Nitro Rad

Nitro Rad is a web series and alias of Canadian YouTuber James Lewell. Nitro Rad makes game reviews and retrospectives on a vast amount of series, but focuses on lesser-known platformer, RPG Maker, and horror games. Nitro Rad is known for his videos about LISA and its fangames, Rayman, and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger.

James created Nitro Rad in college, on November 17, 2013. The channel's primary use was for James' practice, as he attended the film college at the time. The channel soon became James' hobby and he started taking it more seriously. Since July 1,5 201, Nitro Rad uploads 5 to 6 videos a month.

History
James started Nitro Rad on November 17, 2013, but didn't upload his first video until December 30, 2013. His first video is "My Top 10 Games of 2013", in which he obviously talks about his favorite games of 2013.

For some time, James was the only one working on Nitro Rad, but later his friend Brady Lindsay joined him, mostly making little cameos.

As of today, Nitro Rad's channel has garnered over 40 million views. He also has 250,000+ subscribers and 200+ videos.

Style
Nitro Rad primarily uploads video game reviews, as they are his specialty, but has uploaded a few longplays, as well as news, Q&As, and announcement videos.

Status
James started doing Nitro Rad full time in September of 2017, quitting his job as a retail cashier, after reaching 500 dollars/month on his Patreon. He uploads roughly 4 videos a month.

Trivia

 * Nitro Rad's most-watched video is his review on "Super Mario 64 DS" with almost 1,000,000 views.
 * Nitro Rad's least-watched video is "Nitro Rad at Hal-Con 2014" with only 3,000 views.
 * The intro song used for most of Nitro Rad's videos is the Chillswitch remix of "SUB-C", from the game StarTropics. The outro is "Startropics 2 Main Dungeon Theme Remake/Remix" from the same creator.