| Lazy Game Reviews | |
| Pseudonym: | Lazy Game Reviews |
| Birth Name: | Clint Basinger |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1986 |
| Channel Direct Url: | @LGR |
| Years Active: | 2006–present |
| Genre: | Review |
| Subscribers: | 1.71 million |
| Views: | 556 million |
| Stats Update: | August 7, 2023 |
| Network: | Maker Studios, Retroware (formerly) |
| Associated Acts: | Techmoan, Modern Vintage Gamer, Brutalmoose, The 8-Bit Guy, Technology Connections |
| Silver Button: | yes |
| Silver Year: | 2014 |
| Gold Button: | yes |
| Gold Year: | 2018 |
Clint Basinger (born December 20, 1986),[1] better known as LGR (originally an initialism of Lazy Game Reviews), is an American YouTuber who focuses on video game reviews, retrocomputing, and unboxing videos. His YouTube channel of the same name has been compared to Techmoan and The 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 through Patreon.[6]
His video series include LGR Thrifts, Tech Tales, and Oddware.[7] In LGR Thrifts, Basinger visits thrift stores around his area (mainly Goodwill stores), where he purchases used games, computers or any other product that has his interest.
In July 2016, on the 7th year anniversary of the channel, Basinger built an I486 based computer he named the "Woodgrain 486", mainly to run early to mid 90s DOS games on it for review purposes. The computer had many modifications over the years.
In July 2018, Basinger rebuilt his Windows 98 computer with different parts, which he named it the "Lazy Green Giant" since he repainted its case to green. However in January 2020, he decided to replace the original case with a Lian Li case, among other upgrades and modifications, he named it the "Megaluminum Monster".
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,[8] however in August 2022, a review of new DLC for The Sims 4 was released.[9]
Basinger had also made LGR Foods, a channel dedicated to him making various types of sandwiches, hamburgers and noodles.[10]