Lazy Game Reviews | |
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.jpg) Basinger in 2025 | |
| Born | Clint Basinger (1986-12-20)December 20, 1986 (age 39) |
| Other names | Lazy Game Reviews |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Genre | Review |
| Subscribers | 1.78 million |
| Views | 587 million |
| Last updated: April 19, 2025 | |
| Website | www |
Clint Basinger (born December 20, 1986),[1] better known asLGR (originally an initialism ofLazy Game Reviews), is an AmericanYouTuber who focuses onvideo game reviews,retrocomputing, andunboxing videos. His YouTube channel of the same name has been compared toTechmoan andThe 8-Bit Guy.[2][3][4] Basinger is known for building, restoring and reviewing many vintage computers and reviewing mainly PC games.[5] The channel is funded through YouTube advertising, and throughPatreon.[6]
Basinger has stated that inspiration for starting LGR was at least partly inspired by the PBS television showComputer Chronicles.[7]
His video series include LGR Thrifts, Tech Tales, and Oddware.[8] In LGR Thrifts, Basinger visits thrift stores around his area (mainlyGoodwill stores), where he purchases used games, computers or any other product that has his interest.
In July 2016, on the seven-year anniversary of the channel, Basinger built ani486-based computer he named the "Woodgrain 486", mainly to run early to mid 90sDOS games on it for review purposes. The computer had many modifications over the years.[9]
In July 2018, Basinger rebuilt hisWindows 98 computer with different parts, which he named it the "Lazy Green Giant" since he repainted its case to green.[10] However in January 2020, he decided to replace the original case with aLian Li case, among other upgrades and modifications, he named it the "Megaluminum Monster".[11][12]
For many years, one of the most popular and prominent series on LGR was reviews of games and downloadable content (DLC) fromThe Sims franchise, beginning with a "Quick Review" ofThe 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 forThe Sims 4 DLC were no longer planned, except for major expansions.[13]
Basinger had also made LGR Foods, a channel dedicated to him making various types of sandwiches, hamburgers and noodles,[14] and LGR Birds, a wildlife livestream.[15]
LGR's content creation was postponed in September 2024 after Basinger's North Carolina home was "incredibly damaged" as a result ofHurricane Helene.[16] A further update posted in October 2024 indicated that while Hurricane Helene had damaged some of the vintage and retro computing collection used for the channel's content, an estimated "95%" had been recovered and stored in good condition.[17]