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* BewareTheNiceOnes: The channel doesn't hold back on criticism but makes a point of being evenkeeled and polite. However, when they believe that major public figures behave beyond the pale (like Artesian Builds CEO Noah Katz[[note]]who changed the rules of a giveaway on the fly, screwing over a small streamer[[/note]], Newegg[[note]]refused to honor a refund request and accused the channel of damaging a component[[/note]], and WebVideo/LinusTechTips[[note]]GN had been holding its tongue regarding LTT's testing and reporting and its behavior towards products sent in for review but issued a withering takedown after an LTT employee insulted GN's testing regimen[[/note]]), they will take those figures apart piece by piece.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: The channel doesn't hold back on criticism but makes a point of being evenkeeled and polite. However, when they believe that major public figures behave beyond the pale (like Artesian Builds CEO Noah Katz[[note]]who changed the rules of a giveaway on the fly, screwing over a small streamer[[/note]], Newegg[[note]]refused to honor a refund request and accused the channel of damaging a component[[/note]], and WebVideo/LinusTechTips[[note]]GN had been holding its tongue regarding LTT's testing and reporting and its behavior towards products sent in for review but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGW3TPytTjc issued a withering takedown takedown]] after an LTT employee [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybR3VAvBkXY&t=519s insulted GN's testing regimen[[/note]]), regimen]][[/note]]), they will take those figures apart piece by piece.
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** Incorrectly oriented AIO radiators, since the wrong placement will eventually damage the component and require a pricey replacement or repair. What especially irks Steve is a trend in case manufacturers creating promotional material with radiators mounted incorrectly, which can cause buyers to make the same mistake with their personal builds.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: The channel doesn't hold back on criticism but makes a point of being evenkeeled and polite. However, when they believe that major public figures behave beyond the pale (like Artesian Builds CEO Noah Katz[[note]]who changed the rules of a giveaway on the fly, screwing over a small streamer[[/note]], Newegg[[note]]refused to honor a refund request and accused the channel of damaging a component[[/note]], and WebVideo/LinusTechTips[[note]]GN had been holding its tongue regarding LTT's testing and reporting and its behavior towards products sent in for review but issued a withering takedown after an LTT employee insulted GN's testing regimen[[/note]]), they will take those figures apart piece by piece.
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* ShownTheirWork: Steve takes great pride in examining and testing components at granular levels and occasionally shows off the channel's lab facilities, which include an enormous sound-isolating chamber, installed at great expense because passing traffic was affecting results. If a video covers issues he can't knowledgeably address, he'll hire subject-matter experts, like lawyers, to come on the channel and provide commentary.
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** Steve's big into downhill mountain-biking, and did an entire video going down a trail, as well as sharply criticize [=AMD=]'s promotional mountain bike.
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** Steve's big into downhill mountain-biking, and did an entire video going down a trail, as well as sharply criticize criticizing [=AMD=]'s promotional mountain bike.bike.
** Steve was clearly overjoyed and starstruck to be given the opportunity to build a custom PC for the metal band Music/{{Trivium}}.
** Steve was clearly overjoyed and starstruck to be given the opportunity to build a custom PC for the metal band Music/{{Trivium}}.
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** "Back to you, Steve", a faux-friendly and contrived handoff from a particularly cringeworthy Intel presentation, inserted randomly into videos.
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** "Back to you, Steve", a Steve" and "Thanks Steve!" - faux-friendly and contrived handoff from a particularly cringeworthy Intel presentation, inserted randomly into videos.videos thanks to both its forced nature and the coincidence with the channel's host's name.
*** From the same presentation - "You can literally see it!"
*** From the same presentation - "You can literally see it!"
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Steve is personally fanatical about integrity, to the point of having [[https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements specifically written ethics policies for the channel]], including refusing virtually all hospitality and not allowing sponsor spots for products that the channel's own review process would not consider acceptable.
