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The Angry Video Game Nerd: Season 12

9 episodes Premiered Apr 17, 2018 Updated Oct 19, 2026
Previously on The Angry Video Game Nerd

Season 12 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Angry Video Game Nerd Season 11.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 12 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 12: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S12·E1 Mytharc

EarthBound

Apr 17, 2018 · 40 min

When the Nerd finds a copy of Nintendo Power exuding a belief that EarthBound was a rotten game, he later finds reviews that show how glamorous the game was and reveals a fanbase f

S12·E2 Core

Dirty Harry

May 24, 2018 · 12 min

The Nerd question whether his next bad game "feels lucky", as he looks at a NES Game based on the Dirty Harry movie series that featured only three levels.

S12·E3 Core

Drake of the 99 Dragons

Sep 5, 2018 · 13 min

No meditation can prepare The Nerd for his first review of a bad Xbox game, Drake of the 99 Dragons - a game featuring well-made "Saturday cartoon" artwork that was intended to be

S12·E4 Core

Tomb Raider Games

Sep 5, 2018 · 19 min

While the Tomb Raider franchise has featured a variety of good games, the Nerd decides to raid the tombs of three that do Lara Croft no justice, and that were made for the PlayStat

S12·E5 Filler

Resident Evil Survivor

Oct 11, 2018 · 22 min

For the annual Halloween Special, the Nerd reviews Resident Evil Survivor for the PlayStation.

S12·E6 Core

Super Hydlide and Virtual Hydlide

Oct 12, 2018 · 21 min

The Nerd returns to the Hydlide franchise with Super Hydlide for the Sega Genesis and Virtual Hydlide for the Sega Saturn.

S12·E7 Core

Amiga CD32

Nov 19, 2018 · 28 min

The Angry Video Game Nerd reviews the Amiga CD32 console. Watch as the Nerd dives head first into some of the worst video games ever. The Amiga CD32 had such "gems" as Gloom, Kang

S12·E8 Mytharc

The Town With No Name (CDTV)

Dec 4, 2018 · 16 min

Continuing from the previous episode, the Nerd tackles the CDTV game The Town with No Name. Due to not owning the actual console that it was made for, he is forced to play it on th

S12·E9 Mytharc

Home Alone Games

Dec 14, 2018 · 19 min

The Angry Video Game Nerd plays the Home Alone games with Macaulay Culkin! Sure, the Home Alone movie games have been covered before on AVGN, but never so many, AND with Mack himse

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