Category: Development
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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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Black College Football: BCFX: The Xperience
Developer: Nerjyzed EntertainmentPublisher: Aspyr MediaRelease Year: 2006Platform: Win, Xbox 360Genre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Mechanics, Development, fandom/community/reception, Black cultural traditions A college football game that takes place on a series of HBI (Historically Black Institutions) campuses. Also includes two rhythm mini-games that depict the halftime show and the drum line challenge. interviews and other media…
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Urban Runner
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1996Platform: DOS, WinGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: You play as an American journalist tracking down the story of a drug dealer in Paris when things go wrong, the drug dealer ends up murdered, and you are the prime suspect. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Treachery in Beatdown City
Developer: NuChallengerPublisher: NuChallengerRelease Year: 2020Platform: Switch/WinGenre: Action, FighterTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, Black Cultural traditions, politics/ ideology/ history; Narrative themes; fandom/reception/community; Intersectionality; mechanics In Beatdown City, after President Blake Obama is kidnapped by ninja terrorists and the police force is shut down, now-suspended police chief Antonio Santiago enlists the aid of his daughter Lisa and…
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The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1994Platform: WinGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: You play Woodruff who sets out to rescue his adoptive father from the villain Big Wig and find the Schnibble, in the hopes of saving the world. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Swimsanity
Developer: Decoy Games LLCPublisher: Decoy Games LLCRelease Year: 2020Platform: PS4/Switch/WIN/Xbox OneGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Development Playing as a hero named Mooba, you use a variety of unique power ups and weapons to fight and survive in an aquatic world. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Sunset
Developer: Tale of TalesPublisher: Tale of TalesRelease Year: 2015Platform: Linux/Mac/WinGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Development, Playable Black characters, voice acting, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, intersectionality You play as Angela, an African-American housekeeper, who is working for the wealthy and politically connected Gabriel Ortega in the a fictional country of Anchuria. Ultimately you must make decisions about the role you…
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Subnautica: Below Zero
Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Shiny Shoe LLCPublisher: Unknown Worlds Entertainment, Shiny Shoe LLCRelease Year: 2021Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/WIN/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Action Adventure, Survival Taxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters, Voice acting/ motion capture Taking place two years after the first game, scientist Robin Ayou travels to 4546B to learn the circumstances of the death of her sister,…
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Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator
Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2021, 2022 (Switch)Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Strategy SimulationTaxonomy: Development Taking place in the far dystopian future, in an alien economy based entirely around the harvest and sale of bodily organs, you must contend with the cutthroat nature of an organ market. interviews and other media scholarship Return to…
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SkateBird
Developer: Glass Bottom GamesPublisher: Glass Bottom GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Linux/Luna/Mac/Switch/WIN/Xbox OneGenre: Sports Taxonomy: Development You play as a small pet bird, saddened by their unnamed human owner no longer skateboarding, you take up skateboarding in order to make yourself happy again. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List