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When Netflix was first launched I was skeptical about getting movies in the mail, but time proved that this, and its eventual move to instant streaming, was the future of movie rentals. Well, if you didn’t guess it would happen before now you should have because someone is looking to make this same thing happen for video games.
That someone is OnLive and they are about to launch (June 17th, 2010) their service for PC and MAC, with the promise of a micro console coming soon for TV hookup. Now, while I do believe that this truly is the future of gaming, I have a few hesitations about OnLive. But there are good things about the service, so let’s take a look at both the good and the bad:
System Requirements: OnLive runs completely on their external servers so there is no system requirements other than a broadband internet connection. Since the service isn’t running yet there’s no telling what kind of problems might arise from that though. But, this also means no installations either, which makes me very happy.
Multiplayer: The service supports multiplayer, which is probably the most important thing in gaming right now.
Game Demos: Yep, OnLive claims that you’ll be able to play demos before you buy.
Monthly Fee+: Alright, so they charge a monthly fee, I expected that… But they also charge to “rent” or “buy” the games. So, wait a minute, I have to pay every month for access to their servers and then pay again to buy or rent the game? What happens if I cancel the service? Do I lose access to the game I just paid for? Are the games going to cost the standard $60? They don’t answer those questions and no matter what you think of the service, this part sounds pretty sucky.
Multiplayer: Yeah I put this in here twice, because while support for multiplayer is a good thing, the lack of participating gamers (compared to say, Xbox Live) might still make it hard to find a game. Also, it’s going to be pretty hard to match the content and user base of Xbox Live, especially when Live only costs $50 a year while OnLive is Roughly $240 a year.
So, if you’re interested, go check out OnLive and see what you think for yourself.You can also check out the videos below for more information.
So, since there isn’t anything too large going on in the gaming industry (unless you consider Little Big Planet 2 big, which I don’t), we’re going to take a look at this summer’s blockbuster movie releases, plus a little bit about what I expect from them:
Robin Hood
So, I may be a little biased, but I’m kinda sick of Robin Hood stories. We get it… He robs from the rich and gives to the poor… And the rich hate him and the poor love him, blah blah blah. It seems like yet another story re-hash in an attempt to make money. I’ll wait for Netflix to have it.
Shrek Forever After
I would have thought that Dreamworks knew that the Shrek kick was over after them made Shrek 3… Well, apparently they are they are following in the footsteps of Rocky and making two more movies than they should.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Direct from the video game franchise comes Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. All I have to say about this movie is that it’s an adaptation of a video game… Name a single one that’s good.
I’m waiting…
(Don’t even bother trying to mention Pirates of the Caribbean. Those were based on the ride, and they also made two more than they should have.)
UPDATE (6/26/2010): Alright, so this movie has successfully increased the list of really good video game movie adaptations to 1. No matter what you might think, you should watch this movie. It has great characters, a good albeit predictable plot and a satisfying ending. This movie gets an “A” from me!
Karate Kid
Well, if you consider the fact that there is absolutely no Karate happening in the movie at all, it at least looks interesting. As a member of the generation that grew up watching Karate Kid movies, I’m not so sure how I’ll like it. Hopefully though, this new generation of kids is smart enough to realize that this should have been name “The Kung Fu Kid.”
UPDATE (6/26/2010): I am really happy with how they made this move. Yeah, there was no karate in it at all, but who cares!? It’s a perfect re-telling of the original and both Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith are great and have a good dynamic on screen. “A+” for Karate Kid (even though it still should have been called The Kung Fu Kid).
A-Team
This looks like a great popcorn movie. I never really got into the show, but this movie looks good as long as you’re not looking for realism or intriguing plot lines. But al least the dialogue should be good!
UPDATE (6/26/2010): I was right on the money with this movie. Great dialogue and great characters and even though the plot was fairly predictable it was a fun ride and well worth watching. “B+” for the A-Team.
Toy Story 3
At least one thing we know is that Pixar has a difficult time making crap movies. I was surprised by the quality of the second movie and I hope that the third continues that streak. It’s pretty much unheard of to make so many good movies in a row and considering that Ratatouille is their lowest quality movie to date, I think we can expect good things from Toy Story 3.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Well, since I’m not a 12-year-old girl who thinks that everything that happens in their lives is worth killing themselves over, I probably won’t like this movie at all! But, if you enjoy wining about everything that happens as if the whole world revolves around you and death is probably better than this terrible existence were you have food enough to eat, toys, games and friends who like you, then you should see this movie.
The Last Airbender
Alright, so I’m the most excited about this movie, but I’m sort of cautiously optimistic about it. I love the original cartoon and from what I’ve discovered, the possible plot of the movie is different, but an acceptable change. If it’s even remotely close the the source material, this is a movie you mus see!
Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to the craziest week and a half that Wayward Gamer’s ever had! So, I know that we’re a few days late on this, but let me just say this… We want to provide you with the highest quality product possible and in an effort to do that we’ve been working through some re-designs. Now, some of these re-designs went fairly smooth, but others were a pain in the @*&. That coupled with strangely busy schedules forced us to postpone the release of this issue. I made the decision to do that because I value quality over speed, which means that if something isn’t good enough, then we make it good and postpone. That doesn’t mean that I’m going to find every typo in every ezine, especially not after staring at the same words on the page for 5-6 hours every eve of release. But it does mean that if we’re going to produce utter garbage if we don’t wait, then we wait.
So, here is this month’s ezine. A little late, but hopefully worth the wait.
Alright, I guess it had to come out sometime… Since the 1st is on a Saturday this month, don’t expect the Ezine until Monday the 3rd. That’s right, we won’t post Ezine goodness on weekends and if we weren’t doing this for free, things might be different (That’s right, we don’t make any money right now… You’re welcome). So as it stands you’ll all have to wait until Monday. Sorry about the delay, but I hope you enjoy it!
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For years, I subscribed to both Game Informer and Electronic Gaming Monthly. As far as content, the two magazines were very similar. However, when EGM closed its doors forever after the February issue of 2009, I felt a crushing loss, since I assumed it meant the end of reading Seanbaby’s: The Rest of the Crap, my favorite column by my favorite columnist. Only recently did I think of Google searching Seanbaby, and much to my delight, the very first search result was Seanbaby.com, which has a veritable smorgasbord of hilarious, unedited Seanbaby awesomeness! Whether you’ve heard of him or not, do yourselves a favor and give this site a look-see.
-Matty out
