The Clinterview - A Chat With LGR

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Clint - AKA LGR or Lazy Game Reviews - started his retro computing and gaming KZbin channel way back in 2006. As others have come and gone, LGR's cozy, thoughtful, educational and - most of all - high production quality videos have stood the test of time. As a result, his channel has steadily grown to over 1.5M subscribers - not including his side channels LGR Foods and LGR Blerbs!
So let's chat all about old tech, KZbin, and everything else that takes our fancy.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Our Questionable Geography Knowledge
02:38 Clint Of The Caribbean
03:55 The MrBeast Next Door
07:34 15 Years Of LGR
08:15 My Biggest Fan
12:37 The Videos Clint Wishes He Could Delete
14:21 The “Joy” Of Rural “Broadband”
18:07 Solar Power & Taking Those Videos Down
20:54 Full Time KZbin & Why LGR Doesn’t Do Sponsors
27:22 Growing Up In The 90s PC Golden Era & Our School Computers
35:27 Our Current & Future Video Projects
39:32 On “Helpful” Comments
40:18 Hacking Early 2000s Gadgets - Flip Video & Kitchen Computer
41:36 Secret Retro Illuminati Discord Exposed?
44:16 Hacking Early 2000s Gadgets 2 - The Chumby & The Ouya
49:19 IBM 5162 XT-286 vs. Emulation Boxes
51:53 We Both Love Action Retro (Maybe A Bit Too Much)
53:49 Starting A KZbin Channel In 2023
56:49 KZbin Work Ethic & Streamlining The Production Process
01:00:46 Clint’s Hyper-Productive Confession
01:02:59 Is An “LGR Foods” Comeback On The Cards?
01:05:27 Clint’s Secret Streaming Experiments, LOOM & Stormtrooper Poop
01:10:00 Do We Even Have Time For Gaming?
01:12:55 Our Love For The OG Xbox (But Not So Much For Vista)
01:14:11 On “Retro” / “Vintage” Gatekeeping
01:15:36 A Pair Of Old Men Rant About Modern Gaming (Get Off Our Lawn)
01:19:04 Commander Keen’s Nvidia Shield Gripes
01:21:47 Steam Deck 2 (See, We Can Do Modern Stuff)
01:25:22 Angry Video Game Nerd
01:26:49 Did I Really Rip Off An Old LGR Video?
01:30:30 Our Favourite Pentium-Era Games
01:33:15 How Do You Even End Something Like This!?

[@LGR]

Thanks again for the pleasant conversation, Rees! Your work has been a pleasure to see show up in my feed anytime something fresh comes along, so it was nice to finally sit down for a bit and spill some KZbinr beans.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Mmm, delicious KZbinr beans... Right back at ya! I had a lot of fun and thanks for coming on, it was a real pleasure. 😁

[@magpie4043]

You won't be in a rush to return to Blackpool ;) I remember you used to be on underground gamer. I miss that place. Damn FIFA 98'

[@nebo1186]

do a thrift bro its about time

[@Nick_Leo777]

I'll watch this delightful video only for Hermit the🐸Frog. And i must say you have a beautiful Muumuu🥻dress Clint🫡

[@amgofficial7791]

👍🏾 here to support lgr channel... shoutout rees... this interview was a gud look...

[@ctrlaltrees]

Big thanks to Clint for very kindly agreeing to this little chat! I hope you all enjoyed it. I'm aware of a few little audio / video sync issues in places, unfortunately that's an issue with the raw video from my podcasting platform. Hopefully it's not too much of a distraction. 🙂

[@maedero05]

Great effort, insight into computing share and experience. Computer hobyisme, play games, tinker on systems, you want to do everything nice yet time consciderations with social life it fastly hits the limit of uselessness as time compaired to enjoyment wich for any thing like movie, tv, or books reading what time do I spend compaired to inmaterial lifes enjoyment or what´s usfull or not !

