I defo think they help in a way Spaz said, but I prefer to use them to relieve stress and simply have fun. Do they help in the terms of social communication depends on what games mean for you. If they're the last thing you'd do on a sunny day then it's ok, you don't live for games and playing games are better than doing nothing, like when it's raining and nobody wants to go out that night, right? If you prefer playing games over people, yeah, you probably have a problem. Also, beating a game will probably make you feel better and more sociable, while being stuck on a level would make you greedy and agressive. So I think it kinda all depends on the sucess/fail.