Creation, curation, and sharing of playlists of game moments

A method in a computing device, comprising:

• downloading, from a saved game repository, saved game data that defines a first game state for a video game that begins at a gameplay point of the video game;
• loading the video game with the saved game data;
• executing the video game on the loaded game data to enable game play at the gameplay point by a user interacting with the computing device;
• and
• terminating execution of the video game before game end according to predetermined criteria.

A system in a server, comprising:

• a playlist manager configured to
• transmit a list of saved game playlists to a computing device,
• receive a selection of a saved game playlist from the list, and
• transmit the selected saved game playlist to the computing device;
• and
• a game state manager configured to
• receive a selection of a first game state from the saved game playlist, and
• download, to the computing device, first saved game data corresponding to the selected first game state to enable game play at the computing device of a video game beginning at a gameplay point defined by the first saved game data.

A method in a server, comprising:

• transmitting a list of saved game playlists to a computing device;
• receiving a selection of a saved game playlist from the list;
• transmitting the selected saved game playlist to the computing device;
• receiving, from the computing device, selection of a first game state from the saved game playlist;
• and
• downloading, to the computing device, first saved game data corresponding to the selected first game state, said downloading enabling game play at the computing device of a video game beginning at a gameplay point defined by the first saved game data.