Category: Action
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Hyperdot
Developer: Tribe GamesPublisher: GlitchRelease Year: 2020Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/PS5 /Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Development You control a dot in a circular arena where you must dodge a variety of enemies until time runs out. Testing your skills in over 100 trials, you must dodge everything. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Beverely Hills Cop
Developer: Tynesoft Computer SoftwarePublisher: Tynesoft Computer SoftwareRelease Year: 1990Platform: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX SpectrumGenre: ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, narrative themes, Black cultural traditions The player takes control of Axel Foley, the main character of the series. There are four distinct sub games including a side-scrolling action game, a…
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Watchdogs 2
Developer: UbisoftPublisher: UbisoftRelease Year: 2016Platform: PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action, Third Person ShooterTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Set within a fictionalized version of San Franciso Bay Area, Marcus Holloway, a hacker working with DedSec, a hacking group, msut take down the city’s advanced surveillance system known as ctOS. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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50 Cent: Bulletproof
Developer: Genuine Games, High VoltagePublisher: Vivendi UniversalRelease Year: 2005Platform: PS2/PSP/XboxGenre: Third Person Shooter, ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs, Voice acting/motion capture; Black cultural traditions Set in New York City the story revolves around 50 Cent’s search for vengeance against the hitmen who attempted to murder him leads him to take on dangerous criminal organizations.…
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50 Cent: Blood in the Sand
Developer: Swordfish StudioPublisher: THQ/Vivendi UniversalRelease Year: 2009Platform: PS3/Xbox 360Genre: Third Person Shooter, ActionTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs, Voice acting/motion capture; Black cultural traditions; Anti-Blackness/ regressive characterizations Set in an urban warzone, after 50 Cent and G-Unit perform a rap concert, they are robbed of their cash, paid in a diamond skull, which is stolen…