Ahoy, matey! Thing 15

The video of the Info Island made no sense to me. I'd be lost on that island for sure. I suppose I should have delved into it further, but I chose instead to look at the pirate game.

The puzzle pirates game was interesting. I liked the tetris-like puzzles as I played them with my 4- and 5-year old children. I can see how a person could spend a lot of time gaining status, so I am choosing to personally keep a distance from these games.

I have a question about the computer resources required for online games. It took something 45 minutes to download onto my computer in order to play the puzzle pirates. If one wants to play on another computer, do you have to re-download everything? How do libraries handle downloads in general, even if they're activex controls, etc.?