Genius ErgoMedia 500 Gaming Pad - Same Old, Same Old?

There are a wealth of PC gaming pads on the market that intend to do away with your keyboard in favor of a smaller gamepad that puts just the keys you need at your fingertips. I have used a bunch of the game pads out there and have yet to find one that works to my liking, including the Saitek Pro Gamer Command Unit. Genius has a new gamepad aimed at the PC FPS player called the ErgoMedia 500. The game pad is designed for comfort during long play sessions, sports backlit keys, and supports complex macros with 11 programmable buttons. The product description says there are three different game functions so you can dominate any level of your game. I have no idea what they mean from that statement, perhaps there are three shift functions to allow more macros to be bound. Mic and speaker jacks are built into the gamepad and a four-way directional button rounds out the features.

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