Gamepad Tester TeamVerified By Gamepad Tester

Web developers and hardware testers who build the Gamepad Tester tools and check every answer on real PS5, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC controllers.

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Calder WrightVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Front-End Web Architect And Gamepad API Lead

Builds the browser test scripts behind Gamepad Tester and keeps them accurate at high polling rates.

Gamepad APIbrowser polling rateanalog trigger capture

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Elena RostovaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Hardware Diagnostics Engineer

Runs the bench tests that measure deadzone error and stick circularity on competitive controllers.

Outer deadzone errorstick circularitycontroller test benches

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Garrett LindsayVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Hardware Reviewer And Input Performance Specialist

Reviews controllers on measured numbers: deadzones, polling rate and how long the parts actually last.

Controller reviewspolling rate measurementdeadzone benchmarking

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Venom’s Tech (Abhishek)Verified Gamepad Tester team member

Peripheral Reviewer And Tech Journalist

Covers mobile controllers, budget pads and third-party stick drift in close detail.

Mobile controllersbudget and third-party padsstick drift in clone hardware

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Chloe HendersonVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Hall Effect And Thumbstick Analyst

Tests hall effect sticks against standard potentiometers for accuracy, drift and magnetic error.

Hall effect thumbstickspotentiometer wearstick module replacement

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Thiago AlvesVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Hardware Repair Educator

Shows players how to use a test result to find and fix a fault themselves.

Controller teardownsstick module replacementcontact cleaning

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Devon MillerVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Low Latency And Input Timing Engineer

Makes sure a latency reading shows the controller's real delay and not the network's.

Input latency measurementdata path isolationwired versus wireless delay

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Liam DaviesVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Bluetooth And Wireless Test Engineer

Diagnoses packet drops, jitter and dropouts on controllers tested over wireless.

Bluetooth Low Energypacket loss and jitter2.4GHz interference

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Nadia BrooksVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Esports Performance Consultant

Validates tournament controllers for latency and stick consistency before players compete on them.

Competitive controller validationlatency profilingstick consistency

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Oliver SterlingVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Endurance Tester And Controller Reviewer

Puts face buttons and switches through long endurance runs to find what wears out first.

Mechanical switch endurancebutton feel degradationlong-term reliability

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Sneha ReddyVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Hardware QA Lead

Runs the manual test lab that benchmarks budget and mobile controllers against fixed criteria.

Manual hardware QAbenchmark criteriabudget controller testing

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Alistair ThorneVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Embedded Systems And Firmware Programmer

Writes and tests controller firmware, and knows why a pad reports itself the way it does.

Controller firmwaremicrocontroller input parsingHID descriptors

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Simon FletcherVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Browser Compatibility Tester

Checks every test on this site against Chromium and WebKit so results do not depend on your browser.

Browser engine differencesChromium and WebKit testingGamepad API support

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Arjun MehtaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Calibration And Signal Processing Programmer

Turns raw analog values into readings a player can actually act on.

Signal filteringaxis normalisationcalibration maths

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Sarah JenkinsVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Data Analyst, Stick Drift And Wear Patterns

Studies how drift readings change as a stick module wears, across many reported cases.

Drift pattern analysispotentiometer wear modellingtest data interpretation

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Xavier CruzVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Accessibility And Adaptive Controller Specialist

Makes sure adaptive and remapped setups are tested and supported, not treated as edge cases.

Adaptive controllersaccessibility auditingone-handed and remapped layouts

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Matheus LimaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Fighting Game Hardware Analyst

Tests fightsticks and hitboxes for execution-window errors and conflicting inputs.

Arcade fightsticksleverless controllersSOCD and input conflicts

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Camila FerreiraVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Haptics And Rumble Test Engineer

Tests both rumble motors and haptic patterns, and finds which one has actually failed.

Rumble motor testinghaptic feedback patternsadaptive triggers

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Graham Norton-SmithVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Retro And Adapter Hardware Specialist

Gets legacy controllers and USB adapters recognised properly by modern browsers.

USB controller adapterslegacy console padsHID button and axis mapping

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Lucas RochaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Linux And Input Subsystem Engineer

Checks that a controller reads the same on Linux and Steam Deck as it does on Windows.

