Jason Miller

When I set up my first game room, I bought whatever bar stool looked cool and learned the hard way that not all seating works for long arcade sessions. After years of testing different stools next to cocktail cabinets, pool tables, and poker setups, I figured out what actually matters. The best game room bar … Read more

My home game room has hosted Friday poker nights for the past six years, and I got tired of pushing two separate tables into the room every time someone wanted to play blackjack. That frustration led me to test eight of the best poker and blackjack combo tables on the market in . I spent … Read more

Finding the best mini pool table shouldn’t feel like a game of chance. I spent the last few weeks testing 8 of the most popular compact billiard sets on Amazon, from 14-inch novelty sets to waist-high 48-inch models that feel close to a real pub table. The verdict? You absolutely can get a fun, durable … Read more

After three months of testing in our shop, running jump shots on coin-op tables through hundreds of racks, I’ve seen which cues actually deliver and which ones just look good on paper. The best jump cues in aren’t always the most expensive ones. They are the ones that get the cue ball over an obstructing … Read more

I have spent more weekends than I can count in game rooms, leaning over foosball tables with friends and arguing about that one goal that “definitely went in.” When our team set out to find the best foosball tables for , we knew we had to look past flashy marketing and focus on what actually … Read more

Choosing the best ping pong tables for your home, office, or backyard comes down to more than price. I have spent the last three months testing 10 top-rated table tennis tables side by side, hitting thousands of balls, measuring bounce consistency, and stress-testing the fold mechanisms, wheels, and frames. I found clear winners for serious … Read more

I’ve spent the last three months testing folding ping pong tables in my garage, basement, and even a friend’s apartment to find the ones that actually deliver on the promise of tournament-quality play without taking over your living room. After 47 hours of rallies, 12 broken shipping boxes, and one very confused cat, our team … Read more

A ping pong table conversion top is the fastest way I know to double the fun in a game room without doubling the furniture. I have spent the last two months testing ten of the most popular conversion tops on the market, bouncing balls off them in my basement, dragging them up and down stairs, … Read more

I bought my first ping pong paddle at a garage sale for two dollars. It was a piece of hard plywood with peeling rubber, and I lost every game I played for an entire summer before I finally understood why the better players at our rec center kept crushing me. That cracked handle taught me … Read more

Spending hours chasing a willing training partner is hard. I know because I’ve been there, scheduling late-night club sessions and paying coaches just to get consistent reps. After my third month of solo practice with a subpar setup, I broke down and bought a proper robot. My game jumped two rating levels in six weeks. … Read more