Generation of gameplay video based on social network sharing

A method for generating a gameplay video of a video game, comprising:

• recording, by a cloud gaming system that includes at least one server computer, a user's gameplay of the video game;
• presenting, by the cloud gaming system through a client device, an interface for selecting a portion of the user's gameplay from which to generate the gameplay video, the interface including adjustable markers for designating a start point and an end point from the user's gameplay;
• receiving input through the interface indicating a selected portion of the user's gameplay;
• for the selected portion of the user's gameplay, defining, by the cloud gaming system, boundaries within a gameplay context of the video game based on the selected portion to define a beginning and an end for the gameplay video;
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• generating, by the cloud gaming system, the gameplay video of the video game based on the defined boundaries;
• sharing the gameplay video of the video game on an information page communicated over the network to one or more client devices for interactive gameplay by one or more additional users.

A method, comprising:

• executing, by a cloud gaming system having at least one server computer, a plurality of sessions of a video game for a plurality of respective client devices;
• for each session of the video game, streaming interactive gameplay of the session over a network by the cloud gaming system, to a respective client device;
• for each session of the video game, recording values of one or more game state variables over time;
• analyzing, by the cloud gaming system, the recorded values of the one or more game state variables to identify one or more regions of interest;
• communicating, over the network by the cloud gaming system, data identifying the one or more regions of interest.