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:

#17 on TGH’z Top Black Video Game Characters list goes to Louis of the Left 4 Dead

This character made the list as our first “playable” character. This game is fairly new but it is oh so good. What we like about Valve’s latest game is that it is multiplayer at heart. Four protagonists trapped in a Zombie movie scenario that forces them to work together to fight their way out.

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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:

#19 on TGH’z Top Black Video Game Characters list goes to Alyx Vance of the Half Life franchise.

Not only is Alyx of African American descent, she’s also bi-racial, and if you haven’t noticed a woman. Valve Software just went down the line on this one ticking off the boxes. Some fans of the series may argue for her father’s inclusion on this list, but we have to say that she’s one tough cookie and just as smart. Alyx rises to prominence in the two expansions to the Half Life 2 game, and that is where you really get to see her shine. She hacks doors, finds solutions to problems, and is quite the marksman with the ooo op. (lol)

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It’s about that time again folks to get excited about blasting some zombies. Valve’s latest offering into the co-op play arena is something I been waiting for for a very long time. Since the Dawn of the Dead remake set the standard for zombies a few years ago, few games have captured the feeling the film had left of movie goers. Read the rest of this entry »