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James York | ちーぷ
@york.bsky.social
Games, play, & language @ Meiji University | Editor of Ludic Language Pedagogy | Founder - York Game Lab | #和太鼓 | #PETSCII | #日本語 (N1合格) | #スマブラ | #chiptune | DMs open
York Game Lab at F32!

My students will be at the Tokyo Game Market this month and we’ll be selling two games:

🕵️‍♀️💢🙏 KEI-GO!
🀄️❌🤔 Kanji yūgi

Both Japanese language games, both at special Game Market price

¥2000 👉 ¥1500!

Come and say hello at F32!

#YorkGameLab #boardgame #ゲムマ #ゲムマ秋2025
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Another productive day with my son. Getting closer to a solid system for our BokuNatsu inspired board game. Will be looking for playtesters soon 👀
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🀄✨ New Game (dropping soon)

We’ve turned kanji parts into a playful challenge. Another original Japanese language game from York Game Lab 🎲🇯🇵

Stay tuned for the reveal!

#Japanese #LanguageLearning #GameBasedLearning #kanji
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
今日は学生とガチなすれちがい通信あった!
さすがビデオゲームの歴史の履修生だわ

#3DS #すれちがい通信
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Some views from just outside of Pico Pico Cafe 🌃 🏙️
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Brainstorming a cosy tile-based game with my son. #ぼくなつ
September 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
まだ早朝でおじいちゃんに取られてないクリ🌰発見!
September 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
ぼくのなつやすみ turned into Stardew Valley real quick
September 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
ぼくのなつやすみ
September 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm featured in the Meiji University SPSE handbook this year talking about my research on games and education!

www.meiji.ac.jp/koho/guidebo...

#ludic #pedagogy #明治大学 #政治経済学部
August 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Reading manga with friends. #KotobaMiners #ゾンビ探してます
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
今日は人生初のヘラクレスカブトムシを手にした。とにかくデッカい!
July 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
KEI-GO! works 🎉

(The game I made to help teach Japanese honorifics helped elementary school children actually learn those honorifics [with statistically significant results!])

Read all about it 👇

www.yorkgamelab.com/2025/07/13/k...

#GameBasedLearning #keigo #敬語 #日本語 #国語 #ゲーム学習
July 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
今年もやります!

教養演習の学生が作ったオリジナルゲームを体験できるオープンデイ開催

📆7月14日(月)10:50~12:30
📍 和泉キャンパス リエゾン棟L2教室

学生たちの力作、ぜひ遊びに来てください!

なんと...あなたのプレイ&評価が学生の成績に反映されます!
July 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
TIL Segagaga was set in 2025

“The game is set in 2025, with Sega commanding just 3% of the home console market and their last project making little impact…”

www.segaretro.org/Segagaga

Would have been great to have a SEGA console in 2025 😭
June 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
今日は応援で太鼓のイベントに来ている。規模がすごくて迫力抜群!! #太鼓
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
今日は @tokyoindies.com に行く前に少し贅沢な夕飯を食べる。 本郷三丁目にあるFire Houseにて 🍔
June 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
今日走ってたら猪があいさつに来てくれた。🐗
A wild boar came and said hello on my run today.
June 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Got my #PICO8 shirt on for #picotachi today (I managed to shift my meeting to another date!)
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Uki-uki is super cute and fun thanks for the rec. Looking forward to @danchidays.bsky.social now!

Also, I just created a Picotachi carnival event in the game (cc @lexaloffle.bsky.social). Perhaps you’ll be going?
June 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
tomorrow evening I'll be chatting with Willow Flame about their work developing games for language learning and signed languages. The session will be held on Zoom, and you're welcome to join us.

Sign up here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#ludic #language #pedagogy #SignedLanguages #gamedesign
May 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@insertcredit.com is the greatest place on the internet to strengthen one’s game literacy.

The latest episode asks ‘which video game bar would provide the best three-mile walk home after a night out that ended kind of badly?’

It stirred something up in me, and I got this: Shuffle Puck Cafe
May 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Representing Meiji Uni on some recent runs. Around the Imperial Palace yesterday and then around the Kiyosato seminar house today. 🏃🏃

#running #meiji
May 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reading and translating Conan using #Yomitan in @kinopio.club this evening. Some dense(r) text and excellent words for our #anki decks!
May 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And now we just finished up two games of Ghost Snap (w/ Junji Ito art 🌀 🌀 🌀)
#boardgames #cardgames #GameMarket2025 #ゲムマ2025
May 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM