Applications to the adult Games Maker programme have closed and the first successful applicants were notified on Wednesday.

BBC: London 2012: Young Games Maker applications open

Games ought to be age-rated, just as films are, and retailers should not sell adult-rated games to children any more than they should sell them adult-rated films.

ECONOMIST: Video games

Ratings schemes are already in place, and in some countries restrictions on the sale of adult-rated games to minors have the force of law.

ECONOMIST: Video games