The Duality Of Gaming Hardware

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The Duality Of Gaming Hardware

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THE DUALITY OF GAMING HARDWARE! On the left: the tragic aftermath of a Razer product meeting its inevitable doom - shattered into a million pieces after being dropped from a height of approximately 2 millimeters. On the right: the FANTASY marketing photos showing a pristine setup with RGB lighting that could probably be seen from the International Space Station. The gaming hardware industry's biggest lie isn't the FPS boost claims - it's the suggestion that their products won't disintegrate if you breathe near them while costing you a kidney and half your liver. But we keep buying them because CLEARLY our 0.002 second faster reaction time is worth the financial ruin!

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