Abstract: A delivery of a message of a notification to a user account may be paused, by the processing device without intervention by a user of the user account, when a first action related to a media event has occurred.

Abstract: A delivery of a message of a notification to a user account may be paused, by the processing device without intervention by a user of the user account, when a first action related to a media event has occurred.

Abstract: A delivery of a message of a notification to a user account may be paused, by the processing device without intervention by a user of the user account, when a first action related to a media event has occurred.

Abstract: In a computer game, game state is saved when indicated and a history of previous game play is also recorded. Upon resumption, the history of previous game play is presented to the user and the game does not accept user input to alter the replaying game sequence. Then, once the replay is at an end, the game resumes with user control and with the saved game state. In this manner, the user can be refamiliarized with the particular instance of the game that was saved before having to take control of the game. The games might be fantasy games, sports games, adventure games, or other types of games. In a specific embodiment, as the game is played, the events of the game are stored in a circular buffer of some determined time period. The determined time period might be user settable or set by the game designer based on memory available and the type of game.