INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Geoff Keighley revealed his robot face while hosting the Summer Game Fest as one last reveal for the event, according to those in attendance.
“Oh… and one last reveal,” Keighley said, using his non-microphone hand to peel back the skin on his face and reveal that he has, for years, been a robot. “That’s right, folks. You know we love exclusive first looks here at the Summer Game Fest