Category: Black NPCs
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Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Developer: Digital PicturesPublisher: Digital PicturesRelease Year: 1994Platform: DOS, Sega 32X, Sega CDGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Black Cultural Traditions, Black NPCs, Narrative Themes, Voice Acting/Motion Capture In this FMV game you play one-on-one basketball with Scottie Pippen as your coach. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Sonic (Franchise)
Developer: SegaPublisher: SegaRelease Year: 1991-PresentPlatform: Android, Arcade, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, iOS, Java ME, macOS, Mobile phones, Windows, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, PSP, PlayStation Vita, Genesis, Game Gear, Sega CD, Saturn, DreamcastMaster System, 32X, Pico, Leapster, LeapFrog Didj, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox…
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El Paso, Elsewhere
Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS, Win, XboxGenre: FPS, HorrorTaxonomy: Black Cultural Tradition, Black NPCs, Development, Fandom/Community/Reception, Intersectionality, Mechanics, Narrative Themes, Playable Black Characters, Politics/Ideology/History, Voice Acting/Motion Capture Neo-noir shooter where you play as James Savage and fight vampires and werewolves to save prisoners from your ex, Draculae, the lord of the vampires.…
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Dead Island 2
Developer: Dambuster StudiosPublisher: Deep SilverRelease Year: 2023Platform: PS4, PS5, Win, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/SGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, politics/ideology/history, intersectionality, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/ regressive characterizations Several months after the events of Dead Island, Los Angeles is put under full quarantine and you play as one of six survivors with distinct survival…
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Dead Island
Developer: TechlandPublisher: Deep SilverRelease Year: 2011Platform: Linux, Mac, PS3, PS4, Win, Xbox 360, Xbox OneGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, politics/ideology/history, intersectionality, Black NPCs, Anti-Blackness/ regressive characterizations You play one of four survivors who are immune to the zombie virus and fighting for their lives and to save humanity for a variety of…
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Crime Fighters
Developer: KonamiPublisher: KonamiRelease Year: 1989, 2021 (PS4 & Switch)Platform: Arcade/PS4/SwitchGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs Side-scrolling fighter set in an urban landscape. More than a dozen women have been kidnapped by the crime syndicate, the player is then tasked with rescuing the women and bringing down the syndicate. interviews and other media scholarship Return…
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Wu-tang: Shaolin Style
Developer: Paradox DevelopmentPublisher: Activision, Success CorpRelease Year: 1999Platform: PlayStationGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/motion capture, Black NPCs A tournament style fighting game that features the members of the group Wu-Tang Clan. The group is fighting their way through the streets of New York and China to save their martial arts master. interviews and other…
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The Walking Dead: Michonne
Developer: TellTale Games, Skybound EntertainmentPublisher: TellTale Games, Skybound Entertainment Release Year: 2016Platform: Android/iOS/Mac/PS3/PS4/WIN/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/ motion capture, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Black NPCs, intersectionality Haunted by her past, coping with unimaginable loss and regret, you will discover what took Michonne away from Rick, Ezekiel, and the rest…
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The Walking Dead (Series)
Developer: TellTale Games, Skybound EntertainmentPublisher: TellTale Games, Skybound EntertainmentRelease Year: 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020 (Switch)Platform: Android/iOS/Kindle Fire/Mac/Ouya/PS3/PS4/PSVita/Switch/Win/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Anti-Blackness/regressive characterizations, Playable Black characters, Voice Acting/Motion Capture, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Black NPCs, intersectionality An episodic series that traces the lives and relationships of university professors and convicted felon, Lee Everett…
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The Sims (Franchise)
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 2000-2023Platform: Android/BlackBerry 10/Blackberry Curve/Game Boy Advance/GameCube/iOS/iPod/Mac/N-Gage/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo DS/PS2/PS3/PS4/PSP/WIN/WIN Phone/Wii/Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: SimulationTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; fandom / community / reception, significant Black cultural mods, robust character creation system, intersectionality Creating virtual people, “Sims”, who can live in a variety of different worlds. In this simulation you are charged with…