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/^t/People's future is threated both by the patterns of violence which are presented in the games and the direction of technical innovations in the field. The main rule of the games is to kill as many foes as possible. Jean-Marc Demaly, editor of a pair of Paris magazines for home-video fans, sais that many young boys phone to ask how to do special attacks and how to get blood splattering on the screen. There were some cases when children after such a great dose of violence were not able to distinguish reality from the fiction which resulted in fatal consequences. The innovations in the technical equipment may also appear fatal in results. The recent experiments on virtual reality may even contribute to the fall of the modern civilization. In a few years the technique will be so excellent and programs so sofisticated that one may prefer to stay in the artificial surroundings of a fake world which would seem more attractive to him. Why go to Paris if you can see all of the most beautiful Paris scenes and, additionally, have some most exciting adventures without leaving home? Because of the fact that people, in general, are intellectually lazy and agree on choosing the easiest and the most pleasant ways, such "virtual baths" may result in decline of human culture.