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
Born
Clint Basinger

(1986-12-20) December 20, 1986
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, The 8-Bit Guy
100,000 subscribers2014
1,000,000 subscribers2018
Last updated: January 13, 2023

Output

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]

Basinger had also made LGR Foods, a channel dedicated to him making various types of sandwiches, hamburgers and noodles.[12]

References
  1. "About @LGR". YouTube.
  2. Basinger, Clint [@lazygamereviews] (December 20, 2021). "I am now 35" (Tweet). Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. Hutchinson, Lee (September 22, 2020). "LGR's Clint Basinger plumbs the depths of retro computing—and his YouTube comments". Ars Technica. Retrieved April 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Key, Kim (January 8, 2021). "The Impractical but Indisputable Rise of Retrocomputing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  5. Carter, Chris (February 26, 2021). "Get in on the new craze for digital art". MoneyWeek. Retrieved April 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Robertson, Adi (March 10, 2016). "The Hot Wheels PC was bad, but watching a restored model run in 2016 is great". The Verge. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  7. Cole, Samantha (July 14, 2017). "This Ridiculous Laptop Cost $20,000 in the 90s". Vice. Retrieved April 18, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "YouTube's Content Crackdown an Opportunity for Payments Startup". PaymentsSource. January 27, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. McCann, Graham (June 10, 2016). "Exclusive Interview with Clint Basinger of LGR". FilmGamesEtc. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  10. LGR (July 31, 2021). The Sims 4 Cottage Living Review. YouTube. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  11. LGR (August 6, 2022). The Sims 4 High School Years Review. YouTube. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  12. "LGR Foods - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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