Gaming Gadgets

You bought a PS5. You love the DualSense controller — the haptic feedback, the adaptive triggers, the way the touchpad doubles as a trackpad. Then you sit down at your PC and realize your $70 controller is sitting unused while you game with a cheap Xbox pad that doesn't feel half as good. Here's the …

Your hand wraps around the mouse and your ring finger dangles off the right edge. Your pinky scrapes the mousepad with every flick. The side buttons sit so far forward that you have to shift your entire grip to reach them, and by the time your thumb finds the button, the moment in-game has already …

You press the W key to dodge a grenade. Your character doesn't move. You press it again — harder this time, as if mashing the plastic will make the signal travel faster. Your character finally registers the input, but the grenade has already killed you. Was it your reaction time? Your internet connection? Or the …

You're in a ranked match. Your teammate asks for an enemy callout. You press the push-to-talk key and say "two enemies, B site, behind the box." What your teammate hears is a muffled, crackling mess that sounds like you're speaking through a tin can wrapped in a towel. They don't hear the callout. You lose …

You just spent $1,200 on a gaming PC with a GPU that can push 200 frames per second. Then you plugged in a $15 membrane keyboard from 2019, a mouse with a dying sensor, and a headset that makes your ears sweat after 30 minutes. Your rig is a sports car. Your peripherals are bicycle …