Video games have been around for decades, providing entertainment for millions of people, from children to adults alike. However, there are tons of people that have seen video games as a “moral panic” through the various decades for gore, violence, sexual themes, or other themes or scenes that are considered “immoral”. An example from today’s games is that many adults worry that first person shooting games are too violent for children and are the primary cause for school shootings and other violent behaviors. In her article, Coin-Operated Americans : Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade, Carly Kocurek briefly mentions that there was “worries about youth access to the [game] machines” (1) and that the game Death Race caused “the first video game moral panic” (1) because of its highly violent content. When video game cabinets were introduced in arcades in the 70’s and 80’s, adults were worried that the kids would become “corrupt” from video games. In another article by Kocurek called Night Trap: Moral Panic, Kocurek explains that the moral panic behind Death Race was specifically due to the violent nature of how the player controlled “pixelated cars striking pedestrians” (309). She also mentions that the game Night Trap brought about a moral panic because of its overall violence, as well as its “sexualized violence against women” (311). The game’s story and violence are based off thriller movies from that time period, such as Prom Night and The Slumber Party Massacre (312), which were quite popular at that time. Some people theorize that video games are often sources for moral panic because they were (and still are) relatively new technology with new content that is relatively accessible to children. Kocurek mentions that at the time that Night Trap was cited at a hearing, retailers such as Toys “R” Us and KB Toys regularly sold other games that were cited, such as Mortal Combat (314). Many adults are still worried today over the accessibility of violent video games for children. The debate over whether or not video games are too violent for kids started when they were first introduced about fifty years ago, and still continues on today.