OnLive Gaming

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Hiccup wrote on 2010-10-06 05:20

So I've known about this for a while but just decided to sign up and actually try out some game (demos) Games are constantly being added but Dues Ex is coming soon so I can't wait to play that. Demo's have a 30 min timer, and you can replay demo's as much as you want. Signing up is also free but you need to pay for games (no download though)
http://www.onlive.com/#1

* Connect to OnLive with your PC, MacÂ® or TV and play games instantly
* Games run over the Internet from state-of-the-art OnLive game data centers
* Controller action and game play are relayed up and down the Internet at blindingly fast speeds
* Enjoy instant game play on your PC, MacÂ® or TV. No high-end hardware required

[video=youtube;h0CeHuvw1Fw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0CeHuvw1Fw[/video]
[video=youtube;j5oIr4o_MIk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5oIr4o_MIk[/video]

Was playing Borderlands, FEAR 2, and Red Faction Guerilla just recently.
Ruquion wrote on 2010-10-06 05:45

The no latency feature of this game sounds pretty awesome for MMORPGs like Vindictus. =s
The number of game choices is kinda sad though.
Hiccup wrote on 2010-10-06 05:48

Well I dunno exactly how it works but from beta-> live the games changed. But they keep adding in new ones so I'm hopeful. I actually did lag a bit but my computer is sucky so I don't blame it, but if I were to play on my laptop I'd have no problem. It was so minimal though, like the game wouldn't freeze it'd just take an extra second for the mouse to move to where I had it.

The games atm are staying till January 2013.

You don't download anything, your basically streaming a video but inputting commands so you only need a good internet connection.
Zid wrote on 2010-10-06 14:29

Oooh, I've heard about this. Gaming cloud computing.

I don't think it's that good yet though, until the US starts to have Korean's internet bandwidth prowess as commonplace. Like that one second lag you have. But it's great for people who don't want to shell out a lot of money to keep their PC rigs at top power constantly.