Locking an app

Good evening,
     I apologize for my lack of proper terminology and hope you understand what I am asking. In short, my son got a new game, Guild Wars 2, and has been playing it non-stop. His school work is suffering as a result. I do not want to take it away from him but I want to put limitations on it. Is there a way to lock the app so that I have to enter and administrator password to launch the program? I am welcome to whatever other options you all may have.
Thank you,
Egan

It would seem so.  Look at Parental Controls in System Preferences and Finder Help:
Ciao.

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