What’s up people. For Black History Month, we’ve decided to cull together a list of the Top 20 Black Characters in Gaming. Counting down from 20, we’ll be hitting you with a new one each week day until we get to number 1. Let’s get to it:

#12 on TGH’z Top Black Video Game Characters list goes to Riddick The Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay

Yes Sir! The Eye Shines! We just keep dropping sleeper hits on ya’ll. Shame on you if you haven’t played these games. I know you’re saying… wait a minute! Riddick isn’t Black. Well technically he is. He’s biracial. You know how that goes, if you are 1% then you are black…

I digress. Coming out of no-where Starbreeze studios and Tigon founded, or I should say funded, by Vin Diesel himself, brought he noise with this original Xbox exclusive title. This game really pushed the system in terms of the graphics that it boasted. Basically a first person “shooter”, Escape from Butcher Bay rises to the top with it’s excellent story telling and gameplay. Laying the groundwork for modern first person “hand to hand” fighting. This game was really ahead of its time, not to mention that you could play either run n’ gun or stealthy snapping necks.

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