Black Games Archive

Context, Culture, and Representation


Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Source: https://www.igdb.com/games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas

Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Entertainment
Release Year: 2004
Platform: Android/FireOS/iOS/Mac/PS2/PS3/Quest2/WIN/Win Phone/Xbox 360/Xbox
Genre: Action Adventure
Taxonomy: Playable Black characters; Narrative themes; Black NPCs; fandom / community / reception; Voice acting; politics/ideology/history; Significant Black cultural mods

You play as Carl “CJ” Johnson who, after returning home after his mother is murdered, is drawn back into his former life as a gang member.

Source: https://www.igdb.com/games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas
Source: https://www.igdb.com/games/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas
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