1. Someone calls it “the real Oscars.”
2. Geoff Keighley makes a Kojima joke before Kojima appears
3. A world premiere trailer starts with… a forest
4. Live orchestra plays something dramatically quiet and no one knows when to clap
5. NPC walk-cycle awkwardly clips/glitches during a demo
6. Chat spams “L” for a completely normal announcement
7. A celebrity appears who CLEARLY has never played a video game
8. Indie game wins an award and everyone goes “Wait what game is that?”
9. A dev says “we couldn’t have done this without the fans”
10. A trailer that looks like a FromSoftware game… but isn’t
11. Someone mispronounces a major studio name
12. A presenter reads the teleprompter like it’s their first time seeing English
13. Chat predicts a remake of something from the 1990s. It doesn’t happen
14. A “live service” game sneakily rebrands itself as a “community-driven ecosystem.”
15. Award acceptance speech gets rushed off-stage by the music.
16. Geoff says “World Premiere” with maximum gravitas.
17. A studio announces a partnership with an AI or AI company and everyone groans.
18. Camera cuts to audience and someone is NOT paying attention
19. A trailer uses a cover song that doesn’t match the vibe at all
20. Loot box jokes. Always loot box jokes
21. A giant gaming brand announces a movie nobody asked for
22. Award category intro features spoilers for a game
23. An open-world trailer says “If you can see it… you can go there.”
24. Someone claims their game is “genre-defining.”
25. A horror game trailer starts with a normal household item
26. A beloved dev looks exhausted but happy to be alive
27. Crowd barely reacts to a major announcement
28. A VR game wins something and half the audience shrugs
29. A trailer pretends gameplay is coming but shows cinematics only
30. Unexpected wholesome moment that becomes a meme
31. A game with 12 release delays gets yet another release window
32. Chat spams “Kojima” even when it’s not Kojima
33. A celebrity yoinks the mic for too long
34. Someone jokes about crunch culture and the room gets tense
35. The “Players’ Voice Award” is anything but the Players Voice
36. A studio claims their game runs at 60fps… “on some platforms.”
37. Trailer shows dramatic walking scenes for 45 straight seconds.
38. An awkward silence becomes iconic
39. People get mad that their favorite OST didn’t win
40. An RPG trailer shows absolutely zero actual RPG gameplay
41. Someone thanks their cat/dog in their acceptance speech
42. A surprise sequel to a game nobody remembers OR asked for
43. Chat calls everything “CGI.” Even real gameplay
44. Audience cheers the loudest for a completely random announcement
45. Mobile game announcement gets polite applause
46. Geoff references Elden Ring at least once
47. A “one more thing” that causes total confusion
48. A standing ovation that lasts too long
49. A trailer ends on a logo reveal that tells you… absolutely nothing
50. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses game of the year in major upset
51. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps all categories
52. A Dark horse wins game of the year
53. Triple AAA studios do not win a single category