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** Similar to the Intel example, as of June 2023 a particularly cringeworthy and forced Nvidia presentation from Jensen Huang has started being referenced:
*** "I wonder if it can run VideoGame/{{Crysis}}... only gamers know that joke."
*** ''[whooshing noises with mouth]'' "I'm the sound effect!"
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Steve is personally fanatical about integrity, to the point of having [[https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements specifically written ethics policies for the channel]], including refusing virtually all hospitality and reimbursement for travel costs and not allowing sponsor spots for products that the channel's own review process would not consider acceptable.
*** "I wonder if it can run VideoGame/{{Crysis}}... only gamers know that joke."
*** ''[whooshing noises with mouth]'' "I'm the sound effect!"
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Steve is personally fanatical about integrity, to the point of having [[https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements specifically written ethics policies for the channel]], including refusing virtually all hospitality and reimbursement for travel costs and not allowing sponsor spots for products that the channel's own review process would not consider acceptable.
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** After their [=ThermalTake=] video, in 2022 they actually came around to advertising for the specific tower that was a major point of contention for them after it was re-engineered to be a more respectable show case.
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** After their [=ThermalTake=] video, in 2022 they actually came around to advertising for the specific tower that was a major point of contention for them after it was re-engineered to be a more respectable show case.case.
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->''Thanks, Steve.''
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->''Thanks, Steve.''
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Gamers Nexus habitually refuses to accept sponsor spots for products that it does not feel that it can recommend its viewers buy in good conscience.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Gamers Nexus habitually refuses Steve is personally fanatical about integrity, to accept the point of having [[https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements specifically written ethics policies for the channel]], including refusing virtually all hospitality and not allowing sponsor spots for products that it does the channel's own review process would not feel that it can recommend its viewers buy in good conscience.consider acceptable.
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* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: In [[https://youtu.be/_oWr6X_d1nU HW News from August 28, 2022]] Steve says that Corsair markets their Xeneon Flex monitor as "The world's first 45 inch 21:9 OLED gaming display".
-->'''Steve Burke:''' Just like we're the world's first computer hardware review channel named ''Gamers Nexus''. If you specify it enough, you can always be first.
-->'''Steve Burke:''' Just like we're the world's first computer hardware review channel named ''Gamers Nexus''. If you specify it enough, you can always be first.
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* RantInducingSlight: After doing investigations into some[[note]]The [=GP-P850GM=] and [=GP-P750GM=] models specifically[[/note]] power supplies made by Gigabyte, which had an unfortunate tendency to explode under normal usage, Gigabyte released a statement claiming that "certain media outlets" (a clear reference to GN) had misrepresented the situation dramatically, and had in fact caused the issue by trying to pull too much power through the PSU. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xts3pvbcFos Steve was -pissed-]], leading to both a genuinely-offended response video and the exploding PSUs becoming a running gag on the channel for six months on ''and counting''.
** [=MSI=]'s poor business practices regarding reviewers got them an entire video criticizing and lambasting their intimidation tactics.
** [=ThermalTake=] received a 20 minute long video decrying their deceptive marketing and poor understanding of how physics and even what you're supposed to do inside a computer case was shown at CompuTech.
** [=MSI=]'s poor business practices regarding reviewers got them an entire video criticizing and lambasting their intimidation tactics.
** [=ThermalTake=] received a 20 minute long video decrying their deceptive marketing and poor understanding of how physics and even what you're supposed to do inside a computer case was shown at CompuTech.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Steve ''loves'' cats. His cat Snowflake appears semi-regularly in both videos (most prominently in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62oPBdI9CSA the Yeston Cute Pet Case Review]]) and also in sponsor segments for Squarespace as the "CEO of GamersNexus", with a website built entirely around her:
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* KindheartedCatLover: Steve ''loves'' cats. His cat Snowflake appears semi-regularly in both videos (most prominently in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62oPBdI9CSA the Yeston Cute Pet Case Review]]) and also in sponsor segments for Squarespace as the "CEO of GamersNexus", [=GamersNexus=]", with a website built entirely around her:
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** After their ThermalTake video, in 2022 they actually came around to advertising for the specific tower that was a major point of contention for them after it was re-engineered to be a more respectable show case.
