Obscenity Trial Could Test Whether 'Nintendo' Is More Popular Than 'Orgy'
The New York Times reports that a trial lawyer in Florida defending a man accused of distribution obscene materials is taking a novel approach. To prove something is obscene, a jury must be convinced that the subject matter in question violates community standards.
The Florida lawyer, Lawrence Walters, believes that a look at Google Trends, sifted to represent searches made locally, can make his case.
"We tried to come up with comparison search terms that would embody typical American values," Mr. Walters said. "What is more American than apple pie?” But according to the search service, he said, “people are at least as interested in group sex and orgies as they are in apple pie."
The Google service does, however, show the relative strength of many mainstream queries in Pensacola: "Nascar," "surfing" and "Nintendo" all beat "orgy."
What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer [New York Times via EGO..trip]
Not sure what this means in therms of the future of gaming or sex, but I don't see any Ace Attorneys shouting "OBJECTION!" to this. 
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
