Emily Parker

I spent three months testing 8 gaming keyboards in my home office to answer one question: can one keyboard actually do both jobs well? My gaming sessions run late into the night, and my workdays run 8 hours of typing, emails, and Slack. I wanted the best gaming keyboards for typing and work without buying … Read more

After our team spent over 200 hours testing 10 of the most popular controllers on the market, one truth became clear: the best gaming controllers in are no longer the ones that ship in your console box. Third-party options from 8BitDo, GameSir, and Razer now rival (and in many cases beat) first-party gamepads on stick … Read more

I spent 60 days with 8 different controllers playing Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Guilty Gear Strive to find the best gaming controllers for PC fighting games. The right pick makes a real difference when quarter-circle inputs and dragon punch motions decide matches. Modern fighting game controllers have moved past the basic gamepad. Hall … Read more

I have been testing couch gaming setups for the better part of a decade, and I still remember the frustration of trying to balance a mechanical keyboard on a stack of pillows while my mouse kept sliding onto the carpet. That is exactly why the best gaming couches lap boards with USB hubs exist, and … Read more

I built my first gaming setup with just a desk, a monitor, and a mouse. After six months of tangled cables, a controller rolling off the edge, and a sore wrist, I learned that the best gaming desk accessories are not luxury add-ons. They are the small upgrades that turn a basic battlestation into a … Read more

I rebuilt my entire battlestation last year, and the single change that transformed how my mouse felt was a proper gaming desk mat. The right surface is the difference between a flick that lands headshots and one that whiffs into the wall. After testing 10 of the most popular options on my desk for weeks, … Read more

I’ll be honest with you, after a decade of gaming on flat desks, I started waking up with a stiff neck every morning. My monitor sat too low, my shoulders rolled forward, and the only “desk organizer” I owned was a graveyard of tangled cables. That’s when I started testing the best gaming desk monitor … Read more

I still remember the first time I unrolled an XXL mouse pad across my entire desk. The mouse glided from one side to the other without ever hitting an edge. My keyboard sat in the same place, never sliding around. The whole setup finally felt like one unified surface, not a patchwork of different materials. … Read more

My gaming setup used to look like a controller graveyard. Cables snaked everywhere, three different headsets fought for desk space, and finding a single game cartridge took me longer than the boss fight itself. After three months of testing eight of the most popular gaming desks with drawers, I can tell you which ones actually … Read more

Two monitors changed the way I game. Once I added a second display for Discord, Twitch chat, and game guides, my single-screen desk started wobbling under the weight and I had cables snaking everywhere. That frustration led me to test 8 of the best gaming desks for dual monitor setups over 60 days, and the … Read more