7. Mr. Caffeine (2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecffZBdhAUU At the end of cult classic Wayne's World, Wayne and Garth demonstrate alternate endings to the movie by waggling their fingers and making a "doodly doodly doop" noise to indicate the changing of time. In the bonkers context of Wayne's World, it works. When it's being done repeatedly by one hyper-energetic man on a stage in front of thousands of people, it quickly gets awkward. Aaron Priceman - or Mr. Caffeine as he apparently prefers - hosted Ubisoft's 2011 conference and immediately made himself a highly memorable gaming persona for all the wrong reasons. If Mr. Caffeine was looking to become the next big thing in comedy, he failed on an incredible number of levels as the majority of his jokes fell completely flat on the audience, leaving some deafeningly awkward silences. He repeatedly mispronounced Tom Clancy's name as "Tom Cuh-Lancy" (with the number of Ubisoft games featuring Tom Clancy's name, you'd think somebody would have told him how to pronounce the author's name) and he irritated just about every professional gaming news outlet you can name. Amazingly, in the following years, Ubisoft have continued to front their conferences with a comedic host, despite Mr. Caffeine's potentially brand-destroying routine. Archer voice actress Aisha Tyler has hosted the last three Ubisoft events and while not all of her material has been a smash hit (hey, E3 is a tough audience), she has enough comedic prowess and to carry the show. The same cannot be said for Mr. Caffeine, who is no doubt experimenting on using his "doodly doodly doop" powers to go back in time and erase this conference from the face of the Earth.
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