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** After their ThermalTake [=ThermalTake=] video, in 2022 they actually came around to advertising for the specific tower that was a major point of contention for them after it was re-engineered to be a more respectable show case.
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* ScrewTheMoneyWeHaveRules: Gamers Nexus habitually refuses to accept sponsor spots for products that it does not feel that it can recommend its viewers buy in good conscience.
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* ScrewTheMoneyWeHaveRules: ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Gamers Nexus habitually refuses to accept sponsor spots for products that it does not feel that it can recommend its viewers buy in good conscience.
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* OnceAnEpisode: The GN actual test build has an [=MSI=] CPU cooler that's nearly impossible to miss
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** The GN actual testbuild system has an older [=MSI=] CPU cooler that's nearly impossible to missmiss.
** "Before that this video is sponsored by..."
** The GN actual test
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* ThrowTheDogABone: They are harsh, but if a company they've been especially rough with changes course and makes positive changes in their products for the better or produces a product that actually performs well, they'll be happy to recommend it at the time of review and later down the line if said company makes another product that performs below it.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: They are harsh, but if a company they've been especially rough with changes course and makes positive changes in their products for the better or produces a product that actually performs well, they'll be happy to recommend it at the time of review and later down the line if said company makes another product that performs below it.it.
** After their ThermalTake video, in 2022 they actually came around to advertising for the specific tower that was a major point of contention for them after it was re-engineered to be a more respectable show case.
** After their ThermalTake video, in 2022 they actually came around to advertising for the specific tower that was a major point of contention for them after it was re-engineered to be a more respectable show case.
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* CompassionateCritic: Ultimately, what their style boils down to: They are gamers and PC enthusiasts at heart and understand the daunting task of trying to get into the DIY-PC space from the opposite side of the equation. They are extremely hard on PC component manufacturers because they don't want people to get ripped off or accidentally hurt.
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* CompassionateCritic: Ultimately, what their style boils down to: They are gamers and PC enthusiasts at heart and understand the daunting task of trying to get into the DIY-PC space from the opposite side of the equation. They are extremely hard on PC component manufacturers because they don't want people to get ripped off off, have to pay for semi-regular replacement parts, or accidentally hurt.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Steve's sense of humour is ''exceptionally'' dry, with his snarky asides being a key feature of the weekly "hardware news" recaps.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Steve's sense of humour humor is ''exceptionally'' dry, with his snarky asides being a key feature of the weekly "hardware news" recaps.
* OnceAnEpisode: The GN actual test build has an [=MSI=] CPU cooler that's nearly impossible to miss
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* RantInducingSlight: After doing investigations into some power supplies made by Gigabyte, which had an unfortunate tendency to explode under normal usage, Gigabyte released a statement claiming that "certain media outlets" (a clear reference to GN) had misrepresented the situation dramatically, and had in fact caused the issue by trying to pull too much power through the PSU. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xts3pvbcFos Steve was ''pissed'']], leading to both a genuinely-offended response video and the exploding PSUs becoming a running gag on the channel for six months on ''and counting''.
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* RantInducingSlight: After doing investigations into some some[[note]]The [=GP-P850GM=] and [=GP-P750GM=] models specifically[[/note]] power supplies made by Gigabyte, which had an unfortunate tendency to explode under normal usage, Gigabyte released a statement claiming that "certain media outlets" (a clear reference to GN) had misrepresented the situation dramatically, and had in fact caused the issue by trying to pull too much power through the PSU. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xts3pvbcFos Steve was ''pissed'']], -pissed-]], leading to both a genuinely-offended response video and the exploding PSUs becoming a running gag on the channel for six months on ''and counting''.
