Methods and apparatus for gaming

摘要

Methods and apparatus for gaming according to various aspects of the present invention may be implemented in conjunction with a multiplayer game. The game system may prompt a player of the multiplayer game to create a content stream bragging about an achieved score or motivating another player to play the game. The game system may record the content stream and make the recorded content stream accessible to one or more other players of the game. The game system may make the recorded content stream accessible to others through email or through a website, such as a social networking website.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of conducting a real-time online multiplayer game via a network having a server and a plurality of client computers connected to the server, the method comprising:
identifying, by at least one of the server or a first client computer, an occurrence of a performance condition; presenting, in response to the occurrence of the performance condition by at least one of the server or the first client computer via the network to the first client computer operated by a first player of the real-time online multiplayer game, an option to create a content stream, wherein: the option to create to content stream is communicated to the first client computer via the network; the content stream comprises a physical reaction performed by the first player operating the first client computer; and the physical reaction is captured with a video camera communicatively coupled to, and operated by, the first client computer; and transmitting the content stream in real-time to at least one of the plurality of additional client computers via the network from at least one of the server or the first client computer; and displaying the content stream on an electronic display device communicatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of additional client computers.