Justin is a game producer in New York City. He formerly worked at an all-girls private school. Go figure. Now his shelves are populated with game industry books. He has a Gamertag and Tweets a lot. He doesn't refer to himself in the third-person nearly as often as this text would suggest. Enjoy!

August 1

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Old and busted, meet new hotness. The venerable Logitech MX1000 laser mouse, loved by many and mourned when Logitech stopped production, is my favorite mouse. Ever. I really can’t use anything else. (Well, I could, but don’t wanna.)  Since 2004 I’ve been buying them on a fairly regular basis (I’m rough on my mice) until maybe a year and a half ago, when Logitech unveiled the MX Revolution. The MX is a ghastly mouse. It’s so contoured that you have no choice but to slide your fingers “into” it and move it with your entire hand. Now to some folk (freaks!), they might be perfectly alright with palming their mouse. I can’t - I’m a fingertip man all the way. My palm rarely touches the mouse, as evidenced by the worn out areas where my fingers rest and click on all previous mice. Anyway! So my most recent MX1000, the one in the back there, was finally on its way out. But if I called Logitech (that is, if I had the time to), they’d give me an MX as a replacement.  Ew. Luckily I was able to find a source with a bunch of brand new MX1000 mice. And the best part? These models come with different materials and color scheme - a much better design than the MX1000’s I’ve used over the years. Glossy dark dark purple plastic, black rubber button frame instead of silver plastic, button action all around feels better (and it’s not because it’s new). The entire package just feels better than all my previous MX1000 mice. Like a Bugatti versus a Volkswagen.  Totally tempted to buy out the entire stock right now, so I have plenty of mice for years into the future.  Logitech, you really need to consider bringing this mouse back into production. For the folks that dig it, nothing in your current product stable can quench our mousing needs!

Old and busted, meet new hotness. The venerable Logitech MX1000 laser mouse, loved by many and mourned when Logitech stopped production, is my favorite mouse. Ever. I really can’t use anything else. (Well, I could, but don’t wanna.) 

Since 2004 I’ve been buying them on a fairly regular basis (I’m rough on my mice) until maybe a year and a half ago, when Logitech unveiled the MX Revolution.

The MX is a ghastly mouse. It’s so contoured that you have no choice but to slide your fingers “into” it and move it with your entire hand. Now to some folk (freaks!), they might be perfectly alright with palming their mouse. I can’t - I’m a fingertip man all the way. My palm rarely touches the mouse, as evidenced by the worn out areas where my fingers rest and click on all previous mice.

Anyway! So my most recent MX1000, the one in the back there, was finally on its way out. But if I called Logitech (that is, if I had the time to), they’d give me an MX as a replacement. 

Ew.

Luckily I was able to find a source with a bunch of brand new MX1000 mice. And the best part? These models come with different materials and color scheme - a much better design than the MX1000’s I’ve used over the years. Glossy dark dark purple plastic, black rubber button frame instead of silver plastic, button action all around feels better (and it’s not because it’s new). The entire package just feels better than all my previous MX1000 mice. Like a Bugatti versus a Volkswagen. 

Totally tempted to buy out the entire stock right now, so I have plenty of mice for years into the future. 

Logitech, you really need to consider bringing this mouse back into production. For the folks that dig it, nothing in your current product stable can quench our mousing needs!

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