As people make efforts to stay apart from each other physically, video games are filling the socializing gap. As people make efforts to stay apart from each other physically, video games are filling the socializing gap. Some people look at the weeks ahead and wonder how they will keep themselves from going stir crazy. Across the U.S., new restrictions have limited in-person gatherings in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus infection, as concern grows from watching its effects on the hard-hit populations of China and Italy, where thousands have died. But other Americans already have a plan to help combat social isolation: video games.