Is this our Future?

Personally I'm not a very big fan of video games but I do play them. Over the last few decades, gaming has progressed enormously, so much that it can be hard to differentiate between what's real and what's not.
'Gamer' is a film that emphasizes or rather brings this simple fact to our attention. Will we be ruled by games one day? iRobot was the same. It showed us how much we have come to depend on machines. Will we depend on them so much that one day we won't leave the house or go to work?

Roland Barthes states that images are imitations or re-productions. If this is true then could 'Gamer' be between an imitation and a reproduction of the real world? In 20 years time or even less gaming might become more than just a game. There is already evidence to show that games have had an impact on our everyday life. Meaning is created through the film by the storyline and also in the characters behaviours. They are reminded about human nature, naturally it is only human for the convicts to want to survive, however, killing each other off is something that wild animals would do. Does this mean that as games progress, we, as civilised humans, are starting to lose our humanity? Do we give in to our primal instincts of wanting to be the best?

Whatever the answer to that is, 'Gamer' made me think of these things as I sat there watching the film. Whether the director intended to deliver a message or some sort of morale to the audience, who knows? All I'm saying that the film, as with many pieces of art, can be interpreted in many ways and people get different messages or ideas from them.