Good to be back, I've missed REDEF, writing, curating, and you... While many in "HOLLYWOOD" obsess over the coming streaming video wars, the newest, most interesting streaming media battle is in video gaming. Many expect cloud delivery of gaming, led by GOOGLE, AMAZON, MICROSOFT, and SONY, will lead to a massive expansion in industry value – with the number of gamers growing into the billions, and gaming displacing much of the time currently allocated to TV. Entertainment is a business of minutes. In our newest REDEF Original, MATTHEW BALL, with an assist from YOICHI WADA, long-time SQUARE ENIX CEO (maker of FINAL FANTASY, TOMB RAIDER, etc.), break this down. They see long-term opportunity outside Capital-G “Gaming,” but see only modest growth potential in the category itself. Why? The answer is in the history of gaming and TV – and it tells you a lot about the future of both. Learn from these two in "The Mirage of Cloud Gaming (And How to Reach the Oasis)"... It isn't just about plastic bottles and litter. Music festivals are paying attention to everything from what kind of tent you bring to what brand of glitter you wear, and other corners of the business are starting to watch their carbon footprints, too. Are they doing enough? MusicREDEF's MATTY KARAS explores in MusicSET: "Green Days: The Music Biz Tackles the Environment"... BILL CLINTON could read a book, do a crossword puzzle and negotiate a trade deal—at the same time. One of BARACK OBAMA's strategies for winning primaries was playing basketball on the day of each one. If the WHITE HOUSE walls could talk, this is what they'd say. "Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Oral Histories"... You know what I love? Let's say someone asks you to help with a favor that takes time. And you do it, only to find they asked someone else and wasted my time. Yeah, I love that... Happy Birthday ZANDER LURIE, CRAIG HUNEGS. BRIAN CELLER. LARS MURRAY, MICHAEL MADNICK, and CORY TREFFILETTI.