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Feel the impact of an immersive gaming experience

You are the rear guard for your squad. Your job is to make sure your team doesn't get snuck-up on from behind, but you know deep down - you're cannon fodder. Your gamerscore is lower than your team's, and you're stuck back there until you can prove yourself. If you can prevent one good sneak attack, you'll move up in the ranks. Maybe even take point one day.

Unfortunately for you, that day won't come. Your only warning to the sneak attack was a red flash on your screen. By the time you figure out where the attack is coming from, you're dead. Your only contribution to the team was you died before the better players did. Way to go.

A more immersive experience is required for your survival. If you had just a half-second to know where the attack was, you might have survived. The FPS 3rd Space Gaming Vest gives you that immersion. Eight pneumatic impact hammers stitched into the vest pound you where you were hit - four front and four back - giving you the authentic (though less bloody) feel of the hit. Wearing the vest makes you feel more like you're in the game, and could even improve your gamerscore!

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Logitech has a well-deserved reputation for making some of the best gaming peripherals around. All the way from its G5 Gaming Mouse to the recently-reviewed G13 Advanced Gameboard, its G-Series has consistently won TR recommended awards. Today we're looking at the brand-new G19 Gaming Keyboard, the sequel to Logitech's well-regarded G15 Keyboard, which received our highest accolade. Let's find out if the G19 can keep the pedigree intact.

So first of all, what has changed? Obviously the design has been updated to make this keyboard far more streamlined. Basic keyboard layout remains identical, but the multimedia and gaming keys have been moved about and the programmable G-keys have been doubled from six (on the 2007 revision of the G15, not the original which offered 18) to 12. Backlighting has also been reworked, but the single biggest upgrade is to a colour "GamePanel" LCD-screen with a resolution of 320 x 240.

In terms of looks, the G19 has it all. The keyboard comes in a combination of matte and glossy blacks, bluish silver and metallic insets that not only looks cool but also matches Logitech's other G-series peripherals perfectly. Logitech's versatile backlighting also helps to make this keyboard a stunner. The M-keys and LCD-control keys to the left of the GamePanel remain invariably orange, but the backlighting on every other key can be changed to any colour you wish, to match your mood, other peripherals, or you can just link a specific colour of backlight to a specific game or application.

There are no dimming controls, but if the lighting is too bright simply choose a darker shade. There's also a dedicated button to turn the backlighting off altogether, though this also turns off the LCD. Unlike with Razer's Lycosa Gaming Keyboard, the G19's keys are still perfectly visible in sunlight, whether the backlighting is turned on or not.

Funnily enough, compared to 'regular' keyboards like Logitech's Cordless Desktop Wave Pro, the layout of the G19 is more conservative, with the Delete/Home/End/Page keys in their traditional positions. As far as all the keys you'd find on a normal keyboard go then, things are pretty standard. Though I'd hoped for a movable number pad a la Microsoft's SideWinder X6, realistically the chances of this happening were slim.

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The Logitech G35 gaming headset

Logitech's G35 gaming headset offers terrific 7.1 Dolby surround sound and plenty of cool features that can improve your game and your overall PC audio experience.

The G35 connects to your PC via a stiff, braided fabric USB 2.0 cable. You have to install Logitech's G35 control panel software to use and configure the headset -- this is a little inconvenient for LAN parties, but the software provides a lot of features. The software is also 'smart' and automatically directs your audio to the headset while disabling your speakers -- you don't have to juggle connections or change sound settings in the Windows Control Panel when they're plugged in.

Customization features
The G35 control panel enables you to customize virtually every aspect of the G35. You can adjust Bass, Treble, Volume, and Microphone levels, and you can configure the three programmable buttons (G1, G2, and G3) on the side of the left earcup to perform various functions for different applications. For example, you can set one button to rewinding in Windows Media Player, another to turn up the headset's Bass output, and  another to activate the G35's  Voice Morphing. You can also create multiple profiles for different button configurations, which makes the G35 very flexible for both gaming and non-gaming applications.

Additional controls for headset volume, microphone muting, and turning off the Dolby surround sound are also located on the outside of the rleft earcup. The noise-reducing microphone also has an LED that can be set to light up when the mic is muted. Personally, I would have preferred a clip-on or external remote to the earcup-based buttons, which occasionally had me fumbling about the earcup -- but that's a pretty minor quibble. The large volume adjustment roller was nice and easy to find.

One particularly neat feature I liked -- although I'm not sure I'd use it much --  was the Voice Morphing technology. Voice morphing enables you to disguise/alter your real voice.

You can choose from a range of six voices -- Cyborg, Troll, Giant, Alien, Mutant, and Space Squirrel, each with six different settings that simultaneously alter the pitch and timbre of the voice.

