{"id":1555,"date":"2023-05-11T11:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/?page_id=1555"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T15:55:28","slug":"featured-games-mafia-iii-and-dots-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/featured-games-mafia-iii-and-dots-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Games: Mafia III and Dot&#8217;s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-three-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Mafia III (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mafia III<\/em> is included in this archive for any number of reasons&#8211;there is a lead Black playable character, it is situated in a Black cultural context, and its ideological investments and social critiques are complex (often contradictory) and certainly worth discussing. In the critical let&#8217;s play video, TreaAndrea Russworm and Samantha Blackmon discuss how nearly all aspects of BGA&#8217;s taxonomy apply to <em>Mafia III.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mafia III: A Critical Discussion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2L6U5xOTKoQ?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/mafia-iii\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"108\">Mafia III Game Card<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-four-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Dot&#8217;s Home (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gentrification, redlining, racial capitalism&#8211;these are just some of the systemic realities that inform how the real estate market has historically impacted Black communities. <em>Dot&#8217;s Home<\/em> creates a playable interactive engagement with these systems. In the critical let&#8217;s play video, esteemed narrative designer, writer, and journalist Evan Narcisse joins Samantha Blackmon and TreaAndrea Russworm to discuss this special and socially relevant game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dot&#039;s Home: A Critical Discussion with Evan Narcisse\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oplKLzDLf5A?list=PLv_V7qZ0dp1neTMZcNn7EevivY8Ty6Phc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/dots-home\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"210\">Dot&#8217;s Home Game Card<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mafia III (2016) Mafia III is included in this archive for any number of reasons&#8211;there is a lead Black playable character, it is situated in a Black cultural context, and its ideological investments and social critiques are complex (often contradictory) and certainly worth discussing. 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