For those who grew up playing games in the 1990s, you'll no doubt have memories of seeing real-world objects like keyboards, displays, and other hardware rendered with limited polygons and textures that look blurry up close. So yeah, gaming on a keyboard that looks like it's been plucked from Valve's Half-Life or the original Deus Ex is a pretty fun concept.
The new Higround Basecamp 75+ is a custom gaming keyboard featuring this distinctive design. The keycaps feature blurry text to give them a look reminiscent of old-school PC and console games from the 1990s. Higround's "unconventional design" is a "tribute to PS1-era motion and texture," which means the Blur keycaps are intended to look like textures that are still loading.
Priced at $159.95 USD, the keyboard's unique retro-gaming inspired look is complemented by the company's new responsive HG Blitz switches, which feature a "rail-guided stem" for a smoother and more stable response. It also features five dampening layers, including Polyfoam and Silicone as part of its 'Dampening Plus' design.
The company also promises that it offers "rich thocky acoustics" thanks to the switch, which includes a spring and a 53g actuation force "bottom-out" that delivers a "crisp, satisfying pop."
Hardware-wise, it's impressive, but there's no denying that being able to barely make out keycap lettering will make it harder to use for the non-touch typers out there. The Higround Basecamp 75+ is also a fully customizable 75% form factor keyboard, with hot-swappable switches, macro support, and north-facing RGB lighting.
If the idea of a high-quality gaming keyboard with blurry 1990s textured keycaps sounds like a winner to you, the Higround Basecamp 75+ is now available to order.
