Game Plot Research Articles

Bridge Babies and Rebuilding America: Reproductive Commodification in Death Stranding

Hideo Kojima's 2019 video game Death Stranding has sold over 10 million copies since 2022. The game's plot features a post-apocalyptic United States where female bodies become commodities to produce babies, which the government utilizes as equipment to rebuild the country. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the government's, the terrorists’, and the player character's words and actions reinforce or reject traditional patriarchal views about reproduction. I first establish a background in post-apocalyptic narratives by synthesizing themes from The Handmaid's Tale, The Road, and The Walking Dead. Using feminist post-structuralism, I analyze how reproductive commodification is prioritized over ethics by the government, rejected in favor of general destruction to the greater good by the terrorists, and is used only when absolutely necessary by the player character. I finally argue that commodification narratives are typical within post-apocalyptic narratives, are harmful, and have the potential to influence real-world politics.

Trends in the play of modern children and their connection with mental development: empirical study

Introduction. Role play is the leading activity of the preschool period, in which the key development takes place. However, the specifics of modern childhood leads to a decrease in the time for the implementation of free play. Therefore, the search for means to support role play is an important task for the scientific community and the education system. The purpose of this study was to identify current trends in the play behavior of preschoolers, as well as to study the relationship of the main indicators of children's mental development with the play behavior and attitudes of their parents to role play. Materials and methods. The study involved 596 children aged 5-6 years and their parents (from 23 years to 51 years). Sociometric status, understanding of emotions, executive functions and nonverbal intelligence were considered as indicators of children’s mental development. Data on children's play behavior and parents' attitudes towards play were obtained using a questionnaire containing three blocks of questions: socio-economic block, questions about the play behavior of preschoolers, questions about parents' attitude to free children's play. Results and discussion. The results of the study indicated a relatively low level of development of the play of modern preschoolers: according to the observations of parents, only every fifth child is deeply immersed in the game plot, about 15% of children do not seek to play at all. The data indicated that most parents do not consider it necessary to allocate enough time for free play. More than 40% of parents consider play as a "useless" activity, and more than 80% give priority to cognitive activities, for example, joint reading. At the same time, significant links of children's play behavior with the sociometric status of a child in a group, the ability to understand emotions, visual working memory, cognitive flexibility, information processing speed and nonverbal intelligence were recorded. Conclusion. The results of the study can be used to develop recommendations to support free play, as well as for scientific purposes to analyze the specifics of modern childhood.

EASTER SPRING SONGS IN THE INTERFLUVE OF THE LOWER PRIPYAT, UZH AND TETERIV RIVERS

The northern lands of the modern Kyiv region, located between the Pripyat, Uzh, and Teteriv rivers in their downstream, historically and geographically belong to Polissia. Ethnographers rightly consider this territory a reserve of ancient Slavic traditions. In the life of local residents, various calendar rites of pre-Christian origin continued to function until the beginning of the 21st century. Among all the calendar seasons, spring was particularly diverse. Rituals and spring songs changed at different stages of the spring season and reflected the state of nature and the aspirations of people, first of all young people: first to summon spring, and later to activate its signs.
 The article is devoted to consideration of the songs of the middle phase of spring in this territory – from the Easter holiday to the Trinity. They are noticeably different from the songs сalling for spring at the beginning of the season. The girls did not just sing Easter songs, but accompanied them with a ritual dance, roundelays. They held each other`s hands and moved in a circle or along a sinuous line, and sometimes imitated work in the field using special gestures. The content of these songs is wide – from children's game plots to small performances on the topic of relations between a boy and a girl. Songs also differ in musical features. The song material in the article is presented according to the rhythmic-structural typology principles. Songs were recorded by the author in the years 1979–2007. At the end of the article, music samples are provided (transcribed by the author). Abbreviations mean the names of the districts of the Kyiv region for the time of recording (Pls = Polisky district, Chnb = Chornobylskyi district, Ivn = Ivankivskyi district). Song forms are encoded using system of special characters developed by I. Klymenko (2008; 2020).

