I  have no personal experience with trying to play games off of an external hard drive, but I have been able to watch movies and things off of one just fine.

well if u can watch movies and stuff off urs i cant see why i cant play games off of it. but if ayone does have experiance or knows about playing games off an external hard drve then plese tell me if i can. thanks

Okay, yeah, you can play games off of it. I played warcraft III off my friends ipod tonight. It ran fine, except for the sound, not sure if it was due to my computer, because sometimes it does have sound issues, or couldn't run them from the ipod. In any case you can play games from it.

okay......well im talking about an external "computer" hard drive not an ipod. so any one there who can really give me an answer?

Okay vever mind. i went and bought it anyway and i am so glad i did. i put doom 3 and FEAR on there and they run fine. i think they load faster too. no offense guys but u werent that much help. I wasnt talking about watching movies, listening to music, or playing games on an ipod. i was talking about playing Computer games on a real "External Computer Hard Drive"(Not an Ipod). So anyone who wants to know of u can play intense Computer games on a external Computer u can just change the target line in the properties of the game icon. Have Fun!