Abstract: A game platform has a network-connected server having one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory physical storage medium, and software (SW) executing on the server. The software provides an interactive interface for a game creator, tools selectable in the interactive interface enabling the game creator to create a game having a virtual environment including game objects that may be moved by a player in the game relative to other objects and structures, a mechanism enabling the game creator to apply impediments to specific activities initiated by the player, and one or more interactive mechanisms for presenting choices to the game player. In response to the player attempting an activity to which an impediment has been applied, the game dynamics apply the impediment.

Abstract: A game platform has a network-connected server having one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory physical storage medium, and software (SW) executing on the server. The software provides an interactive interface for a game creator, tools selectable in the interactive interface enabling the game creator to create a game having a virtual environment including game objects that may be moved by a player in the game relative to other objects and structures, a mechanism enabling the game creator to apply impediments to specific activities initiated by the player, and one or more interactive mechanisms for presenting choices to the game player. In response to the player attempting an activity to which an impediment has been applied, the game dynamics apply the impediment.

Abstract: A system for serving digital games to clients has an Internet-connected server, a digital data repository coupled to the Internet-connected server, the data repository storing digital resources for playing a plurality of games on a computerized appliance; and software executing on the Internet-connected server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function determining for a specific client a list of games by probability of subsequent client selection, a second function causing transmission of resources for the list of games determined by the first function, directed to a computerized appliance associated with client, beginning with the most probable game in the list.

Abstract: A community-based moderation system for online content has a computerized server connected to the Internet network and executing software (SW) from a machine-readable medium, a queuing function of the SW for queuing items for moderation, a recruiting function of the SW for recruiting potential moderators from an online community via the Internet, an interactive interface generated by the SW and displayable on computer appliances of recruited moderators, for displaying items for moderation and controls for carrying out moderation, and a reporting function associated with the interactive display enabling the moderator to report results of moderation.