Contextual factors and motivation opportunities of gamification technology in studying the educational discipline "Mass communication and information"

The article examines the main aspects and principles of gamification technology, which is an effective way of making changes in teaching methods, an opportunity to provide students with not only theoretical knowledge about the subject matter, but rather to develop their creative potential. Gamification is studied in three aspects: how motivational learning opportunities are implemented; in terms of studying the psychological factors of the game process as well as analyzing of behavioural results. The authors describe several ways of using gamification by means of information technology in education, in particular in journalism training. A number of educational services and communities which are used in the educational process are reviewed. Based on the comparative analysis, the issues of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of gamification technology are specified. The analysis of scientific sources has provided grounds for identifying the main components of the gamified learning process and game elements that form the mechanics of the gamification process, such as challenge, tasks, tests, cooperation, feedback, accumulation of resources, rewards, and the state of victory. The article considers gamification both as a teaching method and as a means of organizing a complex learning process in higher education. Approaches to the development and successive stages of the lesson in the course "Mass Communication and Information" using gamification technologies are proposed. An attempt is made to delve into each stage of developing the plot of an educational game in order to master the principles of building a game plot, storytelling tools using specific examples and introducing gamification elements into a practical lesson. The contextual factors of gamification are studied on the example of the project of a practical lesson of the mentioned training course, based on the discussion of motivational possibilities, taking into account the psychological/behavioral results of gamification. It has been found that the final learning outcomes and competences of students have become, firstly, an indicator of achieving the goals and objectives set in the educational game, and also allowed to establish that the introduction of game elements in the learning process contributes to increasing the cognitive activity of students due to the effect of novelty, forming interest in knowledge, developing learning motivation and initiative, and also makes it possible to combine practical activities with theory. The empirical results on the effectiveness of gamification in journalism classes show that educational games provide a positive effect, but the latter largely depends on the context in which gamification is implemented, as well as on the users involved in the educational game, the latter factor being addressed through proper psychometric studies of the student audience.

SOCIAL PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT ONLINE GAMING ADDICTION

The article tackles the problem of teenagers’ addiction to online games. In the process of digitalization of modern society, the world of games has changed significantly as one of the teenagers’ principal activities. And therefore, online games have become an important part of teenager's everyday life. The article characterizes the features of such games (accessibility, continuity, versatility, incompleteness, creative nature). Internal and external factors of addiction to online games as well as gamers’ socio-psychological features that contribute to the formation of addiction are analyzed. The article focuses attention on the positive and negative impact of online games, which, on the one hand, is considered as the means of socializing teenagers, and on the other hand, may lead to addiction development. The analysis of scientific literature makes it possible to consider “online gaming addiction” as a type of non-chemical addiction; narrow, single-minded use of the Internet, an obsessive need to play online, the characteristics of which are concentration of attention, intensity of emotions, escape from reality and life problems solving. It is emphasized that the consolidation of addiction takes place by transferring the gamer’s attention from the game plot to communication with other participants – finding like-minded people. The purpose of the article is to analyze the signs, causes and consequences of teenagers’ addiction to online games and to determine the features of social prevention of such addiction in teenagers. Methods of research: analysis and synthesis of theoretical sources, systematization, generalization and comparison in order to study the features of online games and their influence on teenagers, the causes and consequences of addiction from them; survey (questionnaire, independent interview), a modified method of identifying the level of self-esteem of an individual in interpersonal relationships, behavior, activities and feelings (S.Budassi). While conducting the research, the reasons for the persistent interest of teenagers in online games were singled out, among which the most important are: establishing communication in a peer groups, self-affirmation and self-realization, financial reward. The directions of social and preventive work with teenagers regarding the prevention of addiction to online games and its minimization are outlined, and the necessity for a systematic and comprehensive approach in this work is proven.

The Game as an Ontological Practice

The ontological status of the game, according to the authors, today needs a particularly thorough analysis, and traditional approaches to game research require a deeper methodological justification. The growing importance of game culture in modern social dynamics sharply raises questions about the essence of games, to which the previous paradigm, based on an activity approach, did not give clear answers. The hypothesis of the study is that the game is one of the oldest ontological practices and serves to identify the ethical, semantic, existential boundaries of certain everyday situations in which a person develops acceptable or possible behavioral strategies for himself. In this status, game is comparable to ritual and performs similar functions in social dynamics. The study used phenomenological and systemic methods with elements of the structural-functional approach and the method of logical reconstruction, as an auxiliary toolkit of sociological research was used, in particular, the focus group method. As a result of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that modern computer, virtual games act as tools for self-knowledge for users, and also serve to mark socially acceptable and unacceptable behavior patterns. Social reality plays a double role here. On the one hand, it forms a dichotomous relationship with virtual reality, which allows the player to form their own ethical principles related to behavior in various environments. On the other hand, social reality is a source for game plots, implicitly offering the player to treat it contemplatively and detachedly. Thus, the study revealed a new socio-cultural significance of the game in social and personal development. The proposed methodology for the interpretation of games is a universal method, with the help of which previously difficult to resolve issues, in particular, the phenomenon of ludomania, can be clearly verified.

