Shibuya from the sky = Almost my book cover in real life...

Excited that this is happening 早稲田大学 Waseda University this Wednesday! Courtesy of organizer extraordinaire Pau Pitarch.

I’m late to the party reading Prof. White's (Brian "Dr." White) thoughtful and generous “engagement” (ha!) with my book. With Japanese game studies the more the merrier and I eagerly look forward to Brian’s great writing and keen analysis on the subject in his future publications!

Excited to blow into the cartridge of scholarship at 神奈川大学 （公式） with this book talk courtesy of 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🕊️ James Welker!

Lecture: Ben Whaley, "Toward a Gameic World," Wed., July 19 3:30–5 pm, Kanagawa Univ., Minatomirai Campus and Zoom. Preregister to attend in person. No preregistration necessary to attend online. (訂正版; corrected)

Jokes on you Japan. You can’t melt who is already melted 🫠

Excited this is happening 神奈川大学 （公式） this Wednesday! Courtesy of coordination king 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🕊️ James Welker. I heard reading my book is more fun than watching the new Miyazaki movie! Still, I’ve retitled my book 『君たちはどうプレイしろか』just to be safe!

Arigato! I hadn’t even known this had “dropped” as the kids say…

Happy Fall 🍂

tr.jpf.go.jp/event/japanese… Excited to give this online talk for Japan Foundation, Toronto on Nov. 27 @ 7PM EST. I heard listening to me talk is more fun than Super Mario Bros. Wonder!

🎮Join our virtual talk w/ Ben Whaley (U Calgary) as we explore 4 popular Japanese #videogames and the benefits of addressing social trauma within the #gaming realm. 📅 Mon. Nov 27 @ 7:00PM EST [available worldwide] 👉Register👉 tr.jpf.go.jp/event/japanese…

Thanks for the kind write up of the lecture and for engaging with it, Christopher. I appreciate it! There’s more about 絶体絶命都市 in the book. And also in a companion article in JAS 78.1.

If only the phishing email on University letterhead saying I had received a 16.82% raise were true... They just wanted to appreciate my hard work and dedication and reflect my contributions appropriately.

Launching its 50th year of publication, the winter 2024 JJS is live online (also available in print) with articles by Youjia Li, Ben Whaley, Alexander Murphy, Aaron Jasny, Małgorzata Karolina Citko-DuPlantis, & Christopher Hughes—& reviews of new books. muse.jhu.edu/issue/51346

Ben Whaley, in “Who Let the Dogs Out? Race as Illness in Tezuka Osamu’s Ode to Kirihito,” shows how manga as a medium evolved to tell literary and socially resonant stories about ethno-racial difference and disease. muse.jhu.edu/pub/44/article…

Thanks for organizing a great #AAS2024 panel, Mimi❣️

Hoping spring will come to Calgary next week…for the fourth time!

Happy 1st Anniversary to my book from University of Michigan Press! I heard buying another copy is more fun than saving up for the PS5 Pro…

Great book soon to be out!