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Black Games Archive is a multimedia, public-facing database of games, digital resources, accessible scholarship, and designer interviews that are relevant to the intersections between Black culture, games, and play. Blackgamesarchive.org

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Black Games Archive – Context, Culture, and Representation

📢The #BlackGamesArchive update is here! We've got new gameplay vids, new games, a critical discussion of #ElPasoElsewhere with @writnelson.bsky.social, a critical chat about Assassin's Creed Liberation with @saffista.bsky.social and Trea Russworm, and more! Tell EVERYONE!
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02.12.2023 19:56 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
Animated brown hands playing Pokémon on a Gameboy with a pastel background.

Animated brown hands playing Pokémon on a Gameboy with a pastel background.

So excited to be working on the next quarterly update! Especially excited for all of the new gameplay samples!

18.09.2023 23:35 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Episode 246: Your Cozy Games Are Problematic This week we are talking about the cozy aesthetic and how your faves can be problematic. What We're Playing Sims 4* (with Horse Ranch DLC) Pikmin 4 Palia Venba* Atelier Marie Persona 5 Tears of the

🚨New episode & we’re talking about the problematic nature of the “cozy games” aesthetic

so privileged that NYMG gives me the chance to bring together the voices of gamers, CCs, developers, theorists, etc to talk about games and game development
https://youtube.com/shorts/NIXeHIh6GRA?feature=share

06.08.2023 00:39 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
A pixelated wrestler raising his arms in triumph with a stack of books beside him. The subtitle says "A Reader Is You". This is a play on the "A Winner Is You" meme.

A pixelated wrestler raising his arms in triumph with a stack of books beside him. The subtitle says "A Reader Is You". This is a play on the "A Winner Is You" meme.

Do you like Video Games ❓

Do you like Reading ❓

If so, THE VIDEO GAME LIBRARY has thousands of Books for you to discover ❤️📚

Spread the word: https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/

31.07.2023 12:43 — 👍 286    🔁 94    💬 5    📌 0
“An archive of Blackness in games is longed for and long overdue. It’s a resource, a reminder, and a bullhorn – There’s no one way to be Black.” -Shana Teri Bryant, Executive Producer, Oculus Publishing, Advisory Board, Black Games Archive

“An archive of Blackness in games is longed for and long overdue. It’s a resource, a reminder, and a bullhorn – There’s no one way to be Black.” -Shana Teri Bryant, Executive Producer, Oculus Publishing, Advisory Board, Black Games Archive

Our person in focus this quarter is the illustrious @MushrooQueendom. Make sure you check out her full profile on the site to see just a few of the amazing things she’s done!
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24.07.2023 19:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

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24.07.2023 03:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0