Gaming Mouse Group Test

Fatal1ty 1010

The Fatal1ty 1010 mouse wasn’t received well when it was released earlier this year. This was almost certainly down to its odd shape, small size and the fact that a lot of people think Wendell looks like King Geek. Well, I saw Wendell recently and he’s cleaned up his act. Gone is the greasy hair, the acne ridden face and in comes a surfer cool dude who is actually quite attractive. On the back of Fatal1ty’s new style and good looks I decided to give his mouse a proper try. I was pleasantly surprised.

The first thing I noticed was the ease of install. The 1010 was functional very quickly, software wasn’t necessary and when installed was fairly basic. Basic doesn’t always mean bad, and it was just nice to able to sit down with the mouse and have it work.

It is certainly strange to begin with holding such a small mouse. It was apparently designed to the exact specifications of Wendell, who, it would appear has hands like Frodo Baggins. My hands are fairly average in their size and I was still able to use this mouse without too much hassle. The way your fingers are laid out is a little bit unusual, though, your forefinger sits on mouse button one, your middle finger sits on the mouse scroll, your third finger sits on the second mouse button and then your little finger rests on a subtle button sitting on the side. Your thumb rests on a little button on the left hand side of the mouse. Despite being a little strange I quite liked having all five digits in operation


In terms of stylish design, the 1010 doesn’t set the world on fire. A small logo is lit up at the front corner and there is another big red logo sitting in the centre of the mouse. This actually pops out (as you can see in the pictures) and can be exchanged for different weighted logos. Again this is an additional customization option which is great for those of you with weak (or overused) wrists.

RTS & FPS

The mouse is designed for FPS competitive gaming and I found, once I had gotten used to it, that it was very effective for that. The fact that it forces you to use your fingers as opposed to your hand kept me just that little bit more alert. It wasn’t really comfortable but then the high tempo of FPS games isn’t always comfortable.

RTS games were an entirely different story. Due to the nature of the games you tend to spend more marathon sessions playing them. I was sick of using the mouse after a short while as I just didn’t feel comfortable. When I am commanding my armies of death and destruction I want to be able to relax, not have my fingers arched awkwardly.

It really amazed me how much difference there was for the two different types of game. If you’re a serious, competitive FPS gamer then I think this is a great mouse to train with. My only fear would be that due to its fairly average commercial performance, they may not make another model. That could leave you in a situation where you’re trained to use this unusual mouse and then, when it breaks or gets too old, you have to retrain yourself on a different type of mouse.


The base of the mouse has the same slippy feet you see on nearly all gaming mouse these days. They felt slightly more effective on the cloth pad than the hard pad. This isn’t hugely surprising though, many American gamers prefer the cloth pad and so a mouse made by an American should be expected to be designed for the cloth surface.

The cheapest we found the 1010 was on ebuyer for £28.87. If you’re considering this product then you have to really be a serious FPS gamer. I’d also advise if you do plan on playing other types of games that you keep your other mice. This is a great one trick pony but is far off being an all rounder.