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Top 10 Awkward E3 Moments


III can go two ways
it can either excite the audience and
pump them up for a terrific year of
gaming or it can crash and burn and have
everyone cringing in their seats these
are the latter performances when destiny
comes to PlayStation this year it will
do so first bigger and better than on
any other platform
Hulk smash is Right welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most
awkward III moments I guess you may see
it later
we’re continue for this list we’re
looking at those moments during an e3
conference that failed spectacularly
whether it be from technical issues
human error or anything in between we’re
only counting those fails that happen
during an e3 conference so if you’re
looking for Microsoft’s horrible Xbox
one reveal as bad as it was since it
didn’t take place at e3 it doesn’t make
the cut go to Internet Explorer oh nice
number 10 ubisoft’s meme run Ubisoft e3
2015 there are absolutely no words to
describe it so just just check it out I
should Tyler proved to be an interesting
choice to host e3 while she may be a
really funny woman it’s clear that the
nerves of presenting got to her and she
was full of flubs including her famous
curse filled speeches even if you have
to dig through ear burning NSM UNSW NSFW
and sfw guys that’s a word reddit thread
to get it you know what I’m talking
about
however nothing compared to the
awkwardness that was trying to create a
meme with an assassin’s creed syndicate
cosplayer after making some awful jokes
she turns to the camera and books it out
of the seat you can just tell from her
face that she knew she messed up do you
have a me me one up you want to pitch Oh
guys with rickets are super hot well if
you’re talking Picardo we’ll be engaged
okay good we did that together alright
ah number 9 Skyward Sword motion
controls fail Nintendo e3 2011 Wow
what this is strange let’s hang on just
it out what’s going on what bill bill
that’s not right what you’ve got to hold
the shield more like
shield hype was a bound during
Nintendo’s 2011 III showing as they were
finally unveiling the new Zelda project
Skyward Sword it promised a beautiful
world an engaging story and completely
immersive motion controls too bad they
didn’t work these are these are some
fast spiders the Wiimote suffered from
technical difficulties resulting in
shigeto Miyamoto desperately waving the
plastic remote around on stage and
making as l de game look broken and
unresponsive free new Zelda fans out
there you know that this is truly quite
a feat looks like we’re having a little
interference here gotta go I had a
something with somebody out there using
wireless anybody luckily the game was
eventually released to critical acclaim
and Nintendo could pretend that this
never happened when you let go it fires
an arrow so polluting I’ll trust you on
your way but it looks like we’re having
some trouble with wireless um oh I see
item no 50 me with you my cell number 8
awkward laser tag
Ubisoft III 2010 I’m gonna sue you now
this is gonna be awesome
how do I do it Ubisoft definitely has a
rocky relationship with the gaming
community while they do release some
great games they’ve also seen their fair
share of fails including this disaster
player 1 TVs – yes after a group of
women ran on stage doing cartwheels and
firing cheap plastic laser guns
Ubisoft excitedly announced battle
tagged a game that no one asked for that
came with a hundred and thirty dollar
price tag we want sorry ladies nice ah
what way to go you you beat beating
bottles uh alright if that wasn’t bad
enough the presentation was also filled
with unfunny banter and producer guy oh
say do calling host Joel McHale James
you’ve got to go from this checkpoint
right James well at least you tried
Ubisoft now go back to work on the 20th
Assassin’s Creed game tell me if I play
at home will it hurt no don’t worry
don’t what if I pistol-whip someone no
no don’t worry
Oh number 7 connects awful child actors
Microsoft e3 2010 get down
let’s be careful
2010 saw gaming in the middle of a
revolution the we had already
kick-started the whole fad of motion
control gaming so Microsoft decided that
they try to take a bite out of that
market and showcased their new
innovation the Kinect Xbox play music
alright alright so now I can listen to
Justin Bieber unfortunately for them
they decided to hire atrocious child
actors to show off the device which had
them swinging their arms around lazily
and faking enthusiasm throughout the
whole display
good dog skills not saying that these
kids are the sole reason for the
Kinect’s failure but they definitely
didn’t win anyone over there I love you
number six
battlefield 4 fails to launch Microsoft
e3 2013 today we’re going to show you
actual uncut battlefield gameplay at 60
frames per second the battlefield games
have always been praised for their
exciting action and massive multiplayer
maps so hype was through the roof when
gamers were offered a glance at the
fourth installment their hype was
quickly killed when the sound failed to
kick in for the demo leaving the
