Secret projects and new toys

[Image: logitech g5]Because of a semi-secret secret project I’m working on with a friend of mine right now, I’ve been playing a lot more Counter-Strike than I have for years. In the past month, I’ve moved from the “I remember when the Colt had a scope but I sure as hell can’t aim with it now” category to the “Damnit my stupid mouse sucks!” category of player.

As a result, I thought that it was probably time to do some investigating and maybe replace the four year old Microsoft optical mouse I’ve been using.

For a while, I wasn’t really sure if it was the computer or the mouse - after all, I’ve been playing on a computer that is four years old (even if it is a pretty good machine). But after getting to play on my brother’s computer (basically brand new) with both my trusty old MS mouse and his slick little Logitech mouse, I decided it really does make a difference.

After shopping around a bit I decided to settle on the Logitech G5 mouse, which is a pretty sweet piece of technology. It has a little higher sensitivity by default than my old mouse, but that’s something I can easily get used to.

It also, and this is super important, has a scroll wheel that clicks. I kept looking at some really cool mice that had a free-scrolling wheel, which is cool when you just want to run down a web page, but if you’re trying to use the mouse wheel to select things (such as different weapons), it’s no good.

There are a couple other neat features, like an adjustable weight cartridge and a button on the mouse that lets you select between three sensitivities “on the fly.” The bill this as an in-game feature, but I’m not sure I see myself doing that just yet.

Anyways, I’m excited to play with it.