Black Games Archive

Context, Culture, and Representation


The Walking Dead (Series)

Developer: TellTale Games, Skybound Entertainment
Publisher: TellTale Games, Skybound Entertainment
Release Year: 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020 (Switch)
Platform: Android/iOS/Kindle Fire/Mac/Ouya/PS3/PS4/PSVita/Switch/Win/Xbox 360/Xbox One
Genre: Point and Click Adventure
Taxonomy: 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 and Clementine, the young girl he saves.

interviews and other media
scholarship

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