All you need now is for life to hand you some lemons and voila! Breakfast!

however, you may be wrong. that statistic is the average age of a game _purchaser_. it’s hard to get reliable statistics on how many minors are gaming. also: that statistic is from the entertainment software association, which has an interest in making gaming seem like a grownup hobby.

and even if they didn’t, people in real life use “mice”. and actual usage trumps abstract rules. every single time.

“He was hanged like a monster” vs “he was hung like a monster” and “there are a bunch of mouses in that desk drawer” vs “there are a bunch of mice in that desk drawer.”

must call out some things on this article though:
“Razer Naga gaming mouse comes with special drivers that require your computer to be connected to the Internet at all times in order to play — and this means that the mouse was useless when it was first plugged in”
The mouse works just fine without the special driver, just like the old naga.
All hardware buttons functional (side buttons replicate the 1 to = keys, or the numpad of the keyboard, selectable by a hardware switch underneath the mouse) the driver is only required if you want scripting or to remap the keys to something different, or change DPI

I’ve also never noticed the mouse “to stop working” when the internet goes out (have a sometimes unstable internet connection). seems to function just like steam: internet connection needed to install, but will work offline afterwards.

Whilst i agree they should tune down the online required part, this article seems to be overblowing the issue.

Also worth noting that this is advertised as a MMO gaming mouse… I’m quite certain that there is not any MMO gamers without an internet connection ;)

I have no experience with Razers, but some Microsoft mice I’ve had the misfortune of using wouldn’t even power up if the driver wasn’t installed.  That’s pretty bad.  Most mice will at least start up in simple 2-button mode without any drivers, but MS mice will not even talk at all – to MS Windows! – without a bloated, flaky driver which I have occasionally had to reinstall.

I just use generic hardware whenever possible, to avoid the custom, bloated drivers and non-standard interfaces that the big names like to foist on their users.

To think, I even considered a Razer during my last mouse quest.

it is if people use it that way.

That’s the issue Razer hasn’t figured out – how to not treat their customers with contempt, all under the guise of “we might lose a sale!” as a bogus excuse.

Razer’s methods are a step backwards in both functionality and privacy. Yuck.

no real requirement dfor software (the DPI adjustments run in hardware via a hat switch – and if you need more then 2 buttons and a wheel to play a game, the UI is poorley designed.)