[@LawnieLovesTrek]

It was very kind of you to use your growing channel to showcase up-and-comers like Clint. He has a really nice personality and I think he could do really well for himself at this whole KZbin thing.

[@ctrlaltrees]

He's made some good videos so far, I hope he goes far!

[@LawnieLovesTrek]

@@ctrlaltrees I particularly enjoyed the conversation you both had about the difficulties of finding new and interesting things to play in the modern gaming sphere, coming from the nineties and having seen almost everything before as it was first appearing. It's an issue that a lot of people our age are facing these days. Thank goodness for source ports and remasters!

[@bluewombat]

Calling Clint and up and comer seems odd Co sidering his channel is over a million subscribers...

[@Syllacrostics]

Good things coming for this lad!

[@Featherogue]

That's the joke, lol

[@dr.benway1892]

LGR is one of the few retro youtubers I somehow attach to. He covers things I witnessed in the nineties like weird DOS-games and things like that. Not many retro tubers does things like that. Great interview!

[@CRG]

A great friendly chat between two obviously passionate retro tech youtubers. Its only a shame it wasn't longer, could listen to both of you talk all day.

[@ctrlaltrees]

We had such a huge list of topics that we didn't even touch on. Maybe we'll do a follow up in the not so distant future. 😁

[@marcsm2008]

Clint looks like a great guy. I don't know him in person, but he looks like a fun guy to hang out with.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Can confirm that he's genuinely as lovely as he seems.

[@005AGIMA]

I'm loving this! Clint is such a nice guy (as you both are). Love how he's interviewing you as much as you are him. It's a fantastic conversation! So good! :)

[@RetroSegaDev]

Oh god don't let Clint's first experience of the UK be Blackpool! lol

[@ctrlaltrees]

If he visits the Cave it will be like going from one extreme to the other. Cotswolds to Blackpool... 😅

[@manneroo]

He will have his 'kiss me quick' hat in no time

[@professorpenne9962]

would that be like the first time someone visiting the usa and they go to LA?

[@lipglass]

⁠@@professorpenne9962 If there’s a side of LA with widespread day drinking and bingo halls then sure

[@borjesvensson8661]

Sounds like the ferrys between Sweden and finland

[@josephlunderville3195]

I actually really like it when multiple people do videos on the same thing -- a coordination or collaboration is pretty cool, but even uncoordinated releases on the same topic are nkce. Like Clint says, it's nice to see different perspectives! And one person never really covers a topic exhaustively.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Exactly this!

[@vwestlife]

It was actually the CVS "disposable" video camera that people hacked and were able to reuse on their own rather than send it back to the store to have them transfer the videos off of it. The Flip cameras came out about a year later and were reusable from the start.

[@louis_makes]

If you guys did a podcast I would subscribe. It was a pleasure to listen in. Great energy and nice to see both of your perspectives mesh. Good call on leaving it unedited, too

[@phlphl]

So, I am watching this on my 48th birthday and I almost spilt my drink when you two started talking about how old you feel... :D Anyway, thanks to both of you for doing this and greets from Central Europe!

[@Scufflegrit]

You sat down to chat with Clint and everything transpired like two normal guys having a lovely, genuine interaction about whatever? Subscribed.

[@GregoryLindsey1979]

I honestly like when multiple KZbinrs cover the same topic, because you end up with multiple perspectives on it. To me that’s fascinating.

[@rymixxx]

Two lovely humans having chat about my favorite things. What's not to love? There is something about the retro scene that attrcts warm and generous people. An absolute pleasure!

[@Kurlach]

Good lord I remember RM’s.. I’m a little bit older than you both and worked in a university during the 90’s as a PC technician, setting up and deploying desktops. I must’ve setup hundreds of RM’s. Hated them at the time! Funny to think what some go for now. Great chat guys, highly entertaining.

[@ZeroWalker26]

Man Clint is 1 year younger than me I never knew. Man this was such an interesting interview with one of my favorite youtubers.

