--- title: People Are Playing Tic-Tac-Toe Games With Pets description: As people worldwide are increasingly quarantined because of the novel coronavirus, some are playing games of tic-tac-toe with their pets. canonical: https://time.com/5804188/tic-tac-toe-pets/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-16T19:20:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T19:03:16.000Z og:title: People Are Playing Very Hypnotizing Tic-Tac-Toe Games With Their Pets og:description: The bunny rabbits might take a bite out of the game, though og:url: https://time.com/5804188/tic-tac-toe-pets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Playing Very Hypnotizing Tic-Tac-Toe Games With Their Pets twitter:description: The bunny rabbits might take a bite out of the game, though twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Are Playing Very Hypnotizing Tic-Tac-Toe Games With Their Pets by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:03 PM UTCPublished: Mar 16, 2020 7:20 PM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:03 PM UTCPublished: Mar 16, 2020 7:20 PM UTC As people worldwide are increasingly quarantined or [practicing social distancing](https://time.com/5800442/social-distancing-coronavirus/) in an effort to prevent the spread of the [novel coronavirus](https://time.com/5803980/coronavirus-ethics/), many have turned to [creative methods of entertaining themselves](https://time.com/5802459/work-from-home-pets/). In search of [inspiration](https://time.com/5803373/coronavirus-kids-at-home-activities/), people are playing a hypnotizing game of tic-tac-toe with your pets. TikTok and Twitter user @iqraanabi shared some clips of a game night with her cat, who proved to be quite the “sore loser.” > [](https://twitter.com/iqraanabi/status/1239294114094632961) > [](https://twitter.com/iqraanabi/status/1239580115396431880) The activity is even possible with turtles, as one Twitter user shared that he drew the game board on his pet’s glass tank. “How’s nationwide self-quarantine going,” Matthew Foldi wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/matthewfoldi/status/1238868585168207873) Other users pointed out that the turtle game was a final resort to [avoid boredom without live sports](https://time.com/5803841/marble-racing-videos/). > [](https://twitter.com/TrollFootball/status/1239244892619943936) One cat also struggled to participate in the game. > [](https://twitter.com/ainaasabreena/status/1239430860442439680) But things took a turn when Twitter user @Nagato\_Pyon tried a match with her pet bunny rabbit. The black rabbit really just ate the paper. > [](https://twitter.com/Nagato%5FPyon/status/1239523636970770433) While animals are probably happy to have their humans at home, they might not be the best gaming companions. Perhaps you should just [watch a movie](https://time.com/5802674/social-distancing-movies/) instead. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5804188/tic-tac-toe-pets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5804188/tic-tac-toe-pets/"},"headline":"People Are Playing Very Hypnotizing Tic-Tac-Toe Games With Their Pets","datePublished":"2020-03-16T19:20:12.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T19:03:16.000Z","description":"The bunny rabbits might take a bite out of the game, though","url":"https://time.com/5804188/tic-tac-toe-pets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Brief","COVID-19"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. Greenspan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5804188/tic-tac-toe-pets/","name":"People Are Playing Very Hypnotizing Tic-Tac-Toe Games With Their Pets"}}]}] ```