Category: Voice Acting/Motion Capture
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Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
Developer: NintendoPublisher: NintendoRelease Year: 1987Platform: 3DS/Arcade/NES/PlayChoice-10/Wii/Wii UGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Black NPCs; voice acting/motion capture; fandom/community/reception; mechanics; Anti-blackness/ regressive characterizations Featuring a boxer named Little Mac, dreaming of being a heavyweight champion, he works his way through three main circuits before earning his shot at the championship belt. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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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Major League Baseball (NES)
Developer: AtlusPublisher: LJNRelease Year: 1988Platform: NESGenre: SportsTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; voice acting/motion capture; Black NPCs; mechanics Featuring all twenty-six teams, you both manage and play baseball, stressing the importance of choosing a well-balanced team. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Half-Life 2
Developer: ValvePublisher: ValveRelease Year: 2004Platform: Android/Linux/Mac/PS3/Xbox 360/Xbox Series X/SGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; voice acting/motion capture You play as Gordon Freeman who, after an incident at the Black Mesa Research Facility, joins a resistance movement to liberate the Earth from the control of an alien empire called the Combine. interviews and other media…
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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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EarthNight
Developer: CleaversoftPublisher: CleaversoftRelease Year: 2019Platform: Mac/PS4/PS5/Switch/WinGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; Voice Acting/motion capture; Black Cultural Traditions; mechanics; Narrative themes As dragons have taken over Earth, humanity has fled to space. With that, you must help Stanley and Sydney skydive back to Earth while careening across snake-life dragons above the planet. interviews and other…
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Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksRelease Year: 2017Platform: PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice acting/motion capture This standalone DLC which takes place in the coastal city of Karnaca after the events of Dishonored 2. You play as the former assassin Billie Lurk who reunites with her mentor to kill the mysterious entity known as…
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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…