Friday, August 20, 2010

Razer's Fascination with Animal Kingdom


Razer has been leading hardware manufacture company for gaming products in last decade. I own a lot of Razer stuff so got curious why they name their devices weirdly. So did some digging and found there is a pattern Razer has been using in last few years. It was some refreshing stuff. So here it is.


Latest Razer Keyboards: Tarantula, Arctosa, Lycosa
all of these are species of a spider.

Lycosa Keyboard


Lycosa Spider


Mouse: Deathaadder, Mamba,Naga
all of these are species of snake

Mamba Mouse

Mamba Snake





Mouse pads: Goliathus,Megasoma, Sphex, Vespula
Goliathus and Megasoma are species of beetle. While Sphex and Vespula are species of
Wasp. I guess they used two different species because of two different type of mouspads. Goliathus and Megasoma are cloth based, while Sphex and Vespula are Hard
surface pads.


Goliathus MousePad(Cloth Based)

 Goliathus Beetle




Vespula(Hard Surface) Mousepad



Vespula Wasp



Headphones: Moray,Carcharias,Megalodon,Orca
These all are species of sharks

Orca headphone



 Orca Shark 




 Megalodon Headphone



Megalodon Shark
 







Designer Names:Even the Names are designed in accordance with the species. Lycosa's "O" is designed like a spider. Megalodon's "G" indicates a shark's fin. Vespula's "P" has a wing of wasp alongside. Goliathus's "O" is beetle shaped. Naga's "N" is clearly a snake.