** Whenever thermal paste is brought up, they will occasionally use footage of previous videos where they purposefully went overboard on it for science; a TakeThat to a common criticism of videos where they often eschewed common rules of thumb when it came to applying thermal paste.
** The disappointment builds have a recurring element of being send ups of horror movies, with BUILD ME being written out in Thermal Paste somewhere on it.
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* TakeThat: When on LTT's ''Ultimate Tech Support Challenge'', Steve was given a PC to fix and his first comment was that it looked like something Linus had built. A sentiment shared by Jay.
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* TakeThat: When on LTT's ''Ultimate Tech Support Challenge'', Steve was given a PC to fix and his first comment was that it definitely looked like something Linus had built. A sentiment shared by Jay.
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* TakeThat: When on LTT's ''Ultimate Tech Support Challenge'', Steve was given a PC to fix and his first comment was that it looked like something Linus had built. A sentiment shared by Jay.
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* BerserkButton: A few things will ''always'' earn a rant from GN:
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* AuthorAppeal: The channel prefers to review ATX form factor cases, with only specific exceptions that interest the company coming into the rotation as special interest pieces.
** Steve's big into downhill mountain-biking, and did an entire video going down a trail, as well as sharply criticize [=AMD=]'s promotional mountain bike.
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** In the late 2010s it was "smart" devices and software which pointlessly bloated the computer.
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** As Gigabyte and NZXT found out to their cost, Gamers Nexus does ''not'' respond kindly to legitimate safety concerns with products being responded to with wilful ignorance.
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** As Gigabyte and NZXT found out to their cost, Gamers Nexus does ''not'' respond kindly to legitimate safety concerns with products being responded to with wilful ignorance.willful ignorance.
** They've been recently quite critical about the state of Graphics Card performance year-over-year, especially in the 2020's realizing that while yes, they are hard to come by, [=AMD=] and Nvidia are effectively destroying the ability for people to even access one of the more vital parts of completing their computers.
** They've been recently quite critical about the state of Graphics Card performance year-over-year, especially in the 2020's realizing that while yes, they are hard to come by, [=AMD=] and Nvidia are effectively destroying the ability for people to even access one of the more vital parts of completing their computers.
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* CuttingTheKnot: Occurred in a WebVideo/LinusTechTips ''Tech Support Challenge'' live stream featuring JayzTwoCents and GamersNexus' Steve. Both are expected to diagnose and fix numerous defects with a pre-prepared PC, including disconnected or poorly-wired components in the case and deliberate severe performance issues caused by changes in the BIOS. [[spoiler:Steve gets around half of it by simply dismantling the computer and reassembling it on a test bench from scratch, then resetting the entire BIOS back to factory settings.]]
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* CompassionateCritic: Ultimately, what their style boils down to: They are gamers and PC enthusiasts at heart and understand the daunting task of trying to get into the DIY-PC space from the opposite side of the equation. They are extremely hard on PC component manufacturers because they don't want people to get ripped off or accidentally hurt.
* CuttingTheKnot: Occurred in a WebVideo/LinusTechTips ''Tech Support Challenge'' live stream featuringJayzTwoCents [=JayzTwoCents=] and GamersNexus' [=GamersNexus=]' Steve. Both are expected to diagnose and fix numerous defects with a pre-prepared PC, including disconnected or poorly-wired components in the case and deliberate severe performance issues caused by changes in the BIOS. [[spoiler:Steve gets around half of it by simply dismantling the computer and reassembling it on a test bench from scratch, then resetting the entire BIOS back to factory settings.]]
* CuttingTheKnot: Occurred in a WebVideo/LinusTechTips ''Tech Support Challenge'' live stream featuring
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* OneSteveLimit: They ''do'' only have one Steve, but as GN's expanded, they've otherwise broken the trope by hiring two Patricks.
** [=MSI=]'s poor business practices regarding reviewers got them an entire video criticizing and lambasting their intimidation tactics.
