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A new Australian political party calling themselves the Gamers4Croydon has been founded with a single issue and with the sole purpose running a political candidate against the one man standing in the way of an R18+ implementation in the country’s censorship system.

Atkinson doesn’t believe that such ‘sick filth’ ought to be made available to the Australian public, because game developers can’t be expected to ‘be responsible by not glorifying terrorism’, among other issues, as if Australian adults are too stupid to make these decisions on their own.

David Doe, the founder of Gamers4Croydon believes that running against Atkinson (and winning) is the only way to give Australian gamers a rating system in line with other developed nations.

“The entire purpose of this site is to have the R18+ classification rating added to the ratings currently allowed for videogames in Australia,” said Doe.

“There a number of ways to do this, but the most straightforward is to place political pressure on the South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, as he is currently the only Attorney General voting 'no' on the issue of an R18+ rating for videogames. This is despite overwhelming evidence that the average age of gamers in Australia is 29 and above, and despite evidence that a majority of Australians support an R18+ rating for videogames.”

Gamers4Croydon is accepting volunteers and financial support at their official website.

Aussie gaming website games.on.net notes that defeating Atkinson will be an uphill battle, as he earned 76% of the vote during the last election.

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Aussie gaming website games.on.net notes that defeating Atkinson will be an uphill battle, as he earned 76% of the vote during the last election.