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These Are The First Video Games In The New Mac App Store

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If you have a new Mac or fancy getting one that runs Mac OS X v10.6.6., you can get a free app store on it, as of today. It's got more than 1000 apps, Apple says. Which games?

I took a tour of the Mac App Store today, which you watch in the clip atop this post.

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It's all very iTunes-familiar in design. It's easy to navigate yet still mystifying how to find only the newest games. It's also a little hard to find great games on this store on day one, but there are some gems, such as Osmos and Bejeweled 3.

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The biggest annoyance is that games that are sold on this Mac App Store and for iPads/iPhones don't seem to work across platforms with a single purchase. I downloaded Chopper 2 through the Mac store but still had to pay for it to add it to my iPad. Looks like Osmos, which I have on iPad would still run me $10 on the Mac. Bummer.

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There are other options for shopping for games on a Mac, Valve's Steam chief among them. Check out the Mac App Store, and see if it does it for you. Here's hoping they get a flood of games; my Mac could use more entertainment.