Gamers Nexus
Hacker ApprovedRanked 5 of 48 YouTube channels by recommenders
Hardware reviews and investigative reporting that people trust for independence and rigorous methodology. Critics say recent videos are overly long and too focused on negativity.
Hardware reviews and investigative reporting that people trust for independence and rigorous methodology. Critics say recent videos are overly long and too focused on negativity.
32 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Independent hardware reviews with rigorous methodology
“well established, popular and independent consumer hardware reviewer”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you” “superbly rigorous methodology in top tier hardware reviews”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Fuck You, Bambu Lab. Go Ahead, Sue Us” “who do take a slightly more scientific approach to things”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “Is Liquid Metal Killing Our PCs? Scientific Analysis and a 2-Year Test [video]” - Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Everything we like is a psyop”
- Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Kaiju – General purpose 3D/2D game engine in Go and Vulkan with built in editor”
Investigative reporting on industry issues
“a fantastic piece on how where we're at today is very similar to the DRAM price fixing”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “Hold on to Your Hardware” “GamerNexus has been so good at their investigation work.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]” “Game Nexus does so much impactful reporting on hardware”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases” - Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”
Trusted to avoid brand shilling
“Channels that are truly critical (for example gamersnexus) don't get any support from brands.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)” “well established, popular and independent consumer hardware reviewer”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you” “I generally trust Gamers Nexus to not shill.”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Everything we like is a psyop” Thorough, well researched videos
“Gamers Nexus is more than just your average gaming and hardware review channel despite the looks.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Collapse of Personal Computing – Investigation into the Destruction of Ownership [video]” “Steve and team have done excellent work over the years.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Fuck You, Bambu Lab. Go Ahead, Sue Us” “doing extensive and well researched videos”
Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Too negative and outrage-driven
“I'd rather watch someone being happy with something rather than being angry at everything.”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to 'Go (Bleep) yourself'” “Somewhere along the way it turned into a constant grievance and outrage channel.”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “2025 was a disaster for Windows 11 as bugs and intrusive features erode trust” “they overwhelmingly choose the negative stuffs, hence rage baits”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Fuck You, Bambu Lab. Go Ahead, Sue Us” - Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'”
- Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership”
- Comment from 30 Sep 2026 in “Dear Software Makers”
Videos overly long and rambling
“GN has sadly been trending towards overly long, rambly clickbait videos in recent years”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” “They are pretty infamously overly verbose.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea” Methodology seen as haphazard
“outlets like LTT and Gamers Nexus seem to choose their games randomly”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Geekbench 7” “Gamer Nexus videos are hackneyed and their methodology is haphazard”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “LG says we're fake news [video]”
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| Gamers NexusThis page | 22 | 10 | 69% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 33 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“who do take a slightly more scientific approach to things”
“churning out grievance and drama”
“I agree with you re Gamers Nexus, but honestly I'd rather have Gamers Nexus than not anyways.”
“Gamer Nexus videos are hackneyed and their methodology is haphazard”
“So they're firmly in the cry wolf territory now”
“GN has sadly been trending towards overly long, rambly clickbait videos in recent years”
“They are pretty infamously overly verbose.”
“GamerNexus has been so good at their investigation work.”
“(really marvelous) reporting from Gamers Nexus”
“This seems to be another example. You go Gamers Nexus.”
“Channels that are truly critical (for example gamersnexus) don't get any support from brands.”
“outlets like LTT and Gamers Nexus seem to choose their games randomly”
“focus heavily on spinning a gloomy narrative”
“is an interesting watch and may answer some of your questions”
“Game Nexus does so much impactful reporting on hardware”
“Gamers Nexus is more than just your average gaming and hardware review channel despite the looks.”
“Steve and team have done excellent work over the years.”
“I also love that GN still publishes print articles, which has essentially zero upside for them.”
“they overwhelmingly choose the negative stuffs, hence rage baits”
“superbly rigorous methodology in top tier hardware reviews”
“I'd rather watch someone being happy with something rather than being angry at everything.”
“I generally trust Gamers Nexus to not shill.”
“Gamers Nexus is competent”
“a fantastic piece on how where we're at today is very similar to the DRAM price fixing”
“He is more into this than Linus is IMHO.”
“I see Gamers Nexus I give upvote.”
“Somewhere along the way it turned into a constant grievance and outrage channel.”
“wasn't impressed with GN's theories about the politics/motivations/etc behind these big market shifts”
“well established, popular and independent consumer hardware reviewer”
“doing extensive and well researched videos”
“I'm honestly surprised it took so long for people like Gamers Nexus to review linux, but thankful that they did.”
“GamersNexus on Youtube has covered plenty of this.”
“the average frame pacing counts for a lot”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.