How can you tell if a friend is spending too much time on online games?

They make excuses for why they can’t hang out with you-the correct answer is a. if they start making excuses to hang out with friends and for reasons why their homework isnt getting done; clearly they have a problem. they are isolating themselves and it cant be good for their interacting skills and communicating with real life people. this can be a problem in the future when the person is trying to find a job and communicating with other people. you should confront the person about it and tell them to cut back on the games and tell their parent of guardian.