When I was playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and I controlled Cal Kestis, making blind leaps and trusting that there would be a wall to run along or some other daring aerial parkour available to him, it highlighted how absurd video game action heroes are, though Cal is one of the few with a good excuse for it. Improbable leaps of faith are nothing new to video games. The Super Mario Bros. games have asked that of me for years. As presentation has achieved cinematic realism, its harder for me to ignore when Nathan Drake willingly leaps to his death.