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If you've ever played an MMO, a problem you'll run into is that screen real estate quickly becomes an issue as you attempt to balance the number of hotbars filled with character skills, spells, and items, while somehow maintaining enough game visibility to make sense of your character's surroundings. The issue that immediately arises after that is, man, those are a ton of skills, spells, items, and equipment sets that you need to somehow be able to conveniently reach in a split second. That's where gaming mice come in. Before now, the Razer Naga was really the only MMO-tailored mouse in town, but Logitech has something to say about that with their new G600 MMO gaming mouse. I spent a week with the 20-buttoned beast. Let's see how that went.

Gamification has been the thing for a while now, from regular console video games to getting achievements for reading the news. Though we don't expect everything to be gamified in modern times, we certainly aren't surprised by it, but a computer mouse having its own achievements is not something for which we could've been prepared. Peripheral company Roccat is releasing its Savu gaming mouse, and with all of the fancy accoutrements of gaming mice, the Savu is bringing its own set of achievements. Yes, you can now get achievements for mouse movement and number of clicks.

If you're tired of your plain black mousepad that has a little splotch of coffee on it that never cleans off, even when you scratch at it with a penny, and want something new, fancy, and that makes you feel like a computer sultan, you can get a MouseRug, which is a fancy carpet to replace your boring mousepad. There are  load of different designs, from Persian to Oriental to African, and they all sell on the product page for $19.95. Check out a few choice MouseRugs after the break.

The computer mouse can take on a variety of shapes and sizes while retaining functionality, including looking like impossibly adorable robot pod creatures. Artist Aaron Ristau has created these unique computer mice, which use a micro USB transmitter for wireless capability and use repurposed typewriter keys for the mouse buttons. Each mouse is different, and can be customized with specific character keys, colors, and other features. (Gizmodo via Boing Boing)