I still remember the first time I bolted a force feedback wheel to my desk. The steering went from a toy to a steering column that pushed back, and I have been hooked on sim racing ever since. Finding the best racing wheels for sim racing in is harder than it looks. The market has … Read more
I pulled my first bent nail out of the dirt with a borrowed metal detector on a Saturday morning in 2019, and I’ve been hooked on this hobby ever since. Since then our team has personally tested 27 beginner detectors across parks, beaches, and backyards, and we’ve narrowed it down to the 10 models that … Read more
I have spent the last three months swinging coils across the granite outcrops of northern California, the volcanic ash beds of Nevada, and the iron-rich red dirt of Arizona. Our team tested 10 of the most talked-about detectors side by side in the same stretches of mineralized ground so we could see which ones actually … Read more
Three winters ago I lost a half-dozen tomato starts to a surprise frost the regional forecast missed by eight degrees. That single failure pushed our team to spend 90 days testing eight of the most popular WiFi weather stations on the market, running them side by side on the same rooftop pole so we could … Read more
Buying your first gaming PC feels overwhelming. The forums are full of jargon about GPUs and PCIe lanes, and everyone has an opinion about whether you should build your own rig or grab a prebuilt. I spent the last three months comparing eight prebuilt gaming PCs across three budget tiers to find the best gaming … Read more
There is nothing quite like the glow of an arcade marquee lighting up a game room at night. Our team spent weeks comparing the best arcade machines for game rooms, testing cabinets ranging from compact countertop units to full-size cocktail tables with 400-plus game libraries. We focused on what actually matters after the novelty wears … Read more
I spent 200+ hours testing eight flight sticks across Microsoft Flight Simulator, DCS World, Elite Dangerous, and X-Plane to find the best flight sticks for flight simulators in . The right joystick turns a casual session into a proper aviation experience, giving you precise pitch, roll, yaw, and throttle control that gamepads simply cannot match. … Read more
I’ll never forget the first time I rolled a silver ball around a Stern Stranger Things playfield in my buddy’s basement. The lights flickered, the projector threw Demogorgon shadows across the glass, and I realized: a great pinball machine turns a regular game room into the place where everyone wants to hang out. Our team … Read more
Finding the best gaming desktops for streaming in means balancing CPU horsepower, GPU encoding power, and enough RAM to run games and OBS without dropping frames. I have spent the last three months testing ten prebuilt gaming PCs across Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok streams, recording frame rates with OBS Studio running in the background. Streaming … Read more
Last October, I sat in seat 24A on a 14-hour flight to Tokyo with nothing but a dead phone and a paperback I had already finished. That is the moment I started taking handheld gaming consoles seriously for travel. Since then, our team has tested 27 portable gaming devices across planes, trains, hotels, and road … Read more