The Internet Is For Games

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Scott Jennings| 7 Comments

According to a Utah legislator, video games == porn.

Maybe he downloaded Lula 3D or something.

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  • http://www.rampantgames.com Jay Barnson

    Crap. And he’s from my town. I’m kind of embarassed.

    A lot of this stems from the recent picketing of Avalanche Studios in Salt Lake City earlier this year, where they were working on the game “25 to Life.” Suddenly the subject of videogame violence became an “easy win” for politicians. The most politically active voters are still (not yet) videogame enthusiasts… we’re still one generation behind. Hopefully enough of us DO vote that we can send a clear message to the government this next election year that we are tired of this.

    I’ve tried reasoned responses. I’ve written letters to the newspaper (which have actually been printed, thankfully). I guess I need to be more active writing my government representatives.

    Now we’ve got a new generation of attention-seeking Fredric Werthams before it dawned on the American public that videogames have been largely an ADULT entertainment medium, like movies, books, and television — for over a decade now.

  • Kalain

    25 to Life’s development studios deserved to be picketed. Just not for the reasons it was.

  • http://www.sachant.com Sachant

    Good Luck Jay. Unfortunately most gamers don’t find themselves moved to Vote. At least that’s how a lot of conversations I’ve had with people have seemed to me.

  • Turlow

    “Hogue’s unique approach to the violence issue adds to Utah’s existing pornography law such elements as the violence that holds the plot together;”

    Sounds like most TV crime dramas. When was the last time CSI investigated Fluffy the cat running away from home?

    “violence that trivializes the serious nature of realistic violence;”

    Any Road Runner, Tweety, and most Bugs Bunny cartoons.

    “violence that endorses or glorifies torture or “excessive weaponry;”

    Nothing comes to mind in the minute I am devoting to this.

    “violence that does not demonstrate the consequences or effects of realistic violence;”

    Cartoons again

    “and violence that depicts lead characters who resort to violence freely.” “

    Just about any Arnold movie. Heck, just about any action movie for that matter.

    If made a law, this will stand up to Federal Appeals Court. Yea, right. If you believe that, I have a bridge in NYC to sell ya.

  • http://www.corpnews.com Andrew Crystall

    American games companies REALLY need an organised lobbying organisation.

    The UK has TIGA (www.tiga.org), which has (along with publishers) suceeded in making the goverment here take games as a serious industry.

    “TIGA\’e2\’80\’99s overarching objective is to keep developers in the UK and Europe at the heart of the global Games industry, by ensuring that the business environment in the games industry is favourable. “

  • Evangolis

    I’d say that most non-PBS children’s shows fall afoul of this statute. Transformers qualifies under the ‘excessive weaponry’. More than meets the eye indeed. And don’t get me started on the NFL. (Mind you I love the NFL, but I’m a big fan of huge [consenting adult] men colliding at high speed.)

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