Black is a first-person shooter developed by Criterion Games and released in 2006 for Xbox and PlayStation 2. Set primarily in Chechnya, the game follows Sergeant First Class Jack Kellar, a CIA black ops soldier whose career spans conflicts in Guatemala, Colombia, Iran, and Croatia. The story is framed as an interrogation taking place four days after the main events unfold, with Kellar recounting his involvement under duress — facing dishonorable discharge and life imprisonment if he refuses to cooperate. The central conflict revolves around the Seventh Wave, an arms smuggling and terrorist organization responsible for multiple attacks. An unnamed interrogator presses Kellar for details about operations connected to this group. The narrative structure gives the game a grounded, debriefing quality, filtering its combat scenarios through the retrospective account of a soldier whose loyalty and discipline are openly in question.
