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South of Midnight: nods to African American & West African Spirituality you may have missed
South of Midnight was released earlier this year and received nonstop positive reviews, praising the story, characters, and especially the scenery and musical scores. Developed by Compulsion Games and published by Xbox Studios, this Southern Gothic tale RPG has most of, if not everything, the gaming community has been needing for quite some time. This…
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Exploring how Black cultures past, present and future interact with gaming and geekdom
1970s-1980s: New York Gives Birth to Video Game Legends Black culture in the games industry stands on the shoulders of giants such as Gerald “Jerry” Lawson and Ed Smith. Jerry Lawson, originally from Brooklyn, New York, was one of Silicon Valley’s first African American computer engineers. He is known as the ‘father of the video…
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Lashana Lynch is Supermassive’s newest star in upcoming space horror Directive 8020
If you look carefully enough between the buzz and business of Gamescom, you could uncover a hidden void of deep space. Supermassive’s Directive 8020, the upcoming sci-fi horror installation and fifth game in The Dark Pictures Anthology, was neatly tucked away in a dimly lit room, the perfect atmosphere for the demo “Chapter 1: Humanity…
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How A Game Character Boosted My Black Girl Confidence
For a young Black girl nerd obsessed with fantasy, sci-fi games in the 90s-2000s, the landscape for finding representation was dry and bare. It was like traversing a desert where once in a while, between the heatwaves of exclusion and sexism, you’d catch a glimpse of a Black woman character that would come to be.…
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Cliffhanger’s End Offers More Questions About Development
On May 28, IGN reported that EA ended development on a Black Panther title and shuttered Cliffhanger Games. At the time, the closure was a part of the third round of layoffs that took place at EA in 2025. The game’s firm said it would try to help those affected by the layoffs by placing…
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17 Black Women Artists on the Sims Radio Stations
The Sims 4 released its highly-anticipated 19th expansion pack, Enchanted by Nature, on July, 2025. Along with the Celtic-inspired world of Innisgreen, fairy wings, and a new quirky death.
