How are they able to do that without thumbs?

Lyra is a unicorn pony, maybe she's using magic.

It's hard to play xbox without thumbs. :P

Aww~ Octavia is soo cute. An now I have a hankerin for some Clop Cola

Mad skilz those ponies have! I don't believe those controllers were designed for hooves, so they must be really good to do much at all. X3

Playing for cake, sounds like a lot of fun.

Well, there's always two possible answers for why the ponies can do stuff with their hooves:

1) Science!
A horse's hoof is actually a protective covering around their toes.. yes, equines have toes. In a society where ponies and similar hooved mammals have become the dominant species, chances are their hooves have also developed differently, such as being more flexible / dextrous then they appear. The fact you don't see it in much detail can be chalked up to the art style.

2) Magic!
All ponies in MLP have at least a latent amount of magic according to the creators, even the otherwise-normal-except-they-talk Earth Ponies. So they could employ a limited form of telekinesis allowing them to manipulate small objects in their forehooves.

... I overthink things sometimes. All the times.

That science theory sounds rather interesting. I didn't know equines actually had toes.

Heck, when horses were much smaller, tens of thousands of years ago, they didn't even have hooves at all, JUST the toes! I'm trying to find a good link for it, but essentially, their toes kinda fused together over the millenia, with the protective covering of a hoof around them as they got larger, to better support their weight. If you look at skeletons or art of ancient horses.. not only were they tiny (about as big as a medium-sized dog... or a My Little Pony...), but the feet were just the toes at that point.

.. Ahh, Google is thy friend! Found this:
http://equineink.com/2008/12/22/whe.....nt-need-shoes/

You're not the first person (although one of the few) I see who cares enough to dig into anatomy to understand the MLP world better. That's nice. :P

octavia is very cute ! good job ! :p

It's surprising what you can do with hooves, like tie knots ^^

Beatmania would be a good game for those without thumbs

the trick is to use your body to block the view of the operator of the other controller :P