So I got in on the Free-For-a-Year thing they're doing right now. I have to say, I am much more impressed with it than I'd thought I would be. All I've really played on it was a demo of Unreal III, but it played pretty well. There is a somewhat noticeable lag between when you move and when your character moves, but to be honest, you get used to it pretty quick.

One of the things I enjoy doing most, though, is going into the "Arena" area and just watching other people play. The ability to just pop into someone else's game and check it out for a little bit, pop out and then into another one is very neat.

Anyway, if you haven't seen it, I recommend checking it out. I think their still doing the year free thing..

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Cloud computing for games? Interesting!

Aside from the free 30 min demos of the games this really is nothing more than an expensive rental service. I was disappointed to see the $7 for 5 days per game cost. Gamefly doesn't get to your house as fast, but also doesn't have the lag.

And while free for the first year for new members now only, I don't see why people would pay for the service on top of the rental fees next year.

YEah i played at a friends, the delay is bad for some things. And screw the expense!

I am definitely not keeping the service after the initial year, since I have a gaming machine at home and an XBox360.

This would be great for someone who has an older computer, or who is on a lot of different computers and wants to be able to pop into a game at any time. I think that's really where the true value of the service is. Not for some people, but probably a great solution for some.

What I like about it is being able to try out games for 1/2 hour to see if I like them. That's totally worth free ; p