Cultural Languages of Role-Playing

Role-play interaction in live role-playing games is also language interaction. Role-playing language is different from everyday language, because the worlds created in role-play are not just a reflection or extension of everyday life. We examine three examples of interaction in live action role-playing games. In all three, players rely on shared cultural knowledge. In the first example, two players employ the cultural conventions about the meanings of colors, objects and space as well as materials borrowed from myth and folklore in order to enact an encounter between a mage and a dragon. In the second, the organizers enact scenes from literary classics in order to construct the game plot. In the third, the players employ cultural stereotypes of personalities and behavior in order to present characters of diverse age and social status.

An Adaptive System for Emerging Serious Games Using a Swarm Intelligence Algorithm

An emerging serious game (SG) is a game designed and developed from an objective other than pure fun, so that the player can learn while playing, but where the game unfolds spontaneously, autonomously, and without explicit laws, adapting to the player. On the other hand, an emerging serious game engine (ESGE) must make explicit the possibility of emergence in an SG, from the coordinated handling of the game plot, adapted to the specific educational context where it is being used. In previous articles, an ESGE has been proposed, which allows the initial emergence of an SG. This article defines a new component of the ESGE, called the plot adaptive system (PAS), which allows the updating of an SG according to the theme that is being given in a smart classroom (SaCI). This component is based on an ant colony optimization algorithm that changes the plots/frames in the game to follow the desired theme in the SaCI. Thus, this new component manages a set of game plots that may be of interest in an educational context to dynamically modify an SG initially conceived for a subject taught in the SaCI, in order to adequate it to the current pedagogical context. The novelty of the approach is that it adapts the SG to the educational context where it takes place. Additionally, this article analyzes the behavior of the PAS in a case study, and presents three experiments with very encouraging results.

Participatory digital gameplay narrative design for public space sustainability management: empirical research with primary school children

Abstract This paper reports results of completed research with primary school children which took place in Athens, Greece. Children engaged in designing the play experience of digital mini-games corresponding to episodes/missions of an entire plot. The games were coded by the school teacher on low-end mobile phones using AppInventor and were then played by children designers and testers. The game plot concerned restoring management rules for a public space (an urban park), along sustainability principles. The results focused on the participation processes of children in critical game narrative design, and decision-making about public space management alternatives to embed in game narrative design.

NPIPVis: A visualization system involving NBA visual analysis and integrated learning model prediction

BackgroundData-driven event analysis has gradually become the backbone of modern competitive sports analysis. Competitive sports data analysis tasks increasingly use computer vision and machine-learning models for intelligent data analysis. Existing sports visualization systems focus on the player–team data visualization, which is not intuitive enough for team season win–loss data and game time-series data visualization and neglects the prediction of all-star players. MethodsThis study used an interactive visualization system designed with parallel aggregated ordered hypergraph dynamic hypergraphs, Calliope visualization data story technology, and iStoryline narrative visualization technology to visualize the regular statistics and game time data of players and teams. NPIPVis includes dynamic hypergraphs of a teamʹs wins and losses and game plot narrative visualization components. In addition, an integrated learning-based all-star player prediction model, SRR-voting, which starts from the existing minority and majority samples, was proposed using the synthetic minority oversampling technique and RandomUnderSampler methods to generate and eliminate samples of a certain size to balance the number of allstar and average players in the datasets. Next, a random forest algorithm was introduced to extract and construct the features of players and combined with the voting integrated model to predict the all-star players, using Grid-SearchCV, to optimize the hyperparameters of each model in integrated learning and then combined with five-fold cross-validation to improve the generalization ability of the model. Finally, the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) model was introduced to enhance the interpretability of the model. ResultsThe experimental results of comparing the SRR-voting model with six common models show that the accuracy, F1-score, and recall metrics are significantly improved, which verifies the effectiveness and practicality of the SRR-voting model. ConclusionsThis study combines data visualization and machine learning to design a National Basketball Association data visualization system to help the general audience visualize game data and predict all-star players; this can also be extended to other sports events or related fields.

