Gaming like it’s 1969 but with a 2009 twist.  OnLive is the new “console” in gaming; everything is done on the server and sent down to your PC or your TV with their own micro console.  It’s quite possible it could work on a netbook one day.

It’s coming full circle again.  Back the 60s we had mainframes that supplied all of the processing to the dumb terminal.  Then the PC age came and all the processing went completely to the PC.  Then the Internet came and with JavaScript and AJAX the processing was split between the browser and the server.  And now OnLive is presenting the possibility of Gaming with processing of the heavy graphics and AI done on the server, and in their case a massive server farm.

They will be offering a micro-console for playing directly on your TV.  I imagine that this micro console code could easily be built into devices that are Internet ready with USB/WiFi support such as TiVo or even the Wii.

They have a beta program which you can sign up for.