Tag: Windows
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Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksRelease Year: 2017Platform: PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black Characters, Voice acting/motion capture This standalone DLC which takes place in the coastal city of Karnaca after the events of Dishonored 2. You play as the former assassin Billie Lurk who reunites with her mentor to kill the mysterious entity known as…
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Catacomb Kids
Developer: FourbitFridayPublisher: FourbitFridayRelease Year: 2015Platform: WinGenre: PlatformerTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters 500 years ago, the demon sorceress Abys was sealed away beneath her fortress. Now known as The Catacombs, kids from all over seek riches, power, knowledge, and escape in the depths of the dungeons. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Black Salt Coreruption
Developer: Ratti EntertainmentPublisher: Ratti EntertainmentRelease Year: 2019Platform: WinGenre: FightingTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions Responding to a distress call from an unknown source, Gatling and his team get sucked into a dimensional portal finding themselves stranded in a mysterious forest. They run into another hero, Black Salt, and decide to team up and…
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Black Closet
Developer: HanakoPublisher: HanakoRelease Year: 2015Platform: Linux/Mac/WinGenre: PuzzleTaxonomy: Playable Black characters You must solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class all-girl boarding school, where competition is cutthroat. You can pursue friendship or romance in an RPG-style dialog, shaping your character in what you say. interviews and other media scholarship Return to List
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Before I Forget
Developer: 3-Fold Games, Plug In DigitalPublisher: 3-Fold Games, Plug In DigitalRelease Year: 2020Platform: Linux/Mac/Switch (2021)/Win/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/SGenre: Visual NovelTaxonomy: Development This game explores what it means to lose your memories and how living with dementia affects your life and those around you. You play as a woman living with early onset dementia, Sunita, piecing…
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Battlefield 1: Harlem Hellfighters
Developer: EAPublisher: EARelease Year: 2016Platform: PS4/Win/Xbox OneGenre: FPSTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black NPCs, Narrative themes; politics/ideology/history; fandom/community/reception Overseeing a member of the unit recounting their assignment to the French Army in advance of official U.S particpation in WW1, the Hellfighters defend against an Imperial German attack. DLC that was exclusive to pre-orders and certain special…
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Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan
Developer: Kiro’o GamesPublisher: Kiro’o Games, Dear Villagers, Plug In DigitalRelease Year: 2016Platform: WinGenre: RPGTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; Black NPCs; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; Intersectionality; politics/ideology/history; mechanics Set in a 2D setting, in Auriona, based upon the cultures of Africa, you play as Enzo Kori-Odan, the prince of Zama, who is betrayed by his…
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Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry
Developer: UbisoftPublisher: UbisoftRelease Year: 2013 (DLC) 2014 (Stand Alone)Platform: PS3/PS4/Stadia(2021)/Switch(2019 Compilation)/Win/Xbox 360/Xbox OneGenre: Action AdventureTaxonomy: Playable Black characters; Black cultural traditions; Narrative themes; politics/ideology/history; voice acting/motion capture; mechanics; intersectionality In this game you assume the role of Adéwalé, a former slave who is trained as an assassin and who found freedom as a pirate. He’s…
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Anew: The Distant Light
Developer: Resonator InteractivePublisher: Resonator InteractiveRelease Year: 2021Platform: WinGenre: Action adventureTaxonomy: Development You are a child with limited resources, waking up on a distant alien moon, twenty light years from Earth. You must now carry out a mission of critical importance while you repair your home ship and solve the mystery of your missing co-pilot. interviews…
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An Airport for Aliens Currently Run By Dogs
Developer: Strange ScaffoldPublisher: Strange ScaffoldRelease Year: 2021Platform: Switch/WIN/Xbox One/Xbox X/SGenre: AdventureTaxonomy: Development; Playable Black characters; narrative themes In a universe where you and your fiancee are the last two human beings left, you are in an airport run by dogs where a series of deep multiple-choice conversations with your fiancee occur. In the game, you…