Greetings! For the second Christmas 2022 video it's an Oddware episode! Or something resembling it. More like the concept loosely interpreted through a clone. It's definitely an odd assortment of holiday items, that much is certain.
Hope you enjoy, and I plan to have one more seasonally-appropriate simple little episode done for next week! After that it'll be back to your regular LGR ...
2022-12-14 16:16:14 +0000 UTC View Post
It's December! And that means Christmas games on LGR. So here's an early edit of the first video of the season. 🎄
Yep, just a simple if slightly different episode this time, cuz y'know. December. Slow time of year for videos, super busy time for real life. This episode in particular ended up being a sort of LGR Plays-like throwback, but with multiple games in a single episode inste...
2022-12-06 21:28:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Thanksgiving to those of y'all in the US!
And how thankful are you for the Sega Dreamcast? Because I suppose I'm feeling thankful for its existence each year, ha. I got this unused boxed example some years ago and (for whatever reason) now it's finally time to open it up and test it out. Easily one of my top 3 favorite consoles, I love this thing.
Lemme know your own Dream...
2022-11-23 01:47:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, all! I've got an early version of the next LGR episode for you here. It's finally time to upgrade to Windows 95 – on the Woodgrain 486! Unboxing, installing, and enjoying the 1995 experience. This is very much in the vein of my previous 486 OS upgrade videos, directly following up to the ones on Windows 3.0 and 3.1. Can't believe it's been 3½ years since the last one.
Ho...
2022-11-17 21:52:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your $5+ Patron Wrap Up video for October '22! Not as many questions came in last month, but that's fine. Feel free to leave anything in the comments below you'd like answered next time. Have a good one, and thanks so much for your ongoing support!
2022-11-15 13:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow it's been over half a year since I did one of these. Since before I moved!
And yes, there was a broken version of this that briefly went up earlier. It had audio/video issues so I had to edit and re-upload. Should be good once YT is done processing the new file :)
Thank you massively to everyone who sent things in, because holy moly is this a massive amount of thing...
2022-11-10 22:41:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, folks! So Halloween happened. And I spent it thrifting! Or really, I spent the last five months visiting thrift stores off and on and slowly gathering enough footage to assemble into a new Thrifts episode... But I did also do a good chunk of thrifting and editing this video together on Halloween.
Anyway yeah, enjoy a new LGR Thrifts! I'll get the intro audio glitch...
2022-11-02 00:50:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Fresh Oddware! This time it's the BTO Plusdeck, a cassette player that fits into a 5.25" drive bay. It's controlled through the serial port and Windows 98 and it's... actually kind of awesome, ha.
I've been intending to cover this thing for years now and for whatever reason, now was finally the time. I've seen Plusdecks in action on multiple other channels over the years, so I guess i...
2022-10-26 04:54:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, folks! Time for another forgotten relic of the late 90s on LGR. This one is all about the elusive Gateway Astro, a nifty little system from 1999 that was part of the whole post-iMac resurgence in all-in-one computer designs. The thing is even more fascinating than I thought it'd be when I decided to dive into it, I hope you enjoy the watch!
It's also a video that I put a fe...
2022-10-19 21:37:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings $5+ patrons! My apologies for not getting one of these out last month, things got a little outta hand in LGR land in September. So here's a twofer!
Thank you for your patience, and I'm looking forward to your questions for next time as always :)
2022-10-08 22:08:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Well then! It sure has been a long time since I've done one of these list videos. Seems the last one was back in 2017. Jeez.
So yep, after being reminded about this series of videos a few times recently, I felt inspired to finally make this as a simpler video for this week. I actually had this list put together all the way back in 2019 and was thinking I'd have it done in early 2020. ...
2022-10-06 19:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post
https://youtu.be/bICt3WRH4Bs
EDIT: IT'S DONE.
So this isn't done yet. Despite working on it daily for 8 days, it's currently about 98% there! But at this point I've been looking at all this footage for long enough that I needed to take a step back and take in the whole thing as a whole thing, so to speak. And why not let y'all in on that, right?
The main thing I have left...
2022-09-29 21:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm back from the trip! As of Friday I am home again from the 12-hour-long drive back and forth to the VCF Midwest show, and after a solid day mostly spent sleeping from sheer exhaustion I started working on this video to try and get back into the groove of things.
This is actually the one PC that I purchased at the show: the "Never Obsolete" eMachines 566ir! It's one of those that I ...
2022-09-20 21:39:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, all! I'm currently on the way to exhibit at the VCF Midwest show in Illinois and, naturally, prepwork for that took up most of my time this past week. But I still wanted to get a quickly-made video out and this bit of silliness is what resulted.
Just taking a look at two 5.25-inch drive bay add-ons from the 1990s, whi...
2022-09-07 15:42:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Back again with another weird mouse video! And of course the selection is a bunch of nonsense, from a Pfizer product, to a dual-wheeled '4D' mouse, to a piece of ammunition that very much requires plugging in. Downright silliness.
