Alright here we go again with the fight for video games! This really grabbed my attention as it gave me a hype boost about the acceptance of violent video games, finally.

But to be honest, I'm a teenager and I'm still buying 18+ games since I started video gaming, so it wouldn't really affect me whether they won this case or not.

Utah may join efforts by the video game industry to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to teenagers.

Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Thursday he is talking with a number of his colleagues from other states who are working on a potential friend-of-the-court brief opposing California’s law.

“If we do file it, it will be narrowly tailored to deal with two things: free speech and our law enforcement concern at handing a Supreme Court-recognized defense to every criminal out there: ‘Oh, yeah, the video game made me do it,’ ” Shurtleff said.

The California law, which passed in 2005, would prohibit the sale of violent video games to those under age 18. But a federal appeals court blocked implementation of the law, ruling that the ban infringed on free speech and California couldn’t prove video game violence was harmful to minors.

Emaster MK via sltrib.com »