[@a1white]

Nice Techmoan mug Clint has 🙂. Great chat between the 2 of you

[@katzap4494]

Love that computer hardware related asmr was mentioned. I’ve used LGR’s videos to help me sleep

[@borjesvensson8661]

The best thing about lgr is when Clint just does random things without caring about it "fits" the chanell. Don't stop doibg that

[@cromulence]

Great interview - fascinating insights, great questions, and commentary from the both of you!

[@T3hBeowulf]

I love how you and Clint just casually described my childhood tech journey in one fell swoop. Perfection and thoroughly enjoyable to listen to, thank you. I basically got back into the retroPC hobby because of channels like yours, LGR, PhilsComputerLab and many others. This kind of content is more valuable to me than anything on TV. Thank you for this!

[@RetroGamingNook]

Great chat! Early 50s here. Welcome to the “Old Man” club. You guys are absolutely spot on about gaming, not much new in 20 years. Same old thing in a fancy new wrap. Just remember it’s new to kids and that’s where the money pours in from. We have just about seen it all already. There will be something absolutely unique snd amazing in gaming again someday… and I hope I’m still young enough to care.

[@Wolfenhex]

The problem isn't that there is nothing new, the problem is that it gets completely ignored. I've been a part of the industry and have tried doing some interesting stuff as well as other people I've met, but almost no one cares (and those that do can't really help). If you can't pitch a game in a sentence such as "it's like X, but with Y" it is ignored, and games that can do that really aren't doing anything radically new or different. The majority of game journalism and judging for award events is also just as shallow, this is why there's such a focus on games as art and not about creative and unique mechanics. It's really sad to watch an industry I loved as a child and worked hard to be a part of, just become a zombie because it's easier on everyone in the industry as a whole if things are kept stale.

[@RetroGamingNook]

@@Wolfenhex I would love to hear of a few modern games that you, or anyone, think are deserving of being played but have been ignored by the industry cause they are not the same old cash cows.

[@Wolfenhex]

​@@RetroGamingNook That's going to be difficult to do because most games I'm aware of and have seen/played in person have gone off to never be finished because of lack of support, so there's no place to access them. I also know some don't want me to share their ideas because they wanted to be the first to market with them. I can share my experience with the game that really opened my eyes though, but unfortunately I can't link to it in comments (which is fine, don't want to turn this into a plug). It was a "simple 2D game" that was focused a lot on mechanics and tried to do some things not seen in other game. It was a "2d puzzle-platformer-shooter" that fully mixed in all three of those genres and in ideas like color theory (red touches blue and makes magenta, shoot magenta with green to defeat them). We actually did find an audience and would have people at our booth during trade shows, but it is too hard to target them online and word of mouth just isn't enough. Because color was a big part of the game, we reverse engineered a new product at the time called an RGB keyboard and controlled the colors of each key to add layers of extra immersion. We were the first game to have individual key color control on an RGB keyboard (as well as mouse). Because of this, we did get some support form hardware manufacturers (Corsair, EVGA, Logitech, Razor), but turns out people don't look at hardware companies press to learn about games. We even tried rolling our an SDK for other devs and a couple used it, but most of the time we'd get a "you f-ers are making this harder for the rest of us" kind of response. Being overlooked by press already because the game was too different (words from several press outlets, no one wants to figure out or explain something different when they need quick turnaround), we tried to see if the hardware integration could at least get some press -- nope, similar problem. Also no one thought anyone would buy an RGB keyboard. For the record, small press gave plenty of attention and praise, but no one looks at small press outlets and they often go under so fast it's difficult to even use their articles for quotes to help market a product. This is just a personal example of mine, but I've seen this happen to better examples and I'm sure it still goes on (haven't gone to any industry events in a few years to keep up with what's going on).

[@RetroGamingNook]

@@Wolfenhex Ahhh, I get the drift now. All that sounds cool... It sure is a shame. Thanks!

