For the past few years a ton of both major and minor games have been banned for sale in Australia (Left 4 Dead 2 is just the most recent example) simply because the current game ratings do not extend to adults like movies and television do. As a new article on the Australian based site News.com.au reveals, part of the reason is a hold out by just one person.

That person is South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson. The ratings system can be changed if all of the country's attorney generals agree to do so but Atkinson feels things should stay as they are. He feels that games can be a bad influence on certain people, saying, "It certainly does restrict choice to a small degree, but that is the price of keeping this material from children and vulnerable adults. In my view, the small sacrifice is worth it." Not everyone agrees. Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls feels that the current ratings set-up is "out of touch" with what the rest of the world does.

[Via Joystiq]