![]() The RAT 8 is full of tweaks though, big and small. “Ah, I’ve unscrewed something,” you think, and then…wait, what happened? Was that piece supposed to come off? Oh no, what do I do? Keep the manual nearby, in other words. Trying to learn the ins and outs of the RAT is, quite frankly, a pain in the ass. Even the imitators don’t go quite as far as Mad Catz, don’t strip away so much of the mouse’s traditional identity. ![]() If Razer’s DeathAdder is the epitome of the modern gaming mouse, a design copied and copied and copied until it’s become characteristic of the entire genre, the RAT is the exact opposite. It’s ugly and unrefined, but in a way that feels purposeful and raw and intriguing. And yet the RAT goes to such an extreme, I find myself drawn to it. That’s an outlier for me! I’m typically not a fan of the edgy “gamer” aesthetic. ![]() It’s a polarizing design, but I admit I’m fond of it. Stripped of the plastic chassis that gives your average mouse a user-friendly face, the RAT looks more like military hardware, all metal knobs and scientific looking numbers and naked screws. How could I not? Even now, almost a decade after its release, it’s the most aggressive mouse design I’ve ever seen. I still remember the first time I used a RAT. ![]()
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