[@Dr.Quarex]

I was thrilled about the Steam Deck and pre-ordered one within 10 minutes of the page going up (and only that slowly because the page refused to process the first couple of times). By the time I got it I no longer had a job that involved commuting, and I literally used it a total of 45 minutes playing through Aperture Desk Job and doing some updates and then put it in a drawer for a year until selling it to a friend. Not sure why someone who hates mobile gaming, has a desktop gaming rig, and no longer had a commute would ever have a use for a Steam Deck. But I am certainly glad it exists for all those people who have a good use case for it!

[@RoseTintedSpectrum]

Finally got around to this. Good to see Clint finally interview the lovely Rees about England's rose: Blackpool.

[@DaveVelociraptor]

And I thought you were England's rose you absolute slag

[@cjh0751]

LGR thrifts ! I miss them.

[@ActionRetro]

aw you guys!

[@ActionRetro]

watching this from my day job lol

[@ctrlaltrees]

😘

[@BillyBlazeTheKeenest]

Nice work on this Rees! I'm loving what I'm watching on this so far, and like seeing the more personal side of LGR.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Indeed, people always ask about his first PC, how he started his channel etc. It's all good to hear but we went into this as an unscripted rambling chat and I'm really pleased how it came out. 🙂

[@ArJorge1987]

My role models in one video. I hope when I grow up I can be like you guys (but for the hispanic retro community). lol In fact I'm working on a video trying to do your Famicom Composite Video Mod. So, not only thanks for this amazing interview, also thanks for all of what you bring to the retro community, I really appreciate it.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Aww, that's really kind of you to say. Looking forward to seeing the video - feel free to get in touch via email or socials if you have any issues / once it's done!

[@a500]

Opps, I seem to have watched this a second time. Must be a testament to how good it is. ❤

[@djdidge]

fun to listen in to fellow tech chaps, as i clean the kitchen 🙂

[@Leahi84]

I really enjoyed this. I hadn't seen your channel before, but this video was recommended to me by KZbin, and I'm so glad that it was. Just subscribed and am really enjoying your videos. We're the same age, as I was also born in 1984, and my first PC was also in 94, so it was really cool to hear that. Really enjoying the Rise of the Triad remaster as well, as back then I was only able to play the shareware version.

[@swelch2661]

you guys were great conversation together, this was really nice and interesting to watch

[@BarnokRetro]

That was a cool stream of retro/youtube/cooking/ strange odd tech goodness. It was like sitting with a couple guys and chilling over good conversation.

[@theglowcloud2215]

Sitting in a basement with hundreds of antique computers on muscle racks, what a time to be alive

[@Wormetti]

That was such a fun and easy watch. I liked how you both interviewed each other.

[@AtariLegend]

Amazing. Congrats Rees. Great interview. Cool to hear more of the bg of both.

[@datassetteuser356]

Good stuff! And yes, Action Retro is a really nice channel as well. Was good to see and hear you two talk so casually, very entertaining. Looking forward to what may come next 👌

[@arcadeages3917]

Clint used to live in the Caribbean? Say what?!

[@ctrlaltrees]

I know right?

[@leafbelly]

Great video! Clint talks about making a conscious decision at one point to stop being negative in his videos, and that's the No. 1 reason I love LGR. As much as I enjoy some videos from more modern tech KZbinrs like Linus, Gamers Nexus, etc., the one thing they all have in common is that they LOVE to complain about everything, especially the usual suspects Intel, Apple and Nvidia. And it's getting so old. They all do it -- not just the aforementioned channels -- and it's obvious they're doing it for clicks because of this collective conscious (hive mind/zeitgeist) blind love and infatuation for AMD. But Clint has never seemed to be one to just chase clicks, and I love him for it. He seems to be passionate about his hobby, and even though he has now made a career out of it, he's not greedy with live sponsorships. I pay for YT Premium to avoid ads, so there's nothing more annoying than clicking on a 10-minute video only to have to sit through 3 minutes of ads. So, if you're reading this, Clint: Please don't change! Though I'd still watch even if you did live sponsorships, we love you for who you are, and your uniqueness is part of your greatness. Cheers!

