Still skeptical as to whether or not OnLive can live up to the lofty promises it’s made? Well then, now’s your chance to take a peek behind the curtain and finally reveal the smoke and mirrors, alien technology, or whatever else is back there.

OnLive’s beta has officially begun. If you want in on the action, just head over to OnLive’s official site, enter some info on your connection speed, and wait a bit. With any luck, you’ll nab a golden ticket, and you’ll be running Crysis on your TI-84 calculator before you know it.

Seriously, though: 60 FPS? 720p? On, say, a machine that hasn’t seen the light of day since 1997? It sounds too good to be true. But we want to believe. OnLive, please don’t break your promises. We’ve been hurt so many times before.