As usual with these, it's a bit of a filler video while I work on more involved projects. Or in this case, while I prepare to get outta town! Next week I'll...
2022-08-31 21:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It is once again time for some coverage of an exciting newish product in the retro scene: the MiSTercade. An excellent drop-in hardware emulation solution for JAMMA arcade machines!
Back when I got my Raiden II cabinet, I mentioned that I planned on taking a look at this one whenever I got the chance. And well, that time came a little sooner than expected since the MiSTer Addons websi...
2022-08-23 22:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post
https://youtu.be/VBoaPeXoMf4
Greetings folks, it's time for more Oddware! It's the first one filmed completely at the new place so there are some teething issues, mostly regarding audio that I'm still sorting out since I'm setting up several recording areas at the same time and none of them have been full treated for sound yet. But overall I think this one turned out nicely! It sure was a whole lot of fun to put toge...
Lemme know if y'all can use an audio-only version of this! I'm not exactly sure well how that works though, as the only option I see is to make "audio only" posts on Patreon app, which doesn't seem ideal.
2022-08-08 23:43:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, y'all! And wow, this is my first time covering a Sims pack in over a year... admittedly kinda weird to return to it. The time away certainly helped though as I conclude this reviewing experience significantly less irritable compared to how I felt in 2021, heh.
And yep, this is exactly what it says on the tin: a review of the TWELFTH expansion to The Sims 4, making it the s...
UPDATE: After re-watching the video a few times I became increasingly dissatisfied with the last 3/4 of the video. Far too much echo in that room that made it hard to understand me, plus I was rambling a bit more than I would like and didn't have my thoughts fully formed. So I redid that whole section! Version 2 of the video is now embedded and linked, with everything from 7 minutes onward being completely re-recorded. The content itself is largely the same, I ba...
2022-07-27 01:56:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, all! I got this one finished up today just in time for getting posted tomorrow, so here's a slightly early upload for you. Not as early as I prefer to have things done, but here we are. As mentioned in the previous post, I was outta town for the weekend and wasn't able to start working on this one until Monday afternoon. It was a good trip! Just time consuming. So I purp...
2022-07-21 21:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Phew, I was actually able to get this one done this week! Just barely! Finished the render late this morning and went ahead and made it public, since it's already Friday and I'm about to leave again for another weekend trip. No conventions this time, just seeing some family and friends for the first time in years. Apologies for not getting this episode out to you early this week, but it was...
2022-07-15 17:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Well then. Sure didn't take long for me to grab a new arcade machine after moving, ha. So let's take a nice look at it here on LGR, because I am super stoked to have this thing! ...And also because a significant chunk of my home was totally closed off last week since popcorn ceilings were being removed and walls repainted. So it goes.
Anyway, ARCADE GAMES.
Grab your purple tooth...
2022-07-06 01:38:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, all! I've got a bit of a different LGR Thing this week, all about an early portable electronic calculator that I find wildly appealing both inside and out.
And I was really hoping it would be fully working, or I would be able to repair it, but alas! It's not quite fully operational and I simply don't know how to go about fixing up this lovely old thing. It's in ste...
2022-06-23 16:13:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Packard Bell! It's a company name that always instills happiness in my soul, despite my brain knowing they weren't... eh y'know. Always quality.
Whatever! I enjoy them and I'm always tempted by machines I've never used before. So I imported some nifty late '80s PB XT clones from Canada a while back and finally got around to opening up the danged box and taking a closer look a...
2022-06-15 00:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your patron-exclusive Wrap Up video covering LGR in the month of May! Coming from outside this time, ooh nature and things.
https://youtu.be/UfvVDQGBgbk
And go figure, I totally forgot to ask for questions at the end. So yeah, it's the same deal this month: no exact topic, just leave any question you may have in the comments section below and I'll do my best to answer them next time. Thanks so m...
https://youtu.be/JgDh3ZRtzJg
More weird mouse devices! On the agenda this episode are cakes, cursors, and balls.
I hadn't planned on making this a recurring thing but hey, it's fun and y'all have asked for more of them. And I've got plenty more so here we are! Plus it makes for a decently-proportioned topic that I can tackle without too much trouble while setting up my new place.
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So this is different! I've had this sealed Record-a-Call 675 answering machine for a while, if nothing else due to its woodgrain and brushed metal aesthetic that I really dig. And you can't beat new old stock, right? But I've never really had much reason to do anything with it... until now!
Yeah with my ongoing move taking place, along with my plans to build a 1970s/80s room to record...
2022-05-27 01:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Thrifting! Finally! Sure has been a while, good grief. Slow goings at nearby thrift stores lately, but while sorting through my existing footage this week I decided I had enough content to edit down into a new episode in-between packing and unpacking at the new house.
And no, despite what the YT player says this is not actually over 40 minutes long, ha. I wish. Instead it's ...
