Category: Fandom/Community/Reception
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Michael Jackon’s Moonwalker
Developer: Emerald SoftwarePublisher: U.S. Gold, KixxRelease Year: 1989Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, ZX SpectrumGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, fandom/community/reception In this game you play as Michael Jackson. Gameplay is focused on finding children and fighting enemies that appear to stop you. Game was proposed to the developer by Jackson…
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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,…
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Hair Nah…
Developer: Momo PixelPublisher: Momo PixelRelease Year: 2017Platform: Browser BasedGenre: SimulationTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; politics/ ideology/history; Black NPCs, Narrative themes; Intersectionality; fandom / community / reception Showcasing one of the stresses that black women face, it is a response to the action of touching a Black woman’s hair without permission. You must…
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God of War: Ragnorak
Developer: Sony InteractivePublisher: Sony InteractiveRelease Year: 2022Platform: PS4/PS5Genre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Voice acting/motion capture; Narrative themes; fandom/community/reception In this installment of the series Kratos and his son, Atreus, must journey to each of the Nine Realms (fighting Norse gods and monsters along the way) in search of answers that can help prevent the end of the…
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God of War (2018)
Developer: SIE Santa Monica StudioPublisher: Sony InteractiveRelease Year: 2018Platform: PS4/WinGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Voice acting/motion capture; Narrative themes; fandom/community/reception After defeating the Olympian gods, Kratos lives with his son Atreus in Midgard. Traveling on a journey to honor his late wife’s last wish to scatter her ashes, along the way, they meet friends and foes until…
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Frank Bruno’s Boxing
Developer: Elite SystemsPublisher: Elite Systems, EncoreRelease Year: 1985Platform: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, ZX Spectrum Genre: Action, SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, fandom/community/reception Former boxing World Champion Frank Bruno, famed for his catchphrase “you know what I mean, Harry?” is the main character in this boxing game which replicates Super Punch-Out!! As Frank,…
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Def Jam: Vendetta
Developer: AKI Corporation, EA CanadaPublisher: Sports BIG, EA GamesRelease Year: 2003Platform: Gamecube, PS2Genre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/motion capture, Black NPCs, fandom/community/reception You play as one of 4 characters who fight through 46 opponents (many of whom are Def Jam artists). Story elements unfold as you win more wrestling matches. interviews and other media…
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Def Jam: Icon
Developer: EA ChichagoPublisher: EARelease Year: 2007Platform: PS3, Xbox 360Genre: Action, FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs, fandom/community/ reception, voice acting/motion capture Battles are fought using 30 characters based on Def Jam artists such as Redman, Ghostface Killah, Ludacris, Sean Paul and more, each with a different style. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Def Jam: Fight For NY
Developer: EA Canada, AKI CorporationPublisher: EARelease Year: 2004Platform: PlayStation 2Genre: FightingTaxonomy: Playable Black characters. voice acting/motion capture, Black NPCs, fandom/community/reception A one-on-one fighting game that allows you to choose from five different fighting styles and features 64 other characters based on Def Jam artists. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List