The Most Embarrassing Moments In Gaming History?

[Hatiras]

We have all heard some about some really stupid things that publishers, gamers, or even characters have done in the history of video games, and this is the time to let them come to light for The Escapist readers to share

In your time with gaming, what is the most embarrassing thing you have seen or heard of?

 

[NeedAUserName]

Daikatana's "John Romeros about to make you his *****" advert campaign.

 

[Jfswift]

"All your base are belong to us" (not sure if this counts )

 

[Hauer]

Miyamoto and his Skyward Sword presentation at E3

 

[Veloxe]

FFX-2. I loved the battle system and spent far too much time in that game getting 100%. But, well...ya, it's X-2...

 

[pyrosaw]

Final Fantasy 10's laughing scene. Stopped playing the game right there.

 

[Light 086]

The most embarrassing thing I've seen? Easy. Some kid was talking crap with another player when I joined the lobby in Modern Warfare 2, so they set out to have a competition based on most kills/lowest deaths. By the end of the match the other player had a 25/4 kill/death ratio and the kid had 1/9 kill/death ratio + 2 team kills. The crap that kid said when I 'walked' in(and the lame excuses for the crap match)... no one let him live it down, not even his own teammates. We all laughed him out of that lobby.

 

[theonlyblaze2]

Miyamoto and his Skyward Sword presentation at E3

We seem to be having problems due to the audience's computers/whatnot. Will you all turn them off so we can show you this great game? *audience glares*

 

[Vault101]

Ok this is kind of a weird example,

I dont remember it well but in Dragon age, I dont know if being a city elf had anythign to do with it but I was visiting the dalish..you know and I think one of the elves invidted me to sit at the fire with him or somthing....then it turns out he was taking the piss out of me

I actually felt embarrased, like in real life for my charachter...now thats immersion!

anyway I then threatand him with the most violent conversation option availible

 

[typhado]

boot.ini

when patches go bad, really really bad

 

[zidine100]

Custer's Revenges revenge ranks right up there i think.

 

[Irridium]

Daikatana's "John Romeros about to make you his *****" advert campaign.

I'd say anything relating to Daikatana is a huge embarrassment.

OT: EA championing Spore's DRM as "unbreakable". Then Spore gets cracked on day 1, and becomes the most pirated game of the year.

 

[Janus Vesta]

Spoiler: Custer's Revenge

Who thought that would be okay?

 

[xHipaboo420x]

Every response ITT. The most embarrassing things in videogaming.

 

[subject_87]

There was that weird-ass Cirque de Soleil Kinect show, as well as anything having to do with Sonic after the first few games, to name but a few of the really stupid and embarrassing things that our beloved industry has done.

 

[Jfswift]

It's an obvious one but it's a hell of an embarrassing moment.

haha I used to have that stupid game