Ron Curry, head of the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia, has ripped into his country's strict censors, in the wake of a ban on Konami's Silent Hill; Homecoming.

Curry said: "With the average age of gamers being 28, it makes no sense to censor games to a point where they are only appropriate for a 15 year old. Such censorship would not be acceptable on television, at the cinema or in print, so why apply it unfairly to another entertainment medium?"

He added, ""Silent Hill, from the beginning of the franchise, has been about exploring the horror genre through interactive entertainment, similar to other mediums such as movies and books.

"To have such a high quality narrative receiving a Refused Classification only further highlights the need for an immediate review of the classification system."

Silent Hill: Homecoming was recently denied a rating by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) on the grounds of excessive violence.

Thanks to Aussie-Nintendo