A Child Scaring Event is an event in a video game that causes its players to do at least one of the following:

  * scream
  * exit the room
  * turn off the game
  * hand the controller to an older sibling

CSEs are often, though not always, the product of a [[cursed|cursed]] game.

===== Games with notable CSEs: =====



  * [[richard_scarry_s_busytown|Richard Scarry's Busytown]]
  * [[slow_mario|Super Mario 64]]
  * [[castles|Castles]]
  * Super Mario Bros. 2
  * Pikmin
  * Super Mario RPG
  * Final Fantasy 7