[@IntoTheVerticalBlank]

Great interview! You guys are both top class.

[@skbauguess]

I Live in Ashville NC, I end up feeling guilty if I buy anything cool at a thrift store... I feel like I'm personally taking it from LGR. LOL

[@BottIsNotABot]

Great video, thanks to you both!

[@BatteryPoweredBricks]

While I was a bit disappointed it wasnt a full hour of talking about The Sims and solar panels it was entertaining nontheless!

[@dustinoneal3601]

Interesting that Clint was homeschooled - i was homeschooled as well and have always related to the “better off doing work solo” approach of LGR. Must be something to do with the childhood isolation and repression, amirite??

[@rommix0]

Well aren't you the passive aggressive a hole.

[@RetrogradeScene]

Great job! Really enjoyable thing to listen to

[@ctrlaltrees]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@cantpassthebar]

Really enjoyed listening in to this. I think on the modern gaming thing - the only experience I have had (I am a little older than you two but not much) that DID grab my attention and hold it for a while longer was HalfLife Alyx - that was an incredible experience and I can't wait for the next experience like it. It really brought back that excitement about gaming for me, albeit did leave me thirsting for more and there is nothing that compares. Cheers!

[@davidnoble1477]

Finally got round to watching you after your second appearence on This Week in Retro - now subbed - great channel!

[@ksenolog]

This was nice. Thanks!

[@hackbyteDanielMitzlaff]

For your "first interview" i really enjoyed your talk ... Got me subscribing right there. ;)

[@cyningstan]

This video was a great start to a day off work! It was interesting to hear you both talking about the school computers across the Atlantic. As a Brit who spent some of my childhood in the US, I got to sample both the Apple ][ and BBC Micro experience.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Thanks for the kind comment! So this begs the question... Which did you prefer? Apple or BBC? Or is it best to avoid holy wars this early in the day? 😁

[@cyningstan]

@@ctrlaltrees It's a difficult choice. The BBC has the edge on speed, graphics and sound, and the fantastic built-in BASIC and assembler, but the Apple ][ tends to come with more memory, has a more extensive software library, and has those lovely internal expansion slots.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

I very clearly remember the first computer game that I ever played. It was the California Raisins game on my dad’s IBM 8088 in the late 1980s. I think I was 7 years old.

[@rainasy1766]

the best thing about this video is clint's playstation lamp all the way in the background, which i happen to own one of those too and that makes me feel like a real conneisseur and man of culture now.

[@proteque]

that man has filled my house with keyboards!! Nice chat guys!

[@aunabreslingaming3279]

He has a really interesting personality

[@andystandys]

Wow, I'd never heard of the LGR Foods channel until today.

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Retro means something new made to be like something old

[@ringringbananarchy]

For sponsorships at the end of the video, if they are done right, they can be good. Good examples are Ryan George and Daniel Thrasher. But they are both comedians and do their ads as comedy sketches. Sometimes Ryan George's "ADstronaut" skits are better than the video that they are attached to. Do love that Clint won't change what he does for sponsorships.

[@dreammfyre]

Considering the amount of bs in modern games, replaying older games and remasters(like the recent quake 2 one) seems more and more like the only smart option these days. There’s enough gaming there for a lifetime.

[@TimberwolfK]

It's rare to get one of those interviews with someone "big on $PLATFORM" where you find yourself liking them more and more as the conversation goes on. I definitely have that "the ones you don't want/expect to get big become the huge hits" thing. Recognise plenty of greatest hits from the section on educational computing. We weren't allowed to play with the school turtle (a Valiant) outside of open days, though - it spent most of its time sitting on top of a supply cupboard out of reach. On the synchronicity, that's definitely about to happen in my case - I'm currently working on something which mentions the DX2/66, how relatively late people were buying them as new machines in the UK, and that particular golden era of gaming. And I've definitely had that search only to find "the only other person who's done a video on this is LGR" thing before. Bit mean talking about Play Expo and not warning Clint about the Norbreck, though!

