Emily Parker

I lost count of the times a car alarm or a neighbor’s dog yanked me out of a clutch ranked match last year. If your gaming room doubles as your streaming setup, outside noise is not just annoying — it ruins recordings and breaks focus. After three months of testing, our team has put together … Read more

Last winter, I watched my friend Adam freeze through a six-hour Diablo IV session in his basement gaming room because his central vent was six feet away and his tower PC was still ramping up. He grabbed a cheap fan heater from a big-box store, and within twenty minutes, it smelled like melting plastic. That … Read more

I spent the last two months building, displaying, and stress-testing every SpaceX Dragon capsule model kit I could get my hands on for this guide. Some arrived looking like museum pieces, others arrived in pieces that never quite fit back together. After assembling diecast replicas, 3D wooden puzzles, plastic brick sets, and etched metal kits … Read more

Walking onto a sporting clays course without the right gear is a fast way to spend the day frustrated, sunburned, and missing targets you should have hit. After dozens of rounds with different setups, our team put together this guide to the best sporting clays accessories for , covering everything from ear protection to barrel … Read more

When I spent $400 on a signed Mariano Rivera jersey last year, I made the rookie mistake of hanging it on a thumbtack against a sunny wall. Six months later, the autograph had faded and the fabric yellowed. That mistake is exactly why I went searching for the best sports memorabilia display cases, and what … Read more

Modern PS5 games regularly swallow 50GB to 100GB each, and the console’s built-in 825GB SSD fills up fast once you subtract system overhead. I spent the last 90 days testing eight NVMe SSDs for PS5 expansion across 40+ hours of gameplay, measuring load times on Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Final Fantasy … Read more

I spent the last three months testing 8 of the most popular standing gaming desks on the market. My team loaded each one with dual 27-inch monitors, a heavy monitor arm, and a full tower PC to see which ones actually hold up when you crank them up to standing height and start fragging. Here’s … Read more

Building your first gaming PC feels exciting, then overwhelming the moment you start shopping for accessories. I remember staring at dozens of keyboards and headsets wondering what I actually needed. That’s exactly why the best starter gaming pc accessory kits for beginners exist: someone curates the essentials, prices them as a bundle, and ships them … Read more

Plug a Steam Deck into a docking station and your handheld becomes a desktop gaming PC in seconds. After 90 days of testing 8 different docks across both the LCD and OLED models, I learned that the best Steam Deck docking stations do far more than output video. They keep the device charged, deliver stable … Read more

Finding the best UPERFECT portable monitors in is trickier than it looks. UPERFECT has flooded the market with options ranging from budget 1080p screens to premium 4K QLED displays, and the spec sheets all start to blur together after a while. I spent three weeks testing eight of their most popular models side by side, … Read more