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Video club for Japanese pensioners

07.02.2022

In Japan, there is a special gaming club designed exclusively for pensioners. The goal of the initiative is to bring older people together through video games and help them avoid loneliness, especially during a pandemic.

The ISR eSports Center in Kobe is very popular.

According to club owner Koji Nashimoto, the space is designed to help people find meaning in life after retirement, avoid isolation and give them a sense of community.

Anyone over the age of 60 can come to the ISR center. Registration in the club is free, and the game sessions themselves last 90 minutes. After that, older gamers can chat with each other and drink tea or coffee during a 30-minute break.

The staff at the ISR Center provide each pensioner with a basic instruction for a particular game. At the same time, they try not to give gamers too difficult titles or try to teach them a lot of tricks.

Many of the club's visitors felt lonely and isolated from the outside world after the lockdowns. However, video games helped them to reconnect with other people.

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