Patent attributes
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed involving an online gaming platform, and in a particular embodiment, to an entertainment and educational system involving a marketplace comprising a plurality of vendors, a plurality of marketplace video games, and a plurality of game configurations; wherein each marketplace video game of the plurality of marketplace video games is available from at least one vendor of the plurality of vendors; wherein each game configuration of the plurality of game configurations is available from at least one vendor of the plurality of vendors for use with or within at least one configurable video game; and wherein each configurable video game is one of the plurality of marketplace video games available on the marketplace, or a third-party video game not available on the marketplace.