This enables you to sound like an ominous, metallic robot (which actually sounds kind of cool) to something more akin to a cyborg chipmunk (which is actually pretty uncool and annoying).

Ergonomics and comfort
The G35 are tight, and form a noise-reducing seal around your ears. Included with the G35 are three different vinyl-covered foam headbands that can be attached to the headphones via velcro for a comfortable custom fit. The microphone is also flexible and adjustable, and you can fold it up and out of the way when you're not using it.

If you prefer your headphones to reduce external noise  --  which is especially useful if you have a noisy gaming PC with lots of extra cooling fans --  the G35's do an excellent job of it without sacrificing too much comfort. My ears did warm up a bit after about 90 minutes of play. However, I never experienced any neck pain as a result of extended usage -- sometimes a problem with larger, bulkier headsets.

Sound Quality
The 7.1 Dolby surround sound was full of awesome --  and proved to me once again that a good surround sound headset can actually improve your game. Thanks to the accurate directional cues, I was able to hear, predict, and pop a cap in a Boomer's ass a few times in Left 4 Dead before he was able to spew his zombie-attracting bile on anyone. (Any headset that allows me to inflict a total 'BoomFail' on someone in Left 4 Dead is a friend of mine.)

I was actually a little surprised that there weren't more options for tweaking the surround sound, and that there wasn't a full-blown equalizer in the control panel  -- but in truth I didn't miss these features either. The treble/bass adjustments offer reasonable flexibility for audio tuning. Combined with the 3 programmable buttons and different profiles, the G35 can be easily switched from 'game mode' to 'tunes mode' to 'movie mode' if have distinctive preferences. (I'm admittedly not enough of an audiophile to be overly picky --  but I still like to crank the bass up now and again.)

Overall
At a MSRP of about $130, the G35 offers awesome Dolby-quality surround sound and more than enough features to satisfy virtually any PC gamer. Although $130 might seem a little steep, I can almost guarantee you wouldn't be disappointed if you bought these -- don't hesitate to check these out if you're shopping for PC gaming headsets. I highly recommend them.

Logitech G35 technical specifications

Headphone

• Driver: 40 mm diameter, neodymium magnet, 15 mm diameter voice coil with ferrofluid damping
• Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 KHz diffuse-field equalized
• Impedance: 32 ohm nominal
• Sensitivity: 90 dB SPL Ref: 1 mW, 1 KHz

Microphone

• Pickup pattern: Unidirectional (cardioid)
• Frequency response: 100 Hz – 10 KHz
• Sensitivity: -42 dBV/Pa re: 0 dB = 1 Pa, 1 KHz
• Test conditions: 3.0 V, 2.2 K ohm

Connection

• Full-Speed USB 2.0 compliant
• Cable: 10 feet/3.05 m, woven insulation 

Visit the Logitech G35 home page to learn more

This information is taken from examiner.com!

Introduction and Grips

It seems like this is the year of the gaming mouse, with new products from Logitech, Microsoft, Razer and SteelSeries. The first one to get us a sample to have a play with was Logitech with its new G9 mouse. Even from the word go people thought it looked odd and we can’t disagree that we had our doubts about this new design, since the previous design has been around for a good few years now, even though it has received a few tweaks along the road.

The most unique aspect with the G9 is the fact that the shape of the mouse can be changed, something no other mouse has ever offered. The interchangeable grips are an excellent idea and the mouse ships with two different grips so hopefully Logitech will follow through and release more grips for it in the future.

The two different styles supplied in the box consist of a smaller grip with a similar texture to the G5, a sort of rough sandpaper style surface. Logitech calls this the Precision grip as it’s also smaller than the second one which is known as the Wide Load grip. The Wide Load is as the name suggests much wider, it has a more pronounced thumb grip and it has a higher, longer and larger palm surface.

The texture of the Wide Load grip is a velvety soft rubber finish and it has an extra glide surface due to the bigger thumb rest. Both grips have two thumb buttons, but they seem to be located a little bit too high up on the mouse, more so on the Wide Load grip than the Precision grip. Removing the grip reveals a fairly small mouse and it’s still fully functional and might suite someone with very small hands. The side buttons are actually located here and the buttons on the grips push onto the buttons on the mouse.

The grips are attached to the front of the mouse and locked in place by two metal bars at the rear. You release the grips simply by pressing the large button at the lower rear part of the mouse and then by simply lifting them forward. It’s also here were you’ll find the weight compartment and this has been completely redesigned from the G5. The cartridge is released by pushing it inwards and it now only takes four weights.

 This information is taken from tweaktown.com!