How to: PC + PS3 = love

The point that the PS3 only has that much memory available, or that it doesn't work as a x86 Intel would is of no importance to what can be done to play said PC games on the PS3, because "to play" isn't well defined.

You do not actually "play" the game on your PS3, as in the game works off of your PS3. You merely stream the game from the PC, the base of the processing being done by the PC, not the PS3. That is part of the innovation, this is why the project is called "StreamMyGame", the fact that you stream the games off the PC, NOT process them with the PS3.

So, to put is straight once and for all, this is NOT Sony fan-boy nonsense, as some have said. Perhaps I am a Sony fanboy, so let me show you just what to do to make it happen!

What you need to pull this off is:

1. PS3 with Linux installed (Ubuntu, Yellow Dog - you can download them here and here, respectively - or any other distribution)

2. PC with the StreamMyGame software (get the software here)

First, register an account on StreamMyGame.com here. Then, log in to your account and follow the instructions here to add a new game. You can find out plenty more, along with a step-by-step tutorial on the PC-part of this operation here.

For the Ps3 part, start by installing the Linux distribution, if you haven't done it already. (get help on YDL here)

- Secondly, download the Streamer Linux Player (here) on the Ps3.

- Open a Terminal on the PS3;

- Go to the directory where you saved the player (by typing "cd /home/your_username/your_directory"in the Terminal, replacing the username and directory in which you saved the file) and install the Linux Streamer (by typing in the Terminal "sudo sh ./smg-installer.sh" ). Make sure you read the Readme. When you're finished reading, press Q to quit.

- The next step is associating the files on the StreamMyGame website to the software you've just installed on your Ps3. Do that by typing "smg-protocol-setup" into the Terminal. From my experience and the StreamMyGame website help page, using the Gnome option over the KDE will prove much more reliable. Supposedly, the KDE will also work, but it didn't, at least for me.

- Browse to the SMG website and select the desired game. The Streamer software will start - insert your username and password.

- The SMG app will connect to your Windows PC and start displaying the game on Linux. Now, just click anywhere on the player and start using your keyboard & mouse for play.Notes (off the page of SMG.com):

"Note on Firewall

On Ubuntu use the Firestarter tool if that is what you have installed
On YellowDog the firewall configuration tool is under the Administration menu

Just add the ports listed in the README

Note on Resolution

Ubuntu may not display full screen on your TV / LCD and will have a black boarder around it. It will display at 1124 x 644 so you cant open a 720p game stream unless you change its resolution. We will release a new page in January about how to change this and display Ubuntu at 720p and 1080i."

What else could you want? Oh, yeah, playing with the Sixaxis on Linux? Check - some have even reported it works "out-of-the-box", just by connecting it to the USB.

Anything else left out?