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…
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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 afterlife where he must stop…
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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 score…
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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 NPCs; 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…
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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,…