Tag: Windows
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Overwatch
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Iron GalaxyPublisher: Blizzard EntertainmentRelease Year: 2016/2019 (Switch)Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S Genre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; fandom / community / reception, Set sixty years into the future of a fictionalized Earth, humans developed Omnics, robots with AI. To combat the threat and restore order, the United Nations formed the Overwatch, an international…
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Onsen Master
Developer: Walking Oni GamesPublisher: Whitehorn GamesRelease Year: 2022Platform: Switch/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Simulation, StrategyTaxonomy: Development A dark cloud has sprung over the island of Izajima and its effects weigh heavily on the inhabitants. In this management sim you play as Mu, you must fill the shoes of your missing sensei, the great “Onsen Master”, by…
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Murder By Numbers
Developer: MediatonicPublisher: The Irregular CorperationRelease Year: 2020Platform: Stadia/Switch/WinGenre: Adventure, PuzzleTaxonomy: Black NPCs Actress Honor Mizrahi’s boss ends up dead minutes after he fired her. Teaming up with SCOUT, a reconnaissance robot, she will uncover a dark conspiracy by interrogating a wild range of characters. Find clues and solve cases with sudoku puzzles. interviews and other…
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Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Developer: ZootifyPublisher: 505 GamesRelease Year: 2013Platform: WIN/Xbox 360Genre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Marlow Briggs has never shied away from danger or trouble. Facing his ultimate challenge, after crash landing in Central America, he has an industrial evil to defeat, all while being bound to an ancient Mayan Death Mask. interviews and other media scholarship…
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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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Left 4 Dead
Developer: Valve SouthPublisher: ValveRelease Year: 2008Platform: Mac/Win/Xbox 360Genre: FPS, Survival HorrorTaxonomy: Playable Black characters An outbreak of a highly contagious pathogen, “Green Flu”, led to zombification throughout the world. Four immune survivors make their way towards safety against hordes of the infected. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Killer7
Developer: Grasshopper ManufacturePublisher: NIS AmericaRelease Year: 2005Platform: GameCube/PS2/WinGenre: ShooterTaxonomy: Playable Black characters Following an elite group of assassins called “killer7”, physical manifestations of a man named Harman Smith, perform hits on behalf of the US government. Throughout the missions, they uncover a deeper conspiracy regarding Japan. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl
Developer: Interabang EntertainmentPublisher: Media Indie ExchangeRelease Year: 2021Platform: PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action, FighterTaxonomy: Development Jay and Silent Bob have been tasked with sneaking into a mall and sabotaging a television game show. After completing their mission they must evade security and escape the mall. 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