Application of Artificial Intelligence to the Development of Playing Ability in the Valorant Game

From children to adults, everyone enjoys playing online games as a form of entertainment. Online games have a more popular market because they can meet other players worldwide connected to the internet. NPCs (players controlled by a computer system) are also available in online games as player substitutes or for skill practice. As a result, we have been interacting with artificial intelligence in the competition and our environment without realizing it. The game's AI (Artificial Intelligent) can offer an experience similar to playing with other players. Artificial intelligence may always influence online games, whether to replace opponents or choose the game's plot. First Person Shooter (FPS) game Valorant was made available for free on the Windows platform by Riot Games. With a CS: GO-like concept (Counter Strike Global Offensive). The amount of money you have available for each round must be calculated at the equipment purchasing phase to produce effective gaming equipment. The Greedy Algorithm is one of the algorithms that can be used to choose the equipment for the money/cred owned. This algorithm will select the most expensive item the player can buy each round so that the player's chances of winning that round increase.

TOYS AND GAMES OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN UKRAINIAN REALITIES CAUSED BY WAR

Military operations on territory of Ukraine changed lives of all their citizens. Ukrainian children are the most vulnerable in this situation. The article is about the changes observed in the playing activities of children caused by war in Ukraine. The description of new methods in playing activities is the deployment of play activities in a safe, adult-defined environment (in a bomb shelter, a shelter, on a temporarily safe playground) with children who are currently nearby.The content of playing plots of preschoolers, which is caused by external circumstances, the redistribution of responsibilities in the Ukrainian family, and the emergence of multi-age play associations, is analyzed. These are such games as "war machine", "shelter", "soldiers", unfolding of game plots based on multimedia usually content not available for preschool children. A description of modern toys popular among preschoolers is given: toy weapons, military paraphernalia, new imaginative toys. Advises for parents on choosing toys and organizing play activities of preschool children are provided.Key words: modern toy, playing activity, change of game plots, children of preschool age, Ukrainian society.

Historical Video Games in the Context of Public History: Strategies for Reconstruction, Deconstruction and Politization of History

Today, historical video games going beyond the boundaries of the purely entertainment framework of screen media are increasingly influencing the formation of the public history infosphere. The aim of the study is a comprehensive analysis of historical video games as a tool for constructing mass historical consciousness and the implementation of ideologized strategies for the politics of memory. Methodologically, the work is based on the concepts of “public history infosphere” and “politics of memory”, as well as the historical method and classification approach. In addition, elements of comparative analysis, the method of narrative research of cultural artifacts and the optics of I. Bogost’s procedural rhetoric are used.
 The study determines the specificity and nature of broadcasting historical plots in the context of procedural actualization of video game narratives. Starting from the interactive-procedural nature of video games, the original possibilities and objective constraints in the reproduction of “stories about the past” are revealed. It is demonstrated that the programmatic and subjective-user modalities of a video game existence endow it with rhizome and nomadic characteristics. Video game architectonics has an intention to deconstruct the “metaphysics of presence” and the main repressive instances characteristic of traditional historical narrative. At the same time, based on the concept of simulations by G. Frasca, three main formats of historical video game reconstructions are revealed: factual (plot and setting), logical-dynamic and hybrid. The article identifies the most common ways of distorting, mythologizing and politicizing history in video games. Special attention is paid to the explication of the ideologized concept of “anti-Sovietism” in video game plots, as a form of quasi-historical criticism of the Soviet regime and the continuation of the rhetoric of the “Cold War”.
 The results of the study can be used in the expert assessment of the space of public history, in the identification of relevant media tools and meaningful concepts that form its semantic framework. In addition, certain conclusions are essential for the effective correction of memory policy strategies implemented in screen digital media.

