Emily Parker

Finding the best rocket launch pads for mid power rockets can completely change your launch day experience. After our team spent eight weekends at local clubs flying everything from E-class sport models to H-motor heavyweights, we narrowed down eight pads that actually hold up when the thrust gets serious. If you have ever watched a … Read more

Buying your first VR headset used to mean dropping thousands on a gaming PC and a tethered rig. In , you can unbox a standalone headset, slip it on, and be inside a virtual world in under five minutes. After our team spent six weeks testing eight headsets across gaming, fitness, social VR, and movie … Read more

I’ve spent the last decade helping run regional esports tournaments, and one thing separates a forgettable LAN from a broadcast-quality show: the right stage lighting kits for esports events. When my team set up our first 64-player bracket, we borrowed a couple of cheap DJ pars and the whole stage looked like a basement birthday … Read more

I spent the last 60 days running 8 different AMD Ryzen CPUs through a gauntlet of 12 modern games, three synthetic suites, and enough productivity benchmarks to make my spreadsheet cry. The goal was simple: figure out which Ryzen chip actually deserves your money in if you care about gaming frame rates. I also wanted … Read more

Yes, a SATA SSD is still good for gaming in . The fastest SATA SSDs push the SATA III 6Gbps limit to around 560MB/s read and 530MB/s write, which is roughly five times faster than any mechanical hard drive for game load times. I upgraded my own rig last year with a Samsung 870 EVO … Read more

Picking the best racing wheels for PS5 in got harder than it used to be. Three years ago, you had maybe two real choices. Today, you have belt-driven wheels, hybrid drives, direct drive motors, officially licensed PlayStation hardware, and PC-engineered wheels that awkwardly squeeze onto your console. I have spent the last 90 days testing … Read more

I’ve spent the last three months building and rebuilding RetroPie stations with a stack of cases on my desk, and the difference a good shell makes is real. A solid case keeps your board cool during long N64 sessions, protects the GPIO pins you need for controllers and LEDs, and turns a bare PCB into … Read more

I spent the last three months building, testing, and (honestly) breaking eight different Raspberry Pi handheld gaming cases to figure out which ones are actually worth your money in . My team wired each one up to a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and a Raspberry Pi 5, loaded RetroPie, and played everything from Game Boy Advance … Read more

I have spent the last three months testing 10 Razer gaming keyboards across dozens of Valorant matches, typing sessions, and weekend coding sprints. My goal was simple: figure out which models deserve a spot on the best Razer gaming keyboards list in , and which ones should stay on the shelf. After roughly 280 hours … Read more

I remember the first time I swapped stock fans for proper RGB units in my build. The whole case transformed – cooler temps, quieter operation, and a glow that made my friends actually stop and look. Since then, I’ve tested more than 40 RGB case fans across multiple builds, and I’m sharing what actually works … Read more