Classic Game Room

Classic Game Room
The Classic Game Room Mark 3 title card (2016–2017)
Genre	Video game review, sketch comedy
Created by	Mark Bussler David Crosson
Directed by	Mark Bussler
Starring	Mark Bussler (1999–2019, 2023–present) David Crosson (1999–2000)
Theme music composer	Tom Myers
Opening theme	"Flock of Cowboys"
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	2,796
Production
Producer	Mark Bussler
Production location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Editor	Mark Bussler
Running time	Varies, usually 2–9 minutes per episode
Production companies	Inecom, LLC
Original release
Network	FromUSAlive
Release	November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07) – October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)
Network	YouTube
Release	February 28, 2008 (2008-02-28) – January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)
Network	Amazon Prime
Release	March 2, 2018 (2018-03-02) – present
Network	YouTube
Release	December 31, 2018 (2018-12-31) – April 24, 2019 (2019-04-24)
Network	YouTube
Release	June 28, 2023 (2023-06-28) – present
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Classic Game Room (commonly abbreviated CGR) is a video game review web series produced, directed, edited and hosted by Mark Bussler^[1] of Inecom, LLC. The show reviewed both retro and modern video games along with gaming accessories, pinball machines, and minutiae such as gaming mousepads and food products.

The show broadcast its reviews via video-sharing website YouTube under the screen name 'Lord Karnage' until late 2013, when they moved to Dailymotion, citing issues with YouTube. In May 2014, via the Classic Game Room's Facebook Page and YouTube channel, it was announced that the show would again be posting episodes on YouTube. It also moved onto Patreon and Amazon Prime, before being cancelled in April 2019. After a four-year hiatus, the series returned to YouTube as Classic Game Room 2085 but was short lived due to declining viewer numbers not justifying the cost of making episodes. The series currently continues as Classic Game Room: The Podcast, where Mark talks about various aspects of games, music and general pop culture using his own signature flair of humor, insights and sometimes fantastical "real life" space stories.