In the decade between 2002 - 2012 Australian's battled for video games to be treated with the respect they deserved. They came from all walks of life and all across the country to change the way people view video games down under. This is their story.
Around December of last year I received an email that detailed this incredible yarn. One of the major catalysts for this change and rating system reform was a man I'll simply call Kakashi Sensei, who took it upon himself to push hard against the frankly ridiculous bureaucracy that was slowly choking his favorite medium of video games.
Putting his freedom on the line for a chance to make a positive change, along with gamer's for croyden, he is a secret legend of Australia's video game scene.
Shout outs to Unstoppable Exodia for prompting this video and thanks to all who took part. Also, Sorry for some of the footage, it was simply impossible to find better quality video of these rare scenes for documentation.
'Escape from Tommorow" Produced by Danya Vodovoz
Some footage taken from ABC's Good Game #Bringbackgoodgame
Kotaku Australia www.kotaku.com.au/2014/03/the-right-side-of-history-the-gamers-4-croydon-story-2/
www.superjumpmagazine.com/the-history-of-australian-games-classification-and-censorship/
www.refused-classification.com/