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Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by wje on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:05PM (#12449428)
There's a solo pen and paper RPG called Hikikomori (named after the phenomenon) which is quite unsettling to play.

http://dsg.neko-machi.com/hikikomori.pdf

Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by prawn on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:01PM (#12449967)
Someone should make that as an app or web site. I think it'd be interesting for more people to experience it, and something less reliant on having dice and checking tables would be more accessible.
Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by wccrawford on Thursday September 08, 2016 @08:34AM (#12452368)
I agree that it sounds like a great web app (I had the same thought) but I think you need to be careful not to be too hand-holdy. Half the game is the journaling of the situation, and if you too hand-holdy I think you lose a lot of the impetus to do the journaling. Or at least to do it well.

Still, I'm definitely considering it for this one, or something like it.

Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by prawn on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:58PM (#12476740)
I think that even without the journaling, it could give some insight into social phobia, depression and malaise.
Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses by TranquilMarmot on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @11:17PM (#12450042)
This sounds like a fun (albeit depressing...) weekend project.