AI SAFETY & ETHICS

Panic at the Arcade? An Introduction to Five Essays on Gaming Trust & Safety

Center for Democracy & Tech

This series of essays have been reviewed and edited by Samantha Bradshaw, Dean Jackson, Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat, Kate Ruane, and Dhanaraj Thakur. In the early 80s, rumors spread that a mysterious new game called Polybius had appeared in arcades around Portland, Oregon. Said to be housed in a plain black cabinet, children were allegedly compelled The post Panic at the Arcade? An