Tag: Windows
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Urban Runner
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1996Platform: DOS, WinGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: You play as an American journalist tracking down the story of a drug dealer in Paris when things go wrong, the drug dealer ends up murdered, and you are the prime suspect. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Urban Chaos
Developer: Mucky Foot ProductionsPublisher: Eidos InteractiveRelease Year: 1999Platform: Dreamcast/PS/WinGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters You play as D’arci Stern, new recruit to Union City Police Department. You spend much of your time fighting the local gang, the Wildcats and the unexpected leader behind them. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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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Tiny Bird Garden
Developer: Super Retro DuckPublisher: Super Retro DuckRelease Year: 2018Platform: Android/iOS/Mac/WINGenre: SimulationTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Set up and customize your garden space and wait to meet and befriend strange, silly, and magical birds. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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 professor 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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The Gunk
Developer: Image and Form GamesPublisher: ThunderfulRelease Year: 2021Platform: Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters, voice acting/ motion capture, Narrative themes, intersectionality You play as Rani, a scavenger who has arrived on an alien planet with her partner Beck. As you search for treasure you discover that the planet’s various biomes have been…
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The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
Developer: Coktel VisionPublisher: Sierra On-LineRelease Year: 1994Platform: WinGenre: Point and Click AdventureTaxonomy: You play Woodruff who sets out to rescue his adoptive father from the villain Big Wig and find the Schnibble, in the hopes of saving the world. Developed by Muriel Tramis. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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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 Overdrive
Developer: Insomniac GamesPublisher: Microsoft StudiosRelease Year: 2014, 2018 (Win)Platform: Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action Adventure, Third Person Shooter Taxonomy: Robust character creation system; Playable Black character Set in Sunset City, in 2027, tasked with cleaning up the mess left behind from a party FizzCo, you must fight humans whose endocrine systems have gone into overdrive from consuming…