Cyberfear from the 1980s

Someone helpfully compiled a group of 1980s editorial cartoons, each attacking a digital menace of the time: video games.

They offer a fascinating glimpse of early cyberfear.  We can see some nascent themes: computers striking at children; the specter of addiction.  There are also plays on game mechanics, like people being attacked by Space Invaders, or players devoured by Pac-Man.

For example:

(thanks to Jesse "Player 1" Walker)

Comments

[Brent H.]

Whoa, I'd forgotten all about the Pac-Man craze. Talk about going back in time.

[Bryan Alexander]

And Pac-man was scary!
A different era.