LGR - The Cybiko (Patreon)
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Greetings all! Hope you've had a good week or two. I've been working round the clock on the latest episode since the moment the last video went up here on Patreon, ha.
Annoying to not have a video out last week, but I really think this one was worth the extra time. It's a good ol' LGR Retrospective thing all about the Cybiko from the year 2000! These were goofy PDA-like mobile devices for tweens and teens, and the experience really is something.
https://youtu.be/38VEBOseAzM
This episode's got it all, folks. A road trip, an unboxing, a collaboration, teardown/repair, tech history, VHS-quality news footage, dumb 2000s marketing, wireless chat rooms, monochrome gaming, indoor and outdoor radio tests, Frankie Muniz, Windows 98 serial cable shenanigans, and so on. Over half an hour of my favorite kind of content to make -- and to watch!
Really hope you enjoy! I've wanted to make this video for over a decade now, ever since getting an acid yellow Cybiko practically new in box like ten years ago. But it wasn't until lockdown that I finally took the time to get it all working and dive into the whole Cybiko world, eventually acquiring many more Cybikos. And the more I used them, the more of what I found became a lot more interesting than I anticipated, so this video just grew exponentially. And yeah, this Cybiko episode has been on the literal table for like 9 months now, which is more than enough gestation in my book.
Have a good one!