LGR / Lazy Game Reviews Appreciation Thread - Greetings and welcome to another Kiwi Farms thread.

[Judge Dredd]

LGR foods was a pretty awesome channel, and it got me to try to go outside the box, regarding sandwiches. They're good videos to watch while you eat, too.

I used to watch Thrifts videos while eating, right up until that episode where he found what appears to be a pile of pubic hair on a shelf.

Which is surprising too given that he definitely rubs me off as a left-winger and I think he has given left-wing takes on twitter, but surprisingly he's managed to stay quiet about it in his videos. I did see that Not just bikes faggot in a comment section for a review of some robot toy that he made a few months back but I haven't seen him since, and that was just a comment.

I disagree. He doesn't care, or if he is political he's centrist or center right. Right wingers and left wingers have to shout their opinions from the rooftops and browbeat you 24/7. Another point of comparison is 8 bit guy. He keeps politics out of his videos and does retro computer stuff, but was once spotted in the wild posing with a AR15 and lefties got mad over it.

Cozy channel, wish he'd upload more tbh.
Any other similar channels that don't suck? Shocking how adjacent to troonery these sort of channels are

I have a strange suggestion. ZakuAurelius does Gunpla reviews. He's rarely critical, but is generally pretty chill. He fills the "something cozy to watch while eating" niche pretty well.

For retro game review though. Snes Drunk is always a favourite.

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

I disagree. He doesn't care, or if he is political he's centrist or center right. Right wingers and left wingers have to shout their opinions from the rooftops and browbeat you 24/7. Another point of comparison is 8 bit guy. He keeps politics out of his videos and does retro computer stuff, but was once spotted in the wild posing with a AR15 and lefties got mad over it.

Yeah I don't know what I am saying. Sometimes I type out what i'm thinking sometimes.

 

[SNEED.EXE]

Any other similar channels that don't suck?

Alexey Morozov's channel is good if you're interested in old Soviet electronics.
This video is the first part in a series where he builds a Micro-80, the USSR's first homebuilt computer.

(YouTube can automatically translate the subtitles into English)

 

[2LtMashengo]

Any other similar channels that don't suck? Shocking how adjacent to troonery these sort of channels are

Janus Cycle is pretty comfy. Most of his videos are about 90s - mid 2000s phones and laptops/handhelds, though he's got other interesting stuff.

 

[Day of the Cope]

Been watching LGR for over a decade.
Still remember the first video I watched.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

man partially inspired me to pursue the current career path I am on today. forever grateful to him for that alone.

 

[Judge Dredd]

What career?

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

What career?

I.T. His genuine passion for retro tech and explaining how it worked struck a chord with me as a budding techie myself.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

LGR was the sole reason why I love computer hardware in general and the development stories behind how software or hardware came to be.

My favorite video of his is the one where he builds the Woodgrain 486 machine. I also really liked the Macintosh Voodoo GPU video. LGR, 8-bit Guy and others are the reason why I love retro machines. Modern machines don’t have that story, it feels boring compared to the computing stories of the yesterday years.

 

[Joe Swanson]

He's another good OG YouTuber, a dying breed if I'll be honest. He's been smart all of these years to never mention anything political.

During the summer of love he made some tweets sperging about racists

 

[Megaton Punch]

During the summer of love he made some tweets sperging about racists

I stopped watching him after that. Hearing him support terrorism just completely shattered the Wholesome Southerner Nerd persona for me and I couldn't glue it back together.

I'm exceptionally sensitive to that sort of thing though. Maybe not sperg-level where I have to write a manifesto on /b/ about how LGR is a woke soy golem who cuckmaxxed youtube by being a race traitor beta, but certainly more than most. I stopped watching Doug Walker after the Channel Awesome drama too, not because of the allegations themselves but because learning that everyone hated each other just took away the fun.

I'm a very strong proponent of entertainers shutting the fuck up and keeping the magic alive for as long as possible.

 

[888Flux]

Any other similar channels that don't suck?

If you ever wanted to know everything there is to know about Soviet computers (and also Chornoybl) there is this channel

 

[Commissar Fuklaw]

James Channel is also pretty comfy. He's DankPods' best mate, but he mainly deals with consoles (and makes some pretty wild mods).

His angle grinding antics was a breath of fresh air to the stuffy 'perfect' modding videos.

 

[Inebriated Ark Monk]

For Millenials LGR is kind of a callback to a different era. He has really wholesome content, he's knowledgeable about what he's speaking about, has fun anecdotes from his own past, and has a great voice. There are still a few guys that have the combination of passion and talent. It seems like such a rarity now, everyone is just this soulless grifter.

 

[888Flux]

It seems like such a rarity now, everyone is just this soulless grifter.

It's """Influencers""". Everything is the most soulless lowest common denominator slop designed to cater to the YouTube algorithm to retain watch time rather than actual things people enjoy.

The vast majority of content on the nu-Internet is designed for monetization. It isn't done out of passion, or interests, or as a hobby anymore. It's simply done for money. I can't stand 90% of content anymore, it's enough to drive me insane. I don't know who the fuck these people are watching it either. Many such cases.

 

[Judge Dredd]

There are still a few guys that have the combination of passion and talent. It seems like such a rarity now, everyone is just this soulless grifter.

A bit off topic, but I never got the hate for 8 bit guy. Kind of the same reason. He seems passionate about the subject, so much so that he's trying to make his own modern c64 clone with off-the-shelf modern parts. Yet he gets shit on outside his channel. There's the gun tweet I mentioned. There's the claim that his videos are "show-and-tell", whatever that means. There's complaints about his restoration jobs, but I'm not sure what people want.

 

[888Flux]

. Yet he gets shit on outside his channel. There's the gun tweet I mentioned. There's the claim that his videos are "show-and-tell", whatever that means. There's complaints about his restoration jobs, but I'm not sure what people want.

hes coming

no one will escape the plastic tub

 

[guiltyspark85]

During the summer of love he made some tweets sperging about racists

I stopped watching him after that. Hearing him support terrorism just completely shattered the Wholesome Southerner Nerd persona for me and I couldn't glue it back together.

I'm exceptionally sensitive to that sort of thing though. Maybe not sperg-level where I have to write a manifesto on /b/ about how LGR is a woke soy golem who cuckmaxxed youtube by being a race traitor beta, but certainly more than most. I stopped watching Doug Walker after the Channel Awesome drama too, not because of the allegations themselves but because learning that everyone hated each other just took away the fun.

I'm a very strong proponent of entertainers shutting the fuck up and keeping the magic alive for as long as possible.

I looked through his tweets from 2020, and all I could find this is thread.

(Archive)

I'd rate on the low-end of the sperging out scale. And unless there's some deleted tweets, or others I missed, he seemed to go straight back to prolifically tweeting about retro computing. All in all, given the high-quality content he puts out, a very occasional lapse in judgement is forgivable.

 

[BradeRunna]

I have been watching LGR and LGR blerbs for years.

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

Alexey Morozov's channel is good if you're interested in old Soviet electronics.

DiodeGoneWild is from Czechia and does lots of videos on old Soviet electronics as well as teardowns of dubious USB chargers, weird DIY projects and fucking with shit he found on the side of the road. Super cool guy and extremely knowledgeable.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCQak2_fXZ_9yXI5vB_Kd54g

Also kinda based