[@ctrlaltrees]

Ha!

[@ASMRPeople]

I respect not doing sponsorship. Sponsorship puts us YT premium subs in a bad spot because it's like why am I paying for this when I still have to see an ad. I've always thought if you have to check that paid content box the video should not be eligible for adsense ads. That would force sponsors to have to pay up if that's what they want to be also it would make creators to decide how they choose to make there revenue.

[@force4200]

Nice the hear you both talking :) keep up the good work. I tryed a youtube channel RB Retro Bunker but i have now a stop to make time for family but i will go back to it :)

[@ctrlaltrees]

Family should always come first - it's never good when a fun hobby starts to feel like work 🙂

[@soldiersvejk2053]

I do really love LGR Food!!

[@personguy8839]

Can't wait for the Techmoan chat video :P

[@AintNobodyAtAll]

I loved this interview! And I hated my Steam Deck and returned it, hah.

[@maltronik]

Can’t believe I watched this till the end.. I thought it was going to boring.. yeah.. it wasn’t the first time I was wrong..😅..

[@ctrlaltrees]

Haha, glad to hear it!

[@pandojustpando8204]

That was really cool

[@1960ARC]

Two very good channels. I've watched LGR when I thought, this kid seems to be making some interesting videos, his all grown up now. The XBox still feels a bit new to me having started gaming on a shite black and white pong binatone game. I thought the intellivision was so advanced, tron deadly disks being my favourite. I guess I'm a bit older. The shield is an awesome emulator, nice not having to get the dreamcast or nes out to play an old game. Not managed to play tron on it, still have to get the intellivision out for tron due to keypad mapping.

[@Chris-yc3mm]

Looking forward to this, but I will listen to it via podcast rather than youtube. Much more convenient with the length I think :)

[@Chris_In_Texas]

0:30 Oh thank god I saw the 'n' in the title! 👍🤣

[@bhume7535]

There is so much beige behind Clint. Lol

[@p_mouse8676]

At 41:00 Hacking hardware in general or even games with like cheat codes, is something I really miss. I noticed that a lot of people don't even seem to think about it anymore these days.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

There’s a general decline in technical creativity, I believe it sources from the influence of the younger generation not needing as much imagination when they were younger. Imagination isn’t really something needed now, they can just plug in and get things, pretending isn’t needed anymore. Example: as a kid I built my own x-wing cockpit to play in, it consisted of cardboard boxes, styrofoam parts and electronics from a surplus warehouse. It looked nothing like an X-Wing, but in my mind it did. Now, you just plug into a game and get one. If you want to build it, 3D print the parts.

[@chrissobie5922]

**LGR Retirement Communty offers Retro Computer pc gaming on national scale for computer labs. once i get to retirement age ** it be so awesome!!

[@user-sx6zn8fu3b]

Love the shirt LGR!

[@ToTheGAMES]

Good stuff!

[@welliben]

We have Starlink in rural France, it is fast, but you need to make sure you have a clear view of the sky, as it needs to track satellites about. It can be quite fussy about this. We have a big tree that obscures a small part of its 'view' and we get drop outs fairly regularly.

[@ctrlaltrees]

Yes, my garden is surrounded by big trees so this is definitely a potential issue. Thanks for the info!

[@AngusBeer]

LGR ends up reviewing the Mr Beast Burger after this video

[@Mr3Machine]

Such respect for youtubers who don't do sponsors. Im sure they could make far more money but it demonstrably lessens the quality of a video and you can never quite trust the review opinion of someone who can be bought off

[@lutfimakarim8258]

This is so cool! What are the chances of Clint interviewing you for LGR?

