Category: Moments

When we talk to each other about games, we are not talking about ratings, but about the MOMENTS that move us.

In this section, the authors of WALL JUMP focus on the very special moments that they experienced in video games.

2021-12-18 / Moments /

When I first heard about City of Heroes, the endless possibilities, being a superhero, the missions, the abilities, the group tasks, the… oh, let’s cut it short: I didn’t care about any of it.

2021-12-04 / Moments
2021-12-01 / Moments /

All right. It’s time to go public with this: Yes, I’m a curmudgeon. Yes, I’m getting old. Yes, the world, generally speaking, is totally getting on my nerves.

2021-11-24 / Moments /

In Lemmings 2 there is an object, eight by five pixels in size and red. It looks like it’s just a decorative boat mounting device placed in the background by a playful level designer. At least that’s what I thought it was for over 25 years.

2021-11-10 / Moments /
2021-11-06 / Moments

A lot of video games come with bad plots, uninspired twists, one-dimensional characters, and banal storytelling techniques. That’s fine with me. But if you steal my skills/powers during the course of the game and sell it to me as a groundbreaking story twist, you earn my hate!

I hoped that a journey to the golden kingdom of Torna would clarify unanswered questions. But I learned nothing about hate, only bitterness.