Video Game Effects - The Death Knells

In 1982, the surgeon general of See Everett coop made an offhand comment about video game effects. The national PTA Lept on this issued a report and that was all you need to hear for it to die out. It wasn't necessarily the game consoles but I think parents let that live in order to let video arcades die because at the very least you could keep an eye on your kid while they were playing them.