Tag: Linux

  • 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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  • 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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  • Tacoma

    Developer: FullbrightPublisher: FullbrightRelease Year: 2017Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/ motion capture; Narrative themes; mechanics, Intersectionality Set abroad a high-tech space station, Tacoma, in 2088, you are tasked to recover the station’s AI and find out why the station was abandoned by the crew. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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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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  • Slime Rancher

    Developer: Monomi ParkPublisher: Monomi ParkRelease Year: 2017, 2018 (PS4), 2021 (Switch)Platform: Linux/Mac/Switch/PS4/WIN/Xbox OneGenre: Adventure, SimulationTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Simulation Beatrix LeBeau, a young rancher, who set out for a life a thousand years away from Earth on the Far, Far Range. where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. interviews and other…

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  • SkateBird

    Developer: Glass Bottom GamesPublisher: Glass Bottom GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Linux/Luna/Mac/Switch/WIN/Xbox OneGenre: Sports Taxonomy: Development You play as a small pet bird, saddened by their unnamed human owner no longer skateboarding, you take up skateboarding in order to make yourself happy again. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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  • Psychonauts 2

    Developer: DoublefinePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosRelease Year: 2021Platform: Linux/Mac/PS4/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Action, PlatformerTaxonomy: Development Razputin Aquato, trained acrobat and powerful young psychic, joins the international psychic espionage organization, the Psychonauts. Raz must use his powers to stop the mole before they execute their secret plan– to bring a murderous psychic villain back from the dead.…

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  • Little Bug

    Developer: Buddy SystemPublisher: Red Deer GamesRelease Year: 2021Platform: Linux, Mac, WIN, Xbox One, Xbox X|S, SwitchGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, Black NPCs Nyah is walking home from school when she’s suddenly cast into an uncanny world where there are dangerous spirits. In a foreboding, atmospheric landscape she must find her way home. interviews and other…

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  • Left 4 Dead 2

    Developer: ValvePublisher: ValveRelease Year: 2009Platform: Linux/Mac/Xbox 360/WINGenre: FPS, Survival HorrorTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Set during the outbreak of an apocalyptic pandemic, focusing on four new survivors, they fight to escape hordes of zombies. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List

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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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