So yeah, OnLive. It's On. It's Live. It's...OnLive.
 
I tried it out today; played FEAR 2, DiRT 2, Shatter and Borderlands.
 

This is the future, I'm looking forward to it in a few years when the kinks have been worked out and OnLive are no longer the main company. 
Do you plan on buying anything during your free year, bearing in mind you will lose it?  
Also texture pop-in is a thing in Borderlands generally.

Awesome video man, very well made.
Onlive seems to have some potential, I'd love to see where this goes in the future.

fuck that dude. I don't want to lose my games. Steam all the way.

Do you know if you can get a local copy of your save games? That way you could pick up a hard copy of the game for cheaps down the line and at least be able to continue.  
Great video by the way, forgot to say that  before.Dirt 2 looked unenjoyable while playable, could you go into a bit more depth on that.

Dude, you're using your mouse with your left hand.
 
That is just wrong.

" Dude, you're using your mouse with your left hand.
 
That is just wrong. "

Good to know the lag isn't game breaking. I wanna check it out myself now.

Man, I loved F.E.A.R. 2...

" Do you know if you can get a local copy of your save games? That way you could pick up a hard copy of the game for cheaps down the line and at least be able to continue.  Great video by the way, forgot to say that  before.Dirt 2 looked unenjoyable while playable, could you go into a bit more depth on that. "

" @Meowayne said:

" Dude, you're using your mouse with your left hand.
 
That is just wrong. "

...and his right hand is...wait...what o_o Crazy gamer keyboard thingie? "

@BeachThunder said:

" ...Crazy gamer keyboard thingie? "

It's this thingy: 
 

"

So I thought OnLive was a stand alone device that hooked up to a TV and you stream the games you're playing?

Pretty cool dude reminded me of a GB quicklook. Too bad onlive isn't worldwide.

Looks like they are going to need server farms in key global positions if they want to be expanding the service and game types. Good start though.Now I have to wonder if Google is going to get interested, another "vertical" to go for...
 
P.S.  What small box did you have recording the net usage, and what was it running? Interested to know what u used, as I would like to roll one up without costing arm+leg.
 

2 things I hate about this.
 
I can't get it cause I'm in Canada
And the ridiculously stupid terms of service.

As for the Dirt 2 part when you mentioned the framerate, I could be completely wrong, but I thought I remember the framerate being kinda rough during the menu/cutscenes outside the trailer to begin with. 20 fps sounds about right for that part. 
 
EDIT: Nevermind, I forgot I played it on 360, not PC. My comment sounds really dumb now lol.

I've been playing on a 6mbit connection, and it's not super good. Batman: Arkham Asylum runs like a dream, but for some reason AC II is no good. 

how's the response time of when you press a button and when you actually see it on the screen?

" @Hamst3r said:

@BeachThunder said:

" ...Crazy gamer keyboard thingie? "

It's this thingy: 
 

"

Yep, that's exactly what I was thinking it was...is it actually useful/significantly better than using an actual keyboard?  Also OnLive just seems really gimmicky (not in a good way) =/ "

Very slick looking interface, I can't get this since I'm not in the states and my internet would be too rubbish anyway but that's a nice package they've put together.
 
The fact that there's artifacting is a bit of a shame though since the graphical fidelity seems to be one of the key selling points of onlive.

The mouse in the left hand is really freaking me out.

" The mouse in the left hand is really freaking me out. "

Nice video, though the left hand thing messed with me a bit :P. This service seems promising, but I'm not going to pay a subscription and then also pay for games at full price, just doesn't seem like a great business model.  
 
Also, they probably couldn't keep Crysis at a playable framerate at launch time (since they were struggling with games like borderlands).

I just started my onlive account today. I am very impressed. My biggest complaints are the frame rate, and the video quality is noticeably compressed. This my be my internet connections fault and not onlive. I hooked my cheap laptop up to the tv, and I'm using the xbox 360 controller. Overall it's a really good experience. The spectator system is pretty cool. I am not gonna toss out the consoles anytime soon, but this has a lot of potential.

" @Hamst3r: I would have thought the image quality and input lag would have drove you nuts.  For something that looks and plays worse than cheaper console counterparts, I'd think more people would be slamming OnLive to hell. "

" fuck that dude. I don't want to lose my games. Steam all the way. "

" @Hamst3r: I would have thought the image quality and input lag would have drove you nuts.  For something that looks and plays worse than cheaper console counterparts, I'd think more people would be slamming OnLive to hell. "

I'm wondering about the resolution, can you pick it for the options or will it stay on a default low resolution? Let's say I want to play everything at 1080p.

The input lag would drive me insane. I wonder how long OnLive is going to last...

" The input lag would drive me insane. I wonder how long OnLive is going to last... "

Awesome video. Hamst3r also makes games.

I just finally was able to get in and played a little Just Cause 2 on my old ass laptop. I'm extremely impressed with this service. The input lag is so minimal that it's not even close to a problem. I'm FINALLY going to be part of PC gaming. OnLive is the future.

Getting lag on your setup is utterly ridiculous.

I live in a rural area and the only way I can get a decent speed was to have got a limited bandwidth package, 30GB per month to be precise. I play videogames for an average of 2 hours a day, so already OnLive is unacessible to me.

this is sure being talked about more positively than when it was first announced.
 
@tdk08 said:

" As for the Dirt 2 part when you mentioned the framerate, I could be completely wrong, but I thought I remember the framerate being kinda rough during the menu/cutscenes outside the trailer to begin with. 20 fps sounds about right for that part.  EDIT: Nevermind, I forgot I played it on 360, not PC. My comment sounds really dumb now lol. "

Awesome work on the video sir! 
 
As for OnLive I can see this being a great alternative to putting money into a machine that, down the road, you'll just have to keep putting money into. With that said it still looks like there is much progress to be made with this service. This reminds me a lot of what Mr Davis was talking about in one of the E3 podcasts about being in a very early stage of this technology(When he was referring to the 3DS and 3D tech for PS3). I can definitely see a future where a service such as OnLive is a primary means for some to play games, though I will most likely not be jumping on the band wagon for quite some time.. I like me some hardware! 
 
Again great video Hamst3r. Thanks for the, dare I say, Quicklook of OnLive?

That was a very informative and well produced video, you have a pleasant voice for this sort of thing. Thank you.

Great video, im impressed it works that well. 

If it were unlimited games during subscription ZUNE style I'd be in.

Great video.

Excellent work, worthy of being on the front page.
 
I admit it doesn't look like the train wreck I imagined, but it still looks like an enjoyable way to be playing games.  The whole selling point was that you could "Play Crysis silky smooth on highest settings!" without needing expensive hardware.  You have more than adequate bandwidth and yet the controls are lagging, the framerate is awful, the resolution is fixed (presumably below the native res of your monitor?) and it's kinda hard to tell, but the graphics do not look like they are on anything like 'highest settings' to me.
 
The whole pricing structure seems horrible, especially if they can't guarantee access to your own game in the future (though to be fair, Steam doesn't  strictly guarantee that either).  I really think they ought to look at how sites like Metaboli have been operating for the past couple of years, where you pay a monthly subscription for unlimited access to their library of games, then the publishers get paid based on how much time people are spending playing their games.  That Metaboli style service but with the game downloads and installs taken out of the equation would be excellent.