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- 5. Reggie Fils-Aimé is the former president of this gaming company
- 6. The main character from the Gothic fantasy action-adventure game South of Midnight by Compulsion Games
- 7. Referred to as the first Black female game developer, Muriel ______
- 9. Stanley Pierre-Louis is the current CEO and president of this company that formerly organized and presented the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)
- 12. One of the most prominent playable Black characters from the Kombat focused fighting game
- 14. The founder of R. Talsorian Games who has worked in several capacities on video games including Cyberpunk 2077, Mike ________
- 16. Inventor of the Imagination Machine, the first combined home video game console and personal computer, Ed _____
- 19. The nickname for Alice Washington who installed printed circuit boards into arcade game cabinets on the Atari production lines at the height of the 80s
- 21. The protagonist of Watch Dogs 2, he helped break the mold of Black male characters that were usually portrayed in video games
- 23. Jerry Lawson is considered the father of this invention with his console the Fairchild Channel F being the first to have interchangeable _______
- 25. Dr. Gladys Mae West's contribution and development of this navigation system helped to create location-based games
- 26. Maniac _______ was the one of first video games to feature a Black protagonist
- 27. The personal care brand that in partnership with the Open Source Afro Hair Library created the Code My Crown initiative that aims to improve accurate representation of Black hair in video games
- 28. The game series created by solo game developer Neil Jones
- 30. Black and White introduced Lenora, Iris, and Marshall which marked a significant moment regarding representation for this pocket monster franchise
- 31. The CEO and Founder of Black Girl Gamers, Jay-Ann _____
- 32. A Professor of Racial Justice and Technology in the School of Information at the University of Michigan best known for her research in technology, gaming, race and gender, Dr. Kishonna L. ____
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- 1. An award winning game designer and the creator of Hair Nah; also helped create the Google Doodle of Jerry Lawson in 2022
- 2. The first playable Black American female character in the Street Fighter series
- 3. Ebonix is the founder of mods that helped redefine representation in this popular life simulation game series
- 4. The current president of Blizzard Entertainment, _______ Faries
- 8. Urban _____ featured the first Black female protagonist in a video game
- 10. Tony Barnes worked as a producer and designer of this game series of military shooters from the 90s
- 11. Developed by Kiro’o Games, this is one of the first high-profile African-made video games to gain international attention
- 13. Sarah Bond was promoted as president of this gaming brand in 2023
- 15. A professional E-Sports player known for 8 EVO titles in 5 different franchises; formerly the highest paid fighting game Esports player
- 17. Roy Clay Sr, often referred to as one of the Fathers of The Video Game Industry, contributed to creating this to help one of the first successful video games Computer Space
- 18. Heavyweight _______ , developed and published by SEGA in 1976 was the first video game to feature a Black character
- 20. Gordan Bellamy worked both '95 and '96 editions of this popular NFL game as a game designer and associate producer
- 22. Strange ______ is the game studio founded by Xalavier Nelson Jr.; games by the studio include I Am Your Beast and El Paso, Elsewhere
- 24. This paper-thin dog helped bring together hip-hop culture into gaming in this iconic rhythm game from 1996
- 29. Video game composer and Technical Music Designer who has worked on I Can't Escape and The Thing: Remastered , Chase ______