OnLive MicroConsole

At 0.9 inches by 3.2 inches by 4.9 inches (HWD) and weighing just a half pound, the MicroConsole is less a gaming console and more, as OnLive describes it, a "TV adapter."

Compared to the MicroConsole, the included wireless controller is a beast. It's nearly identical in shape and size as the Xbox 360 wireless controller, but at 10.4 ounces weighs over 2 ounces more than either the Xbox 360 controller or the MicroConsole.

The OnLive home screen is a basic grid of text buttons showing different sections of the service.

Currently, available games can be browsed through the OnLive Marketplace, which offers a list of titles to try, rent, or buy. The Marketplace shows up as a list that can be organized alphabetically, by Metacritic score, or by the age of the game.

The gmae information screen shows details about the gam, aggregate review scores, and gives options to demo the game, rent it for a period of time, or buy it.

The buttons are in a standard PlayStation layout, with two analog sticks sitting under a direction pad and four face buttons, complimented by four shoulder buttons on the top of the controller and Start/Select/System buttons in the center.

It's just barely large enough to hold two USB ports and a power button on the front and an Ethernet, HDMI, optical audio, and power cable port on the back.

The MicroConsole's wireless controller connects to and charges through a USB-to-microUSB cable.