Tyler Morgan

Our team sat in 12 different budget chairs over 14 months of daily gaming, work sessions, and everything in between. We tracked what held up, what squeaked, what sagged, and what we would buy again with our own money. Here is the honest truth about this price bracket: a chair under $200 will not feel … Read more

I live in a tiny apartment, and the first time I unboxed my Xbox Series S, I had no idea where to put it. My TV stand was already overflowing, my desk was buried in work gear, and the wall behind my setup looked like a cable jungle. Sound familiar? The Xbox Series S is … Read more

When I unboxed my Switch 2 last year, I made the mistake of thinking my old 512GB UHS-I card would carry me through. After watching Mario Kart World stutter during a four-player split screen, I learned the hard way that the Nintendo Switch 2 microSD Express cards standard is non-negotiable. The new handheld uses UFS … Read more

I learned this the hard way on a flight to Tokyo last spring. My Switch 2 slid out of my backpack and clattered against the train station floor, screen-first. The crack across the LCD cost me $180 to repair, and that was before the labor fee. After that disaster, I became obsessed with finding the … Read more

Three weeks into testing Nintendo Switch 2 screen protectors, I had a stack of tempered glass on my desk, a Switch 2 covered in dust prints, and a much clearer picture of what actually matters. The Switch 2 ships with a built-in anti-scatter film, but as forum users on r/switch2 keep pointing out, dock friction … Read more

Nintendo’s official Switch 2 dock does the job, but at $125 it stings, and it is far too bulky to toss in a backpack. After testing eight of the most popular third-party Switch 2 dock options on the market, our team found that you can get the same TV output quality, reliable charging, and better … Read more

I have spent more than 60 hours testing controllers across docked and handheld sessions, and I can tell you the Switch Pro controller alternatives market has exploded in . Joy-Con drift has pushed serious Switch players toward third-party options that often outperform Nintendo’s official Pro pad. Our team compared 15 models over three months and … Read more

I tested six of the most popular Steam Deck docks for 30 days straight, switching between my Steam Deck OLED, an ROG Ally, and a Legion Go to see which one actually holds up to daily gaming. After running each dock through wired networking tests, 4K video output checks, and dozens of hot-plug cycles with … Read more

Anyone who has spent an hour grinding ranked matches knows the feeling. Your phone heats up, the screen dims itself, frame rates stutter, and suddenly you are losing fights you should be winning. That is thermal throttling in action, and it wrecks competitive performance faster than any opponent can. Phone cooling fans for mobile gaming … Read more

I found out the hard way that the gateway my ISP rented me was the reason my gigabit plan never broke 400 Mbps on a wired download. Our team runs game servers and streams from the same office connection, so we stopped guessing and started testing. This guide covers the best modem and router combos … Read more