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Razer takes out the creativity stick and beats this slick keyboard senseless.
I’m the kind of guy who is always pulling for the underdog, the little guy who ends up trashing the snobby jerk at the end of the movie. In the world of gaming gear I’m always pulling for Razer, and there are a lot of reasons why I should. Instead of just copying the guy everybody already knows, they’re taking the road less traveled and building creative and original products that have style as well as serious functionality. So whenever another product rolls off the Razer’s edge, I’m always crossing my fingers. I’m happy to say that it has paid off. Thanks to all my positive thinking, Razer has produced a keyboard that seriously kicks ass and is a permanent fixture to my rig. I’m sure their engineers had something to do with it too, but it was mostly my positive thinking that takes the credit. 
The Tarantula was definitely made with the gamer in mind. First, the most important feature to any piece of true gamer gear: blinky lights. We crave flashy lights on all our crap. If I could install an LED light in the handle of my toilet I would… hell I just might, don’t tempt me. The most obvious illumination on the Tarantula is the Razer logo which pulses as if to say “I might be alive, and I like it when you push my buttons…”
The Tarantula has ten illuminated hot keys that are situated on the far left and right of the traditional keys. Each one is removable and can be replaced with a graphical key that comes with the Tarantula. The keys have symbols such as ammo, a chat bubble, crosshairs, etc., and can be macroed to whatever your crazy little mind could want. This is a really fun idea, because if I want to stab my enemies in the face, it’s nice to have a knife key that resembles my perforating needs.