[@ctrlaltrees]

Haha, would be fun to have another chat but I don't think he typically does interviews on his channel? Personally I think he should start a podcast, I could listen to him talk about anything. 😁

[@Slamgod]

AT&T did the same crap to me. I live about 45 miles south of Chicago, in a larger suburban city, and they kept telling me two months till fiber was in the area…… For almost 2 1/2 years. And that was calling them every three months. I finally just switched companies and I’m much happier. The stupid part is my friend across town may be a mile and a half for me had AT&T fiber from the start. And he lives in an unincorporated area out side of the city. 😝

[@TimsRetroCorner]

Unfortunately I predated the BBC micro and all that jazz. Just as I was leaving my school got its first computer - a RM 380Z - a chassis style box that ran CP/M, and a keyboard that was clearly built by a metal basher in a workshop, Never used it, instead I was off to uni, where I discovered the Commodore PET. That was me sold, and a course in electronics morphed into a career in software!

[@paul_boddie]

Indeed, RM's Z80-based machines preceded the RM Nimbus mentioned in the video.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Legend has it Kyle is still lost in that level...

[@JesterEric]

I get pretty good broadband in very rural England. Dl 881.5 ul 311.9 on the speed test this morning. i use B4RN. They have been digging cables all around me. You have to dig the cable into your house or oay them to do it. Alot the digging is done by volunteers. Small businesses get government grants

[@BurstingVeins1]

I always forget that most people didn't have computers and games until the 90s, I had a LAN by that point using T1 BNC networking😆.

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

You are the best Rees!

[@ctrlaltrees]

I certainly am the best Rees 😉

[@thebiggerbyte5991]

@@ctrlaltrees at least on your channel ;)

[@zacmitchell_1984]

Some hardware flexing going on in the background 😅 I look forward to watching the interview

[@Yukatoshi]

10/10 for the title

[@crabdonkey6381]

Waiting for the Iopener working group ;-)

[@UncleAwesomeRetro]

Very nice talk you had there :) LGR thinks new games feels like the same old and does not innovate. I find that interesting since I feel kind of the oposite. I want new games to be more like the old games. Specifically I want more games like the first Far Cry, MOHAA, Delta Force, Crysis.

[@Ezyasnos]

Regarding the "turning one computer into another"; there is a MSX(2) card made by Philips called "PTC MSX PC". Would be awesome to see that =)

[@crabdonkey6381]

Do a Foods at VCF video!

[@key099able]

Lol, talking RDR1 aa recent when it’s almost as old as Duke 3D was when Forever finally came out.

[@IanScottJohnston]

Back in the day I had an RM Nimbus, and mucked up the autoexec.bat and it booted into a loop. I had no boot floppy and so that was that!

[@poeticsilence047]

That would be a good Retro show name. "_________ Retro Show Something " since all we hear or see is the word Retro so everything after that doesn't matter.

[@cpt_nordbart]

I think of those ad reads for food vpn mobile game, at least someone gets paid for it. Usually ignore them all. Especially if they get really obnoxious and you see them in every other channel.

[@rommix0]

1:19:00 To add to the conversation about games not being interesting, I have a hard time finding any modern games that peak my interest as well. It's very samey, and even a lot of indie games feel samey at times although thankfully not as much. I usually just go back to playing emulated SNES games, because my fond memories of gaming go back to the Super Nintendo.

[@IcySon55]

@LGR Why not do the hacking the i-Opener video as a collab then with Michael MJD? Could be fun!

[@jfwfreo]

For doing stuff with solar, you could look to take inspiration from another retro KZbinr who has done stuff in that area, namely "The 8 Bit Guy". He has several videos about his solar stuff.

[@broderperdurabo]

Bring back "Thrifting"

[@inpurgatory]

I rermember the original RM Nimbus, they replaced all our BBC's at school with them....and then ran BBC basic on them anyway..

[@Metal_Maxine]

They only ever ran Logo and a terrible word processor on ours at primary school. We had some donated Archimedes and I overheard the teachers moaning because there was "no software for them"!