This is bizarre.
SC2 was one of the best $60 purchases I have ever made. If they want to attract new players, why not drop the price to $30 or even $20? Oh well... As long having the full version omits you from being nickel-and-dimed then I guess I don't really GAF about this idea. But, part...
I would have thought that too, but ironically I feel it is not similar enough to be an homage (it's off-center, lots of missing elements). An homage would (should?) have been much closer to the original. This is just a crappy rip-off as far as I can tell.
Plagiarism is a big deal too. Fired!
It is a complete ripoff (look at the other SW posters that he did to get the full picture). And yeah, the direct lifting of the clouds graphic is pretty lazy and sad. If it were intended to be a homage than they probably would have asked permission. Like Olly says, if they asked him he would...
Onlive is actually pretty cool. I tripped out when I found out I could use it on my Xperia Play and play games like SF4 and shit, but I'll be damned if I'm going to pay full price for games I already own on the rig they were designed for. Onlive's pricing can't compete with sales from Amazon...