is the beauty of evolving thought and vision our superpower? To imagine a building unlike any other, does the structural engineer forsake the constraints that experience has gifted? Or is she better served to build on that solid foundation?
Six Years Later, Insurgency: Sandstorm Still Slaps

Jan 24, 2025 | jumpdashroll.com | Derek Johnson

They, by whom I mean the punk band Red City Radio, said that a good man never walks away. They also said that they’ve never seen a good one stay. And until New World Interactive dropped the latest in a very long series of small updates for its six-year-old Insurgency: Sandstorm about a month ago, I was inclined to agree with one of my most listened-to artists on Spotify.
From Layoff to Pro Golf. Here’s What Happened.

Dec 9, 2024 | derekcardwell.medium.com | Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson·Follow5 min read·--In 2022, I was working at Apple as a software engineering contractor on the iCloud team. I loved the work, and more importantly, I loved the people I worked with on that team. Unfortunately, when the Fed hiked interest rates, Apple decided to cut “high-risk” projects, and I was one of the first to go.
What is a JOB?

Nov 16, 2024 | derekcardwell.medium.com | Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson·Follow3 min read·--Photo by Peter Herrmann on UnsplashI’m considering NEVER going back to CORPORATE. Let me explain why. When I interview with companies, the person conducting the interview is often surprised and intrigued by my random background. From 2007–2009 I was a sponsored snowboarder and competed professionally in halfpipe and slopestyle events.