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(unless your talking about the jail break app that lets you play play station games). ]]>Nov 11th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
Don't try to argue, it's a FACT]]>Nov 11th 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
btw, how's the browser on the new 4.3 firmware?]]>Nov 11th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
Audiosurf ain't even free on the PC, this is just too good.]]>Nov 11th 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition on Zune HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSi5DDKvc2M]]>Nov 11th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
Zune is open in the same way as Xbox 360 via XNA. You can make your own homebrew right now.]]>Nov 11th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/



...for streamed music of course.]]>Nov 11th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
I am entirely jealous of Worms on the iPod touch though, that game alone nearly made me buy one. If that ever comes to the Zune HD..]]>Nov 11th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
I guess if they're free you can't complain about ads as loudly.]]>Nov 11th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
iPod touch rules.]]>Nov 11th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/
Audio surf is far and away the best app. It was the only one that really kept me from wondering about the remaining apps I had not seen yet for at least 30 minutes. Being able to play it with all your tracks gives this almost unlimited replay potential too. The graphics are as smooth as butter (not surprising as there are next to no textures to render) and give a real sense of speed on faster songs. The design of the tracks do seem to at least try to fit the music to often having you pick up "dots" to the rhythm of the song. Control was tight, responsive and amazingly controllable for a tilt racer. I've never been a fan of tilt racers as they are usually very difficult and tedious to control (see below), but this one seemed to solved it by limiting movement to three lanes and not "crashing" on the sides. Simply LOVE this game!! 9.4

PGR is next in quality. Graphics blow Audio surf away, but control can be overly sensitive and difficult to pick up. I've never been a fan of tilt racing games for this reason as I stated above and this game is no exception. Still, it's free and I'll try to get the hang of it. 8

Next is the skater game. It's ok. The graphics are a step below PGR and seem to fit right between DS and PSP level. The framerate dropped SEVERAL times in the short test I gave it, but I doubt that is because of tegra and more because of flawed coding that will probably be optimized later on. The real issue with this game is very complicated, tedious, and unintuitive controls. The Zune MUST be held parallel with the ground to work right. It took me 5 minutes just to figure THAT out because the tutorial doesn't say so. Even after I figured that out, my neck did not like the proposition and it did not make control much easier. Once again, perhaps it will be more fun after I get the hang of it, but for now.....6.

You'll feel right at home with the bowling game if you've ever played Wii sports. It's very cutsy and almost "Mii"ish. The graphics are about right on par with Wii bowling as well. You can control it by either drawing lines or swinging your Zune. Simply put....the controls need a lot of work. The movement of the ball seemed to have little correlation with the lines you draw. And just forget about the swing method. No really....just forget about it. It was HORRID. It works with the Wii because the TV doesn't move. But swinging the Zune means you have to imagine what you are aiming at and the controls were simply laughable in its interpretation of your movement. Simply UNPLAYABLE by this method. The designers really could have put a better foot forward here especially for such a simple App. 6....but only because the line drawing method is at least playable.

The piano app is a piano app.....what do you really expect out of it? lol n/a on a score.

Anyway, download them all because they are free and take up very little space on the Zune, but the only real app that you simply should not miss is Audio Surf. This this app NOW! It should be a standard on all PMPs from now on IMO. It simply makes that much sense and is that fun.]]>Nov 11th 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Nov 11th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/11/zune-hd-marketplace-now-loaded-with-3d-games/Its like gaming without a gamerscore or something, if you don't get a number or an acknowledgment for doing something, its not worth it at all! That's pretty fucking significant. I cannot live my life without getting a pat on the back for everything I do (achievement unlocked: posted a reply on Engadget)

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