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Gaming

Black Names in Video Games #4: Barret Wallace

One of the most iconic Black video game characters.

By Luke Davis

May 14, 2025

Daily Black Video Game Characters is a Bluesky account that posts one Black video game character every day. It has definitely highlighted how many games I haven’t played and how many Black characters have been present but otherwise ignored or in the background.

This Cool Link was published 7 months ago. (#)

Game Boy / Nintendo

Kyle Tryon's quest to find Static Shock for the GBA

Is it a bang baby or a bust?

By Luke Davis

May 31, 2024

Gaming

Black Names in Video Games #3: Black Girl Gamers

Black Girl Gamers is the third instalment in our Black Names in Video Games series and Rosario Blue’s article for TechRadar is a must-read.

By Luke Davis

September 7, 2020

Jerry Lawson

Gaming

Black Names in Video Games #2: Jerry Lawson

It was a Black engineer who gave us the video games cartridge. Here’s the short story of Jerry Lawson’s life in games.

By Luke Davis

August 18, 2020

Young Iris

Pokémon

Black Names In Video Games #1: Iris

In the first of our Black Names In Video Games series, where we look at black characters in gaming, we check out Iris, the Dragon Master-in-training.

By Luke Davis

March 16, 2020