auditorium in complete silence quiet we
will start over if that wasn’t awkward
enough while trying to fix the demo died
CEO Patrick soderlund
nervously bumbles his way through
apologies while audiences members laugh
at the failed display and the presenters
misfortune it will happen I promise he
also tries to leave the stage at one
point only to be waved back on
unfortunately this would not be the last
time that battlefield 4 had some
technical difficulties I’m fine
number five the entire wee music demo
Nintendo e3 2008 in 2008 the Wii was on
top of the videogame world selling out
in stores across the country
for their new mind-blowing creation
Nintendo decided to showcase Wii Music
their new motion controlled music
experience instead of showing how fun it
could be they decided to take the
amazingly awkward route of having
middle-aged adults prance around on
stage while pretending to play
instruments listen just like that
to add insult to injury the music was
well just listen how do you screw up the
iconic world one one theme that badly
number four revealing the ps3 launch
lineup Sony e3 2006 a new attack its
weak point for massive damage up to this
point we focused on individual
attraction fails never to be outdone
Sony holds the distinction of having an
entire awkward presentation their grand
finale was trying to show off their new
six access motion control but Nintendo
had already beaten them to the punch
months prior leaving a sort of myth
impression with no external sensor
required a major highlight here is
Hawaii excitedly proclaiming its Ridge
Racer to crickets Ridge Racer remember
that one and who can forget the
historically accurate game about the
ancient Japanese fighting giant crabs
and all of this for just the price of
five hundred and ninety nine dollars it
is really no wonder why Microsoft
dominated much of the beginning of the
seventh generation the 60 gigabyte
PlayStation 3 for 599 US dollars six
hundred and fifty nine dollars Canadian
number three Jamie Kennedy Activision e3
2007 at e3 and I just want to say this
place is the only place that makes the
guys at comic-con look like Ocean’s
thirteen short of scream is there
anything actually worth watching
involving Jamie Kennedy for Activision’s
2007 conference they hired this quote
absolutely hysterical guy as their host
and well it didn’t go well
thank you it’s getting around out yet to
start Kennedy showed up completely
hammered stoned or Khamenei
to the two and didn’t exactly try to
hide it either now I want to ask you
about the name of your company Neversoft
no no it’s weird he stumbled his way
through some awful jokes actually
thanking the odd person that laughed and
then he constantly insulted the audience
calling them virgins and basement
dwellers you never get out of the house
anything always the professional mr.
Kennedy it’s not hard to see why this
guy’s career went down the crapper I
want to bring up now a real man not that
you are number two mr. caffeine Ubisoft
III 2011 yeah
so I’m talking about the loud obnoxious
slightly deranged poop on your
toothpaste although I wish this could
have all started when we all had a
Commodore 64 and here we are back at
Ubisoft for yet another spectacular fail
this time it was the hands of Aaron
price Minh who the internet calls mr.
caffeine everyone do it with me Cam
Newton Newton Newton I said have a
conscience
he was an extremely energetic guy who
forced his way through some awful penis
jokes many of which resulted in complete
silence despite his best attempts to
rile the audience up with having said
yeah I’ll take a smattering applause I’m
a cheap I’m a cheap date I’ll take any
any flaws I can drum up he also
repeatedly mispronounced Tom Clancy’s
name as Tom : see a Tom Clancy’s Ghost
Recon Future Soldier and who can forget
his Wayne’s World style the dooblydoo
sound effects and hand gestures whenever
the focus shifted to the screen maybe
next time you be soft maybe next time
oh wait 2011 guess not I wonder what
this game would have looked like had we
released it long ago do you didn’t –
before we make you cringe with our most
embarrassing fail here are a few
honorable mentions coming this year
peggle –
number one the entire press conference
konami III 2010 yes
while Sony’s press conference may have
been bad it’s nothing compared to konami
x’ disaster this is an extreme haggis
bash tattle where do we start with this
one the conference opens up with a
barely intelligible tak Fuji stumbling
his way through lines and barely
containing his enthusiasm Pressey the
sample don’t like x-axis and why Iowa
and xx and YY by again you’ll be sucked
what follows was a pure masterpiece of
cringe or including the AV tax being
unable to start Def Jam Rapstar Mexican
wrestlers slapping each other
a curse filled rap by Russell Simmons
that stare and the most unenthusiastic
dance routine of all time
very good Express huh
is it any coincidence that Konami’s kept
going downhill since then not funny do
you agree with our list ask me how I’m
feeling I’ll be you guys hi uh-huh what
embarrassing moment from past III s can
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