Australian lobby group calls for re-rating of Modern Warfare 2

Ever since that Modern Warfare 2 scene got out on the internets in all of its airport civilian-shooting glory, the game has been catching a lot of flack. Despite giving Activision the chance to explain it on this very site, it's just not enough for some -- and in light of that scene, one Aussie group is demanding the game be re-rated.

Lobby group Australian Council on Children and the Media is calling for the second look at the game, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. MW2 currently has a rating of MA 15+ -- the highest available -- though ACCM president Jane Roberts argues that the current rating would make it accessible to kids under the age of 15. If that's the case, what good is a different rating going to do?

"We understand that it's a game but ... we're not far off when you look at the images that you could actually put it on a Channel Nine news report and you'd think maybe that is real," she said. While we get where Roberts is coming from, we feel obligated to point out that you have to buy the game to see its shocking content. It's not like you could just be in the outback, shooting kangaroos or whatever it is you do down there, and you'd suddenly get airport murder sim thrust in your face.

As for the re-rating, odds aren't looking good for Roberts. An Australian Classification Board spokesperson said that the Board could not review its own decisions.