Gaming

Logitech MX 518 High Performance Optical Gaming Mouse (Metal)
$58.99
overall a good product. My only disatisfaction, which as a gamer, is a dealbreaker for me, is the inability to assign double-click to the left mouse button. Too bad considering it can easily be fixed with a software patch. Other than that serious limitation, it is a great product.

Razer Mamba Wireless Gaming Laser Mouse 5600 DPI
$129.99
I bought this mouse as soon was in the market, i was expecting it so bad..... surprise, surprise, since the very begining it was problems after problems, its jumps everywhere, the installation drivers was terrible, the technical support, the battery its so ,so weak, just 14 hrs maybe less. Its very comfortable, very ergnomic, and its looks really good, but the functions, which ite the real reason why i bought it for, are so bad. In conclusion, very nice, very ergonomic, and thats it, i can not say anything good but this about this mouse. Wired its very good, but whireless .... oh my god ! Let it go, defenitly this was the worse investment i ever did in a hardware. Dont buy this mouse for any reason, besides its too expensive.

Razer Naga MMOG Laser Gaming Mouse
$79.99
WoW gamer for going on 5 years here. I NEED BUTTONS!!!! I have been using an MX610 Laser Mouse for most of this time as it had about 9 buttons and was fully programmable. Had they kept manufacturing it, I probably would have stuck with it (that they discontinued this mouse and rereleased it as a lefty is just salt in the wound). Well, my MX 610s were falling apart and I needed a replacement badly - something up to date that I could buy and keep buying (given that I am hard on mice/keyboard/etc)!

BUT WHY IS IT THAT EVERY FREAGGIN GAMING MOUSE ONLY IS MADE FOR ACCURACY, SPEED, COMFORT, ETC!?!?!?! That's all well and good, but any real PC gamer is going to want a gazillion buttons too - especially for MMO's. What is the point of making these awesome mice with only 4 or 5 buttons?

So walking out of the store I see this thing yesterday and about crapped my pants. Look at all those buttons - and it works exactly like you think it should! I am so happy with this thing! I've never felt a mouse move so smooth and it is so accurate - and futher fine tuned through software. I can't say enough good things about it - worth every stinking penny.

Got some gripes though:
Customization - I guess it was too much to be able to fully program this thing. You have your choice of two modes:

A) Keyboard mode where the 1-12 buttons map to your keyboard 1 through "="

or

B) num-pad mode where these buttons map to the keypad 1-0, -, +.

No, you can't just map whatever keys you want to it. Not that it matters, because you can easily map your number keys AND your num-pad keys separately in WoW. It'd be nice though...

Size - It's a tad smaller than the mice I'm used to. Then again, I have BIG hands. I wish it was just a little bit bigger or that the buttons were a little more spaced apart. I suppose it's perfect if you can't palm a basketball (like me, lol). Don't get me wrong either. Even though it's a little small for my hands, it still fits comfortably - these guys KNOW what they're doing!

No Tilt - I'm just nit-picking here, because you really don't need the extra tilt buttons. It has TOO many buttons as it is, lol.

Final Thoughts: If you are like me and you got a Nostromo on one hand and have all 3 modes mapped out (or have just about every key bound on your keyboard), then this is the mouse compliment you have been looking for. Finally someone figured it out!

Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Arent Fair (and What We Can Do About It)
$15.00
A very good book to read if you are interested in politics and political science.