Kotaku: Utah

Asshole Dog Shoots Duck Hunter

Owen Good — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:30:00 EST

For more than 25 years, one of the constant laws of nature—like the speed of light—is the fact a duck hunt dog cannot be shot. Nothing, however, prevents the dog from shooting someone else, as a Utah man learned this past weekend. More »

'Object Rape' by Wii Remote Sends Utah Man to Jail

Owen Good — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:00:00 EDT

A Utah man is in jail after he raped a 12-year-old boy with a Wii remote, according to authorities in in a Salt Lake City suburb. Police say the 26-year-old assailant was angered that the boy and his friends had been teasing him. More »

Cup-Art Bandit Strikes Again With Metroid

Owen Good — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Metroid" alt="Click here to read Cup-Art Bandit Strikes Again With Metroid" src="http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/9/2011/07/small_metroid-pixel-cup-art_01.jpg"/>

Last month's Mega Man mosaic of painted cups in a chain-link fence has a sequel, and an artist claiming responsibility for the acts of awesomeness. More »

Utah Pol Throws In The Towel on Anti-Game Bill After Supreme Court Ruling

Owen Good — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:30:00 EDT

Most of the time, a Supreme Court ruling has its intended effect of being the final word on laws, be they good or bad. On some issues, you can count on the defeated side looking for a way around the decision. The Utah state legislator behind an anti-games bill says he won't pursue it in light of Monday's high court ruling, though he seems to have arrived at that choice grudgingly. More »

Back Pay is Hell, and Utah Devs Still Aren't Getting Any

Owen Good — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST

When we last left Sensory Sweep, the Utah studio that just stopped paying employees, it cut a deal with the government to pay back nearly $1 million by September. That hasn't happened, and its founder is facing tax evasion charges. More »

Kid Napped in PSP Deal Gone Bad

Owen Good — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:00:00 EDT

What's it they say, "You never hear about a drug deal gone good?" Same for selling games. In this case, an unhappy customer took a Utah teen for a ride when the PSP that changed hands didn't work as advertised. More »

Utah Lawmakers Need $25K to Override Veto of Anti-Game Bill

Owen Good — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EDT

The Deseret News heaps the last spadeful of dirt on the grave of Utah HB353, saying the state legislature appears unlikely to call a veto session because of, well, money. More »

Utah Governor Smacks Down Thompson Bill

Mike Fahey — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDT

After passing through the Utah House and Senate with flying colors, Jack Thompson's video game.movie bill has been vetoed by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. More »

Thompson Bill Passed By Utah Senate

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:30:00 EDT

The bill from former lawyer Jack Thompson passed by a landslide the Utah House of Representatives earlier this month. It has now also passed in the Utah Senate. More »

An Open Letter From the ESRB to Utah's Parents and Leaders

Brian Crecente — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:20:00 EST

With Utah legislators on the verge of passing legislation that expands the state's Truth in Advertising statute, imposing fines on video game retailers and movie theaters that provide M- or R-rated products to minors, ESRB President Patricia Vance has written a letter. More »

Jack Thompson Still Has A Career (Apparently)

AJ Glasser — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:20:00 EST

The Business and Labor Committee of the Utah House of Representatives passed a law authored by ex-Miami-attorney, Jack Thompson. I guess you can still have a career after being disbarred. More »

Utah Library Now Even Less Cool as a Hangout

Owen Good — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST

This is a story about a library issuing a partial ban on the playing of video games, but really, it makes sense. Actually, it's good news, because it means that kids still choose to hang out at libraries. Of course, this is in Utah, so such wholesomeness is unsurprising. More »

Video Games Blamed in Fiery Motorcycle Crash

Owen Good — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Some idiot in Utah wrecked his so-called "bullet bike" into an SUV carrying a family of four. Everyone's alive, including the no-shirt, no-helmet cyclist, but of course vidja games are the cause. I swear, there must be a check-block for it on police investigation forms: More »

Utah Senate Knocks Games-as-Porn Bill Out

lsmith — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:40:12 EST

In Utah, video games aren't porn after all. More »

Utah House Passes Games-as-Porn Bill

lsmith — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:20:39 EST

Whoa, that was fast. Utah's Games-as-Porn bill has already passed through the House of Representatives according to Gamepolitics. It wasn't even close - the votes fell 56-8 in the bill's favor. This law treats violent games like pornography and will allow sellers of violent games to minors to be prosecuted. To what extent? 1Up pointed out that the bill would make selling the games to minors a third degree felony, putting it on the same criminal level as reckless drunk driving. More »

Utah Game Law Examined by Experts

lsmith — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:40:16 EST

It wouldn't be President's Day without some politically flavored news, right? For that we thumb to GamePolitics who directs readers to an op-ed piece in the Salt Lake Tribune on the First Ammendment ramifcations of Utah's Violent Games Equal Porn bill. The op-ed, penned by First Ammendment experts Clay Calvert and Robert D. Richards admits that the concerns of Utah Rep. David Hogue are valid, but that his methodology isn't. The two experts pin the responsibility for what media children consume firmly where it belongs - back on the parents. More »

Violent Games Equal Porn?

lsmith — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:40:19 EST

GamePolitics reports that Utah representative David Hogue has slipped launguage into a bill that equates violent games and pornography as media that needs to be kept out of the hands of minors. The law would make it a felony to "exhibit or sell violent video games to minors." Everyone's heard of "gun porn," but this is taking the games and porn thing way too far. More »

Hey Guess What? Utah Hates Video Games, Too

lsmith — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:40:37 EST

In a move that surprises exactly no one, GamePolitics reports that Democratic Utah Representative Jim Matheson intends to bring legislation that would make selling M-rated games to minors an offense. The Desert News spoke with Matheson about the bill and GamePolitics latched on to the same quote I did when I scanned the piece: "You know darn well the 13-year-old is not being carded when he buys Grand Theft Auto 2. You get points (in that game) for having sex with a prostitute; you get points for killing the prostitute." More »