On the plus side, there are 8 Utah State Senators who don't want to classify violent video games with porn, and the bill never came to a full vote. On the minus side, there were 56 aye votes.

A Utah State Senate bill that would have lumped the sale of violent video games to minors in with pornography died in the legislature this week, says the ever-vigilant GamePolitics.

Incredibly, the bill actually passed the House of Representatives by a 56-8 vote. (Not so incredibly, I now know eight people who I need to take out for a drink.) But the state Senate never moved the bill to a floor vote, and I hope that it's for reasons other than they forgot.

So writes Chris Koehler of Wired's GamesLife. It's probably not so easy to find your Jessica Alba-covered Playboy in Utah, as well.

Posted by "Richie Tenenbaum." (RT is a pseudonym of a slightly-well-known blogger not trying to hide his other name from anyone other than Google, who is guest-supplementing at DR.)

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