УКРАЇНСЬКА ВІДЕОПОЕЗІЯ ЯК ЕСТЕТИЧНИЙ ФЕНОМЕН СУЧАСНОГО ЛІТЕРАТУРНОГО ПРОЦЕСУ

The results of the study of video poetry as a genre are presented. The object of analysis is Ukrainian video poetry, created within the projects CYCLOP (Ukraine), "Overcoming Silence" (Ella Yevtushenko, Daryna Gladun, Lesyk Panasyuk, and others), #DigitalShevchenko, "Power of Speech", "Subjective" (Sofia Bezverkha and Marichka Yarmola), "rosdilovi" (Olga Mykhailyuk and Serhiy Zhadan), "By the way" (Natalia Parshchyk, etc.), ZEBRA festival (Germany). Ukrainian video poetry has been developing since the 2000s and was first presented as part of the CYCLOP festival, which became both a venue for a video poetry competition and a platform for theoretical discussions. The significance of poetic intonation and the interaction of reader and author in video poetry is described. Genre features of video poetry are established, and also types of genre transformation are allocated. It has been proved that video poetry is a syncretic multimedia genre, which combines verbal and nonverbal components. The verbal component is the voice of the reader or poet, as well as the melody that complements them. The non-verbal component is based on the development of a visual metaphor or game plot, it also expresses the perception of images, metaphors, etc. poem. The movement of frames in video poetry is based either on the metric-rhythmic identity of the poem (and the melody that accompanies the reading of poetry) and the video sequence, or the dissonance between the verbal and nonverbal components. Genre features of video poetry can be described as a combination of kinetic images, sound, visual metaphors, the voice of the reader, melody, and others. Genre transformations of video poetry are defined through the creation through animation, feature film script, improvisational transformation, and interaction between different arts or the use of digital technology. It is determined that an important aspect of video poetry is the interaction of the author and the recipient. Watching video poetry, on the one hand, actualizes the associations (verbal and nonverbal) in the memory of the recipient, on the other – enhances the aesthetic experience of perception of the work. It gives a powerful aesthetic and emotional effect.

Mental disadaptation correction of the family members of dangerous professions workers

Aim. The aim of the paper was the substantiation the directions of correction the emotional state of the family environment of the family members of dangerous professions on the basis of biobehavioral therapy using biofeedback technology.
 Methods. 47 women were examined (29.34.7 years) wives of employees whose professional activities are related to solving professional problems in extreme conditions. The hardware and software complex BOS-Pulse with the Pulse module with game plots, Multipsychometer was used. According to the pulse recorded by the photoplethysmographic method, a spectral analysis of heart rate variability was carried out using a program for processing data from game biocontrol. The control of efficiency was carried out according to the functional parameters of the cardiovascular system and indicators of the color choice test.
 Results. By the end of the training, all women had mastered the skill of increasing RR-intervals. The value of the stress index of Baevskys regulatory systems during the course of biobehavioral therapy decreased from 73.217.8 to 56.825.4, the index of vegetative balance from 132.729.2 to 84.545.2. According to the test of color choices, a pronounced deepening of positive tendencies in terms of psychological indicators was noted, which, in general, was expressed in a significant decrease in anxiety and fatigue with a simultaneous increase in working capacity and indicators of the vegetative coefficient.
 Conclusions. Correctional trainings with the use of biocontrol technology led to an improvement in personal adaptive characteristics, the formation and consolidation of the conditioned reflex skill of self-regulation and a corrective behavioral stereotype that promotes activation of the bodys reserve capabilities. The effective behavioral strategies of self-regulation developed by women contributed to the training of productive techniques for counteracting stressors associated with the specifics of husbands professional activities and, accordingly, with the family microclimate.

Intelligent Generation of Storylines for Immersive Point and Click Games

In this paper, we present an intelligent support End-User Developers (EUDevs) in creating plot lines for Point and Click games on the web. We introduce a story generator and the associated user interface, which help the EUDev in defining the game plot starting from the images providing the game setting. In particular, we detail a pipeline for creating such game plots starting from 360 degrees images. We identify salient objects in equirectangular images, and we compose the output with other two neural networks for the generation: one generating captions for 2D images and one generating the plot text. The provided suggestions can be further developed by the EUDev, modifying the generated text and saving the result. The interface supports the control of different parameters of the story generator using a user-friendly vocabulary. The results of a user study show good effectiveness and usability of the proposed interface.

