Online Gaming using a WACOM Tablet

Gerry Alanguilan (in-game name: Komikero) and I use a WACOM tablet to play Drakensang-Online.

Just to make it perfectly clear, we didn’t buy our WACOM tablets just to play the game. We’re actually artists and we have WACOMs for work.

Using a tablet actually provides some advantages:

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  1. It leaves your hand at a more natural angle thus preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Gerry himself had a brush with it some time back)
  2. It’s sturdier compared to your garden variety optical mouse (unless you get one of those designed specifically for gaming) where the left and right buttons give out after clicking your enemies brains out
  3. Moving the cursor around is much easier (it is, at least, for me)

It’s not all on the upside however.

My fingers cramp and hurt somewhat after a prolonged game session from gripping the pen (it’s one of those occasions that I wish that the pen was actually a little thicker).

What’s your mouse like?

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