High Performance Gaming Mice Don't Perform 283
An anonymous reader writes "A new mouse performance speed-testing software has scientifically demonstrated that there is virtually no difference between the performance of expensive, high-end gaming mice and cheap laser office mice. The software, called Metalocity, is available for free download so you can test your own mice and confirm the empirical results for yourself. It also shows that the multi-button approach of the Razer Naga and WarMouse Meta increases user speed by up to 112 percent." Note that this report comes from someone who wants to sell you a $80 gaming mouse with a zillion buttons on it, so a grain of salt is required here. But the question is valid: are the expensive mice really worth anything?
The WarMouse/OpenOffice Mouse designer is Vox Day (Score:5, Interesting)
I thought the WarMouse sounded familiar. It was also known, once, as the OpenOffice Mouse [slashdot.org]. Its lead designer, Theodore Beale [wikipedia.org], is also known as Vox Day [voxday.net]. Vox Day is a anti-evolution, anti-feminist, christian writer and blogger who believes -- amongst other things -- that all atheists are sociopaths.
He is the author of a handful of poorly reviewed games, including the tedious looking The War In Heaven [somethingawful.com].
None of this will affect the quality of his mouse, it should live and die by its merits. But because of who is behind it, I for one, and going to give it a miss...