A ironia do apocalipse: uma breve reflexão sobre Fallout: New Vegas

O presente texto, escrito em junho de 2020, mês em que se observou a crescente intensificação da pandemia causada pelo vírus COVID-19, analisa alguns aspectos da trama do videogame Fallout: New Vegas (2010), relacionando-os com a experiência subjetiva propiciada pela situação de quarentena. Assim, tenta-se observar como as experimentações do fim e do apocalipse narradas neste jogo oferecem chaves de interpretação para melhor analisar o estado da subjetividade durante o período de confinamento. Em especial a relação conflitante com o tempo, entre a experiência do passado e a expectativa de futuro que são subjugadas pela presença excessiva da simultaneidade dos eventos do presente.

IMPACT OF PRODUCT PLACEMENT STRATEGIES ON BRAND RECEPTION – LITERATURE REVIEW

Considering the changes in media consumption, many well-known brands decided to invest in product placement. Companies apply various strategies of placing the brand inside the media programming, not only in movies or television programs but also in social media, computer games and music videos. Present paper is aimed on investigate the influence of chosen product placement strategy on product placement effectiveness and is based on literature review. Research on product placement in movies shows that a mixed type of placement which encompass visual presentations of a branded product, company name or logo, and verbal reference to the embedded brand is better remembered in comparison to only visual product placement. There are also recognized product placement strategy based on various plot-relation level. According to research made in computer games, higher brand and game congruity result in better attitude but a brand incongruent with the game plot is better remembered. The authors also frequently mention about product placement visibility. Prominent placement in movies and computer games led to worse brand attitudes, is perceived as more disruptive, less realistic and interferes with the plot than subtle placement. The advantage of prominent placement in both medias and video sharing sites is better influenced on brand remembering. When it comes to social media, product placement takes a form of written placement or video placement. Some studies proved that video placement exert greater impact on attitude, better brand impression and cause higher users’ intention to click. Similarly in computer games it can be listed animated or as a static ads. In quoted study, brand recognition for the animated billboards was significantly higher than for static billboards and attitudes toward the animated ads were better.

Serious Pervasive Games

Serious Pervasive Games extend the “magic circle” to the players’ surrounding environment. The blend of both physical and fictive game worlds provides a push in player engagement and promotes situated learning approaches. Space and time, as well as social context, acquire a more meaningful impact on the gameplay. From pervasive learning towards science communication with location-based games, this article presents case studies that exemplify their benefits and related problems. Pervasive learning can be defined as “learning at the speed of need through formal, informal and social learning modalities”. The BEACONING project aims to contextualize the teaching and learning process, connecting it with problem-based game mechanics within STEM. The main goal of this project is to provide the missing connection between STEM subjects and real-world interactions and applications. The pedagogical foundation is based on problem-based learning, in which active learning is in the center, and learners have to work with different tools and resources in order to solve problems (quests). Teachers create, facilitate and assess pervasive and gamified learning activities (missions). Furthermore, these quests are gamified in order to provide non-linear game plots. In a second case study, we demonstrate and evaluate how natural heritage can benefit from pervasive games. For example, in a natural park, a set of location-based games has been developed in order to provide enhanced experiences, as well as additional information about some species that are more difficult to observe or that are seasonal. Throughout the development of this project, we have encountered and identified several problems, of different natures, present in pervasive games. As a solution to some of these problems, we propose adaptivity, customizing the gameplay to the users’ profile and context.

The Impact of Video Game Plots on the Formation of Destructive Trends and Anxiety in Adolescents

Video games are a popular entertainment in many countries, however, among video game users, experts identify people with addictions. This article presents the results of our studies of the factors affecting the nature of actions within the game framework and the mental state of adolescents. On the basis of source data and our own clinical research, we have created and applied a diagnostic questionnaire to identify preferences in the choice of genres, plots and characters of computer games. One hundred and forty teenagers were examined, seventy males and seventy females. It has been established that the use of inanimate objects as the main character is directly related to the user's desire for destructive actions within the game framework (p <0.05). The influence of the act of self-destruction of a computer game hero on the psychological state of a user is studied. The relationship between the high level of personal anxiety and the sign “acceptability of self-destruction in the game” (p <0.05) was established. It is concluded that restricting the use by children of role-playing computer games with inanimate objects or the self-destruction of heroes, as well as online games for the purpose of entertainment, will help to prevent the formation of negative trends in the mentality of adolescents.