Linux evdev inputSteam InputSteam Deck controller handling

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Vikram SinghVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Open Source Contributor And Device ID Specialist

Identifies controllers by vendor ID, including the clones that pretend to be something else.

Vendor and product IDscontroller fingerprintingclone hardware detection

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Gabriel SilvaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Low Level Systems Programmer

Reads stick data natively at sub-millisecond intervals to sanity-check what the browser reports.

Native input capturesub-millisecond telemetrydesktop input architecture

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Chris Evans Jr.Verified Gamepad Tester team member

Mobile Browser Compatibility Engineer

Gets the Gamepad API working properly in Android and iOS browsers with clip-on controllers.

Mobile browser inputiOS and Android Gamepad APIclip-on controllers

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Priya PatelVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Mobile And WebView Compatibility Engineer

Checks the tools still work inside app WebViews, not just in a normal mobile browser.

Android WebViewembedded browser behaviourmobile viewport scaling

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Tyler VanceVerified Gamepad Tester team member

QA And Test Automation Lead

Runs automated input runs across desktop environments so a release does not break a test.

Browser test automationregression baselinessimulated input pipelines

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Marcus VanceVerified Gamepad Tester team member

UI And Visual Feedback Designer

Designs the on-screen controller layouts so a fault is obvious at a glance.

Controller mapping interfacesreal-time visual feedbackWebGL and 3D controller models

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Rebecca WrightVerified Gamepad Tester team member

SVG And Interface Artist

Draws the modular vector controller art that lights up as you press each input.

Modular SVG illustrationlayered controller artworkresponsive vector graphics

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Isabela CostaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Front-End Performance Engineer

Keeps the tests light enough to run smoothly on a low-end phone.

Rendering performanceSVG optimisationlow-end device support

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Rohan SharmaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Front-End Developer

Builds the interface so continuous input polling never makes the page feel slow.

React and Next.jsresponsive interfacesnon-blocking input handling

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Amara OkaforVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Back-End Engineer

Handles how test exports and question attachments are stored and served.

Back-end architecturefile storage and deliverydata retention

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Bruno MendesVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Full Stack Engineer

Builds the result-sharing side so a player can hand their test readings to someone who can help.

Full stack developmentreal-time featuresresult export and sharing

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Karan MalhotraVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Infrastructure And Performance Engineer

Keeps the tools fast and available when a lot of people test at once.

Cloud infrastructureglobal availabilitycaching and CDN

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Ananya IyerVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Security Analyst

Makes sure a page that reads your controller cannot do anything else with the connection.

Browser device API securityWebUSB and Gamepad API boundariespermission review

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Fiona GallagherVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Technical Content Strategist

Turns measurements like circularity error into something a player can read once and understand.

Technical writingexplaining measurement conceptsguide structure

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Divya NairVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Technical Writer And Localisation Editor

Writes the step-by-step setup guides and keeps them clear in every language we publish.

Technical documentationstep-by-step procedureslocalisation editing

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Beatriz SantosVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Localisation Lead, Brazilian Portuguese

Makes the Portuguese version of this site read naturally, not like a translated page.

Brazilian Portuguese localisationinterface translationfront-end layout for localised text

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Morgan BaileyVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Community Manager

Brings the faults players report in the community back to the people who can test them.

Community moderationfault report triageforum administration

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Rodrigo SouzaVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Community Outreach Manager

Works with developers and player communities to find faults we have not seen yet.

Community outreachdeveloper relationsregional hardware reports

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Larissa RibeiroVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Data Privacy And Compliance Adviser

Checks that testing your controller here does not quietly collect anything about you.

Data privacy lawGDPR and LGPD complianceconsent and retention review

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Aditya JoshiVerified Gamepad Tester team member

Partnerships And Growth Manager

Handles partnerships, and has no part in what the tests measure or which controllers are recommended.

Partnershipsretail and supplier relationshipsgrowth strategy

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Tool Development

Builds every test with the Gamepad API and keeps it fast, private and working across Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Nothing your controller sends ever leaves your browser.

Hardware Testing

Keeps a shelf of PS5, PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC controllers, reproduces each reported fault on the same model, and records the firmware and connection used.

Repair And Reviews

Takes pads apart, replaces stick modules, measures what actually improves, and writes the buying advice that follows from it.

Content And Review

Writes and reviews every answer, checks each claim against the maker's own documentation, and re-tests answers at least every six months.