Over the past 2 weeks, video gamers everywhere have been buzzing about a new potentially revolutionary idea in gaming. It’s called “Cloud Gaming”, and the company that has the most potential in successfully creating a working model would have to be Onlive. Onlive is founded by Steve Perlman, the founder of WebTV.

Since the announcement about Onlive at the GDC approximately 2 weeks ago, there have literally been thousands of Onlive news articles released about the new gaming system. These articles have been filled with news about how the system will function and even more important “If” the system will function. Skeptics have been abundant in showing their feelings about Onlive. Is it really possible to have an onlive gaming system work lag free when entire games are streamed over the internet? Thats right, this is not simply the same as playing Xbox Live where you put the game in your console at home and play against other gamers who also have the same setup at their homes. Onlive is different. There is no gaming software or even console needed (except the micro console if you’d like to play on your TV). The entire game is streamed to your PC, Mac, Laptop, or Television. Perlman claims that if you have a connection speed greater then 1.5mbs then you will be able to play Onlive.

What is even more magnificent about Perlman’s claims is that you will be able to play high quality games on almost any computer, no matter how old it is and no matter what type of processor it uses.

Onlive fans are popping up everywhere from Facebook, to Myspace, to Twitter. I have even seen an Onlive Forum dedicated only to the system. I’m sure this isn’t the only forum out there either! This gaming system isn’t even on the market yet, but there are still thousands of people who claim to be fans. The news and forums are all fine and dandy, but the system itself has to work. It is supposed to be released in the Winter of 2009, which is only about 7 months away.

Onlive Beta Testing begins this summer, and it appears that anyone can sign up to be a free beta tester. No one is certain how many members Onlive will take as testers, but some believe that it will be all US citizens that sign up.

So will Onlive work? No one really knows. We will see for sure this summer, if the system is ready by then. Many experts believe that 2013 is the earliest any Cloud Gaming system will be feasible. Can Steve Perlman and Onlive prove them wrong?
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Had a few people email us this morning to profile the site Me2Everyone. Me2everyone.com officially launch its pre-beta version this morning, and at the time of this post has already had over 25000 signups. The site which has not officially launch besides for the referral share program looks liek it could be quite promising if executed in an orderly and professional manner.

So, what exactly is Me2Everyone?
Me2everyone will be a social networking site intertwined in a game like atmosphere, sort of a mix between the Myspace.com and Facebook realms and that of Secondlife. The rapid growth of the site will be attributed to the share program they are offering. Currently the first 100,000 members to register at Me2everyone.com will receive 1000 shares of the company. Each referral they get will give them an additional 3000 shares. The company claims that they will be trying to go public sometime in 2012, and has a goal of 0.58 pounds per share at the public launch. Thats about $1740 pounds per referral if all go as planned. Of course anything can happen in 3 years, and startups like Me2everyone are not always easy to attract attention or turn a profit. After saying this, thus far I am rather pleased with the way things look.

We quickly searched for forums related to the site and came up with 2 at some of my favorite money making forums. Here they are:
- MMG Me2Everyone Forum
- Talkgold’s Me 2 Everyone Forum

We have been promised a few things that seem to make Me2Everyone an exciting venture for us all:
1. Membership owned
2. Very engaging User Experience
3. Engaging in site business proposals
4. There is the social networking side, business promotion, dating, gaming, shopping and virtually anything that a member can dream of…
5. Presents real world value to everyone.
6. Fun and exciting, as well as addicting set up once it launches

Good luck and I will continue researching the site and adding to this blog post should I find out any more details.

January 16th 2009 Update – Me2everone Server is down for maintenance.

Please be patient as the server is currently down while Me2Everyone.com updates their server hardware. Should be back up within hours.

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