LAist loves video games. Loves them. And we love Black folk. Half of LAist's Editors over the years have been African-American.

Which makes you think that we should be covering more Black History Month stories than what we have, but, whatevs. LAist sees no colors.

Last week the blog microscopiq wrote a wonderful post called "The First 11 Black Videogame Stars" where they listed and summarized 11 video game main characters that you *had* to play if you were playing the game. Because the web can sometimes be wonderful, his readers added 18 more to his list.

So of his 29 Black video heroes, how many can you name? Hint: Tiger Woods, Ken Griffey, Michael Vick, etc., don't count because in those games you don't have to be those gentlemen to participate in the gameplay.

Here's another hint, Michael Jackson is one of the 29. Ten more after the jump...

Moonwalker (1990) - Michael Jackson
Shaq Fu (1994) - Shaquille O’Neal
Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City (1994)
Spawn (1995) - Al Simmons
Akuji the Heartless (1998) - Akuji
Shadow Man (1999) - Michael LeRoi
Blade (2000) - Eric Brooks
Beyond Good & Evil (2003) - Jade
Men of Valor (2004) - Dean Shephard
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
Marc Ecko’s Getting Up (2006) - Coltrane Crowley

See the rest of the list on microscopiq including the one we're showing above, Anthony Williams from Bad Day LA.