Mctittles

No BlackJack II app?

Oh wait, my 5 year old phone can just use a browser like skyfire to read Joystiq directly (flash and all).

@No Kill Tayler
I could fix that for you...Joystiq that is not you. You need to update your browser [unless Joystiq hires me to fix it :) ]

@SteamPunkJin
Sounds insane to me too. Considering no game or app anywhere ever to date has used more than 3GB of RAM in windows. Not Vista or 7 either.

If you measure your ram usage it will never go over 3GB of use. At least not with our current softwares.

Even more insane? I was reading the recommended system requirements for Metro 2033 and it specifically calls for an "i7" quad core processor and 8GB RAM. I seriously doubt the game will use 4 processors to run and can guarantee it will not use up 8GB of RAM.

Sometimes it seems like they just pull these numbers out of their ass instead of actually testing machines or whatever.

DLC for games is usually implemented badly. I don't want to get a new weapon/armor and have it just appear in my inventory. They usually just break the game or make DLC a form of cheating. I'd rather get new items that I still need to earn relative to their value.

I watched a movie on Netflix the other day. I enjoyed the movie. After I was done watching it I started reading the comments on it. There were a lot of negative comments on the movie. I started to like the movie less for some reason...

I've bookmarked it to check out later. The game looks pretty cool, I think this article is bad timing for me though, with the big steam sale that just went on I have waaaay to many games to go through now!

I'm all for it. Less crap coming out of activision the better.

@The Tim
I've tried onlive and read many accounts of experiences and from what I can gather the only way to know if you will like it is to try it yourself.
There are many varying opinions on lag and quality, while some people say they don't notice the lag or quality difference at all, there are others that cannot stand it.
I think it is just a very subjective thing. For instance, I am bothered by poorly compressed mp3 music while other people do not seem to notice. Not everyone's ears and eyes are created equal. While it is a proven fact that Onlive's streaming videos are compressed, it will depend on how you perceive them whether or not it is unacceptable.
Input lag is also variable among opinions. One thing this has to do with is how far away from their servers you are. The further away, the more your lag.

While both lag and quality bothered me to the point I wouldn't buy games on the service, the one thing I found really great was the ability to instantly play game demos.
I played every demo they had in a few hours sitting because I didn't have to download/install/uninstall anything. Just click and play instant. In turn this led me to trying out games I haven't before and buying them on Steam.
So for me it offers a great demo service but not much else. You'll have to try for yourself to really tell though.

I have a fan site up for the game when it is released. Can upload stories and such. Chat it up on the forum while you wait!
http://thecardchest.com/sid/