I’m going to list Jack Thompson’s good qualities: Persistence and, uh, I think we’re done here.

The disbarred Florida attorney has crafted yet another anti-video game bill and this one is currently working its way through the Utah state political machine. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff doubts its prospects, telling the Desert News the evidence Thompson has quoted about violent games having a direct link to violent crime hasn’t held up in court. The AG himself doesn’t sound like he knows what this bill purports to do or…

A study published Friday (January 23, 2009) in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence concludes that video games ruin relationships between gamers and their family and friends. The basis of the study is research conducted by Brigham Young University undergrad Alex Jensen and Laura Walker, a professor from the university’s School of Family, Home and Social Sciences. They gathered data from 813 college students to come up with their conclusions.

According to Jensen and Walker, the more students play video games the worse they…