Category: politics/ ideology/ history
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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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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 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 Journey Down
Developer: SkyGoblinPublisher: SkyGoblinRelease Year: 2010, 2014, 2017Platform: iOS/Linux/Mac/PS4/Switch/ WIN/Xbox OneGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/motion capture, politics/ideology/history, narrative themes, Black NPCs, intersectionality Bwana and his trusted sidekick Kito struggle to make ends meet at their gas station in a corner of Kingsport Bay on the outskirts of St Armando. They are…
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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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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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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…