Abstract: A system and method for restoring and recreating a live, on-line session are disclosed. The method instantiates a virtual room on a server for an on-line session, in which one or more participating client computers may connect to the server and enter the virtual room to participate in the on-line session, retrieves a recording of an original on-line session, in which the recording includes a recorded state and a recorded timeline of events of the original on-line session, and restores the recorded state of the original on-line session, in which the restoring sets a state of the virtual room to the recorded state of the original on-line session. The method also begins playback of the recorded timeline of events, steps through the recorded timeline of events, receives interactive responses to events on the recorded timeline of events, in which the receiving receives interactive responses from the one or more participating client computers, and stores the interactive responses.