What does 2011 bring to us?

Folks, I have just gotten done with my New Years hangover. Welcome to 2011. A new year, a new gaming experience.

First off, while 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is also the year of the Hedgehog as Sonic celebrates his 20th Anniversary. 20 years of tormenting the most honest man in the free market: Dr Robotnik. Yeah, I'm onto you Sonic, you business destroying....Hedgehog. Look what you did to Robotnik's various trade goods of robots and more robots.

Meanwhile, at CES, it seems the team at Razer has announced a portable Gaming PC of their own. What is unique about this is according to Kotaku

This is the Razer Switchblade, currently an "innovative concept design" for a portable laptop computer with a customizable keyboard and touchscreen interface, a device that promises a "full desktop experience in a netbook sized solution." World of Warcraft on-the-go, anyone?

That's one of the ways that Razer is pitching the Switchblade concept, as well as a device that could play Quake Live, with customized keys for game-specific actions. Razer says they're "replacing the traditional mouse and keyboard interface with an ultra-sensitive multi-touch screen, dynamic tactile keyboard, and an intelligent user interface that adjusts the configuration and key layout on-the-fly based on game content and user requirements."

That means players will now be able to play their favorite PC games on the go all while attracting the attention of others by cursing at the ones who's beating them at Counter Strike. Of course, many PC Purists are gonna be pissed off when they find out they can't open this netbook open and modify the contents.

For more info on the Switchblade, we have a video available from Razer themselves



Works Cited
Kotaku