** [=ThermalTake=] received a 20 minute long video decrying their deceptive marketing and poor understanding of how physics and even what you're supposed to do inside a computer case was shown at CompuTech.
** [=ThermalTake=] received a 20 minute long video decrying their deceptive marketing and poor understanding of how physics and even what you're supposed to do inside a computer case was shown at CompuTech.
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** "Back to you, Steve", a faux-friendly and contrived handoff from a particularly cringeworthy Intel presentation, inserted randomly into videos.
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** "Back to you, Steve", a faux-friendly and contrived handoff from a particularly cringeworthy Intel presentation, inserted randomly into videos.videos.
* SueDonym: when the company performs sting operations on certain companies, for awhile Steve would just use the name "Beve Sturke" complete with Steve in a bad wig, sunglasses and unshaved for more than a couple days. They had to switch it up after awhile when the channel became bigger and Steve became more known in the industry.
* ThrowTheDogABone: They are harsh, but if a company they've been especially rough with changes course and makes positive changes in their products for the better or produces a product that actually performs well, they'll be happy to recommend it at the time of review and later down the line if said company makes another product that performs below it.
* SueDonym: when the company performs sting operations on certain companies, for awhile Steve would just use the name "Beve Sturke" complete with Steve in a bad wig, sunglasses and unshaved for more than a couple days. They had to switch it up after awhile when the channel became bigger and Steve became more known in the industry.
* ThrowTheDogABone: They are harsh, but if a company they've been especially rough with changes course and makes positive changes in their products for the better or produces a product that actually performs well, they'll be happy to recommend it at the time of review and later down the line if said company makes another product that performs below it.
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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/c/GamersNexus Gamers Nexus]]''' is a [[Website/{{YouTube}} YouTube]] channel and website fronted by Steve Burke, which offers almost exhaustingly in-depth reviews of computer hardware, as well as news updates of new hardware goings on in the industry.
!! Gamers Nexus contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: A few things will ''always'' earn a rant from GN:
** PC cases that obstruct airflow, ''especially'' those which have fans on the front which are blocked by glass panels, completely negating the point of the fans being there in the first place except for decoration. Reached its nadir with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OupiPZybyBE&t Abkoncore Ramesses]], which had 12 fans of which less than half had any access to air at all.
** As Gigabyte and NZXT found out to their cost, Gamers Nexus does ''not'' respond kindly to legitimate safety concerns with products being responded to with wilful ignorance.
** Pre-built computers that use proprietary, incompatible components, on the basis that they can't then be upgraded and are as such destined to eventually be disposed of and become "e-waste".
** Any and all instances of deceptive sales practice, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMg6hUudHE in combination with terrible pre-built PCs]].
* CuttingTheKnot: Occurred in a WebVideo/LinusTechTips ''Tech Support Challenge'' live stream featuring JayzTwoCents and GamersNexus' Steve. Both are expected to diagnose and fix numerous defects with a pre-prepared PC, including disconnected or poorly-wired components in the case and deliberate severe performance issues caused by changes in the BIOS. [[spoiler:Steve gets around half of it by simply dismantling the computer and reassembling it on a test bench from scratch, then resetting the entire BIOS back to factory settings.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Steve's sense of humour is ''exceptionally'' dry, with his snarky asides being a key feature of the weekly "hardware news" recaps.
* KindheartedCatLover: Steve ''loves'' cats. His cat Snowflake appears semi-regularly in both videos (most prominently in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62oPBdI9CSA the Yeston Cute Pet Case Review]]) and also in sponsor segments for Squarespace as the "CEO of GamersNexus", with a website built entirely around her:
-->'''Squarespace website:''' What's the goal for your site?
-->'''Steve, typing:''' ''C A T''
* RantInducingSlight: After doing investigations into some power supplies made by Gigabyte, which had an unfortunate tendency to explode under normal usage, Gigabyte released a statement claiming that "certain media outlets" (a clear reference to GN) had misrepresented the situation dramatically, and had in fact caused the issue by trying to pull too much power through the PSU. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xts3pvbcFos Steve was ''pissed'']], leading to both a genuinely-offended response video and the exploding PSUs becoming a running gag on the channel for six months on ''and counting''.
* RunningGag: Several, usually related to previous targets of the channel's ire.
** For a while after covering Gigabyte-manufactured power supplies that had a tendency to blow up spectacularly under normal loads, references to "Gigabyte power supplies" (typically alongside footage of one going pop) would appear in almost every video. This reached its apogee with the "Disappointment Build 2021" video, where they were shown being used as ''grenades''.
** In a similar vein, references to fires in cases will typically receive a reference to the NZXT H1 electrical issues that the channel broke the news of.
** "Back to you, Steve", a faux-friendly and contrived handoff from a particularly cringeworthy Intel presentation, inserted randomly into videos.
!! Gamers Nexus contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: A few things will ''always'' earn a rant from GN:
** PC cases that obstruct airflow, ''especially'' those which have fans on the front which are blocked by glass panels, completely negating the point of the fans being there in the first place except for decoration. Reached its nadir with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OupiPZybyBE&t Abkoncore Ramesses]], which had 12 fans of which less than half had any access to air at all.
** As Gigabyte and NZXT found out to their cost, Gamers Nexus does ''not'' respond kindly to legitimate safety concerns with products being responded to with wilful ignorance.
** Pre-built computers that use proprietary, incompatible components, on the basis that they can't then be upgraded and are as such destined to eventually be disposed of and become "e-waste".
** Any and all instances of deceptive sales practice, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMg6hUudHE in combination with terrible pre-built PCs]].
* CuttingTheKnot: Occurred in a WebVideo/LinusTechTips ''Tech Support Challenge'' live stream featuring JayzTwoCents and GamersNexus' Steve. Both are expected to diagnose and fix numerous defects with a pre-prepared PC, including disconnected or poorly-wired components in the case and deliberate severe performance issues caused by changes in the BIOS. [[spoiler:Steve gets around half of it by simply dismantling the computer and reassembling it on a test bench from scratch, then resetting the entire BIOS back to factory settings.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Steve's sense of humour is ''exceptionally'' dry, with his snarky asides being a key feature of the weekly "hardware news" recaps.
* KindheartedCatLover: Steve ''loves'' cats. His cat Snowflake appears semi-regularly in both videos (most prominently in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62oPBdI9CSA the Yeston Cute Pet Case Review]]) and also in sponsor segments for Squarespace as the "CEO of GamersNexus", with a website built entirely around her:
-->'''Squarespace website:''' What's the goal for your site?
-->'''Steve, typing:''' ''C A T''
* RantInducingSlight: After doing investigations into some power supplies made by Gigabyte, which had an unfortunate tendency to explode under normal usage, Gigabyte released a statement claiming that "certain media outlets" (a clear reference to GN) had misrepresented the situation dramatically, and had in fact caused the issue by trying to pull too much power through the PSU. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xts3pvbcFos Steve was ''pissed'']], leading to both a genuinely-offended response video and the exploding PSUs becoming a running gag on the channel for six months on ''and counting''.
* RunningGag: Several, usually related to previous targets of the channel's ire.
** For a while after covering Gigabyte-manufactured power supplies that had a tendency to blow up spectacularly under normal loads, references to "Gigabyte power supplies" (typically alongside footage of one going pop) would appear in almost every video. This reached its apogee with the "Disappointment Build 2021" video, where they were shown being used as ''grenades''.
** In a similar vein, references to fires in cases will typically receive a reference to the NZXT H1 electrical issues that the channel broke the news of.
** "Back to you, Steve", a faux-friendly and contrived handoff from a particularly cringeworthy Intel presentation, inserted randomly into videos.
