Category: Black cultural traditions
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Spider Man: Miles Morales
Developer: Insomniac Games, Nixxes SoftwarePublisher: Insomniac GamesRelease Year: 2020, 2022 (WIN)Platform: PS4, PS5, WINGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Narrative Themes, Politics/Ideology/History, Black NPCs, Intersectionality Set in Harlem this game focuses on Miles Morales’ struggles to balance his life as a teenager and his duties as the second Spider-Man,…
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Shadow Man
Developer: Acclaim Studios TeesidePublisher: Nightdive StudioRelease Year: 1999, 2013 (PC), 2021 (Remastered WIN), 2022 (Remastered & Switch)Platform: Dreamcast, Mac, N64, PS, PS4, Switch, WIN, Xbox OneGenre: Action Adventure Taxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Voice Acting/Motion Capture The Shadow Man, originally Mike LeRoi, was transformed by a voodoo priestess into a guardian of the…
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PaRappa the Rapper
Developer: NanaOn-ShaPublisher: SonyRelease Year: 1996, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2017Platform: PS4, PS, PSPGenre: RhythmTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions, Mechanics PaRappa, a paper-thin rapping dog, vies for the heart of a flower-like girl, Sunny Funny, against Joe Chin, a rich, self-centered dog. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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NBA Street
Developer: NuFX, EA CanadaPublisher: EA Sports BIGRelease Year: 2001 (PS2), 2002 (GameCube)Platform: GameCube, PS2Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes, Robust Character Creation System, Fandom/Community/Reception, Mechanics, Anti-Blackness/Regressive Characterizations Combining the talent and big names of the NBA with the attitude and atmosphere of streetball, you try to…
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Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1994Platform: SNESGenre: Action, PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Mechanics On a quest to save the rest of the players, who have been kidnapped, for an All-Star charity game, Michael Jordan must find keys, unlock different doors, and rescue teammates, all while defeating enemies with a variety…
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Michael Jordan in Flight
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 1993Platform: DOSGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Black Cultural Traditions, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, Mechanics In this game the player is on a 3-on-3 half-court with Jordan on their team. This is game includes a knock-out tournament mode. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Méwilo
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Coktel VisionRelease Year: 1987Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Thomson TO7Genre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Black NPCs, Black Cultural Traditions, Narrative Themes You play an expert in paranormal phenomena who arrives in Martinique in 1902 a day before a volcanic eruption destroys the town. You go to the home of…
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Jet Set Radio
Developer: SmilebitPublisher: SegaRelease Year: 2000Platform: Android, Dreamcast, iOS, Java ME, PS3, PS Vita, WIN, Xbox 360Genre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions Controlling members of the GG crew, a squad that marks their territory by spraying graffiti over rival gangs’ tags in Tokyo-to, rebel against the fascist police regime. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Insecure: The Come Up Game
Developer: Glow Up GamesPublisher: Glow Up GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Android, iOSGenre: Simulation, RPGTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black Characters, Black NPC, Narrative Themes, Black Cultural Traditions, Intersectionality, Fandom/Community/Reception In Insecure you navigate adulthood with a core group of friends and craft rhymes to help make decisions or to battle friends for clout. interviews and other media scholarship…
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Homey D. Clown
Developer: Capstone SoftwarePublisher: Synergistic SoftwareRelease Year: 1993Platform: DOSGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Fandom/Community/Reception, Black Cultural Traditions, Anti-Blackness/Regressive Characterizations Take on the role of Homey D. Clown, the most popular Damon Wayans character from Fox’s sketch-comedy series “In Living Color”. Players guide Homey through his typical day on the streets of New York,…