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The Angry Video Game Nerd: Season 8

16 episodes Premiered Mar 18, 2014 Updated Oct 19, 2026
Previously on The Angry Video Game Nerd

Season 8 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 7.
  • ⚡ 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 8 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 8: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (13): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S8·E1 Mytharc

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

Mar 18, 2014 · 16 min

Due to popular demand, the Nerd breaks away from console games and decides to review a PC game from the current millennium. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing - more like Over the Road

S8·E2 Core

Desert Bus

May 28, 2014 · 16 min

After ten years of reviewing crappy games, and yet another one about driving a bus through a desert for 8 hours, the Nerd considers giving up the ship...until he makes a miraculous

S8·E3 Core

E.T. Atari 2600

Oct 10, 2014 · 7 min

Here's the review everybody's been waiting for: E.T. for the Atari 2600. Taken right from the AVGN's critically-acclaimed movie, he goes over every step of the game and determines

S8·E4 Core

Beetlejuice

Oct 15, 2014 · 14 min

LJN made a Beetlejuice game too. The Nerd criticizes it for all the usual LJN shortcomings and foibles they include with all their games, as well as names a few new ones.

S8·E5 Core

Tagin' Dragon

Dec 11, 2014 · 4 min

For twelve consecutive days, the AVGN does mini-reviews of requested games. On the first day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: a game called Tagin' Dragon.

S8·E6 Core

Alf

Dec 12, 2014 · 4 min

On the second day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: ALF on Sega Master, and a game called Tagin' Dragon.

S8·E7 Core

CrazyBus

Dec 13, 2014 · 4 min

On the third day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: crazy CrazyBus, ALF on Sega Master, and a game called Tagin' Dragon.

S8·E8 Core

Ren & Stimpy: Fire Dogs

Dec 14, 2014 · 5 min

On the fourth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: Ren and Stimpy: Fire Dogs, crazy CrazyBus, ALF on Sega Master, and a game called Tagin' Dragon.

S8·E9 Core

Rocky and Bullwinkle

Dec 15, 2014 · 4 min

On the fifth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ren and Stimpy: Fire Dogs, crazy CrazyBus, ALF on Sega Master, and a game called Tagin' Dragon.

S8·E10 Core

Mary-Kate and Ashley "Get a Clue"

Dec 16, 2014 · 4 min

On the sixth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: Olsen Twins on GameBoy, Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ren and Stimpy: Fire Dogs, crazy CrazyBus, ALF on Sega Master, and a game c

S8·E11 Core

V.I.P. With Pamela Anderson

Dec 17, 2014 · 5 min

On the seventh day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson, Olsen Twins on GameBoy, Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ren and Stimpy: Fire Dogs, crazy CrazyBus, A

S8·E12 Core

Lethal Weapon

Dec 18, 2014 · 5 min

On the eighth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: Lethal Weapon on Nintendo, VIP with Pamela Anderson, Olsen Twins on GameBoy, Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ren and Stimpy: Fire

S8·E13 Core

Porky's

Dec 19, 2014 · 6 min

On the ninth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: Porky's on Atari, Lethal Weapon on Nintendo, V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson, Olsen Twins on GameBoy, Rocky and Bullwinkle. R

S8·E14 Core

HyperScan

Dec 20, 2014 · 7 min

On the tenth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: a slow-loading HyperScan, Porky's on Atari, Lethal Weapon on Nintendo, V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson, Olsen Twins on GameBo

S8·E15 Mytharc

Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure

Dec 21, 2014 · 12 min

On the eleventh day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: Universal Studios on GameCube, slow-loading HyperScan, Porky's on Atari, Lethal Weapon on Nintendo, V.I.P. with Pamela

S8·E16 Mytharc

LJN Video Art

Dec 22, 2014 · 9 min

On the twelfth day of Shitsmas, the Nerd was forced to play: a crappy LJN game system, Universal Studios on GameCube, slow-loading HyperScan, Porky's on Atari, Lethal Weapon on Nin

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