Lazy Game Reviews

LGR (originally an initialism of Lazy Game Reviews) is an American YouTube channel and web series created by Clint Basinger (born December 20, 1986)[2] which focuses on video game reviews, retrocomputing, and unboxing videos. His YouTube channel has been compared to that of Techmoan.[3][4][5] Basinger is known for restoring a Hot Wheels PC[6] and reviewing expensive vintage computers.[7] The channel is funded through YouTube advertising, and through Patreon.[8]

For other uses, see LGR (disambiguation).
Lazy Game Reviews
Basinger at the 2021 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest
Personal information
BornClint Basinger
(1986-12-20) December 20, 1986
North Carolina, U.S.
Websitewww.lazygamereviews.com
YouTube information
Also known asLazy Game Reviews
Channel
Years active2006–present
GenreReview
Subscribers1.63 million[1]
Total views510 million[1]
NetworkMaker Studios, Retroware (formerly)
Associated actsTechmoan, Modern Vintage Gamer, Brutalmoose
100,000 subscribers 2014
1,000,000 subscribers 2018
Last updated: January 13, 2023

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His video series include LGR Thrifts, Tech Tales, and Oddware.[9]

For many years, one of the most popular and prominent series on LGR was reviews of games and downloadable content (DLC) from The Sims franchise, beginning with a "Quick Review" of The Sims 3 in 2009. In total, the LGR channel features over a hundred videos on the franchise, mostly involving reviews, but also "LGR Plays" let's-play videos. In 2021, reviews of new DLC for The Sims 4 was halted on the channel,[10] however in August 2022, a review of new DLC for The Sims 4 was released.[11]

References
  1. "About YouTube channel". YouTube.
  2. "LGR". Twitter. 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  3. Hutchinson, Lee (2020-09-22). "LGR's Clint Basinger plumbs the depths of retro computing—and his YouTube comments". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Key, Kim (2021-01-08). "The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  5. Carter, Chris (2021-02-26). "Get in on the new craze for digital art". MoneyWeek. Retrieved 2021-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Robertson, Adi (2016-03-10). "The Hot Wheels PC was bad, but watching a restored model run in 2016 is great". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  7. Cole, Samantha (2017-07-14). "This Ridiculous Laptop Cost $20,000 in the 90s". Vice. Retrieved 2021-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "YouTube's Content Crackdown an Opportunity for Payments Startup". PaymentsSource. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  9. McCann, Graham (2016-06-10). "Exclusive Interview with Clint Basinger of LGR". FilmGamesEtc. Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  10. LGR - The Sims 4 Cottage Living Review, retrieved 2022-07-11
  11. LGR - The Sims 4 High School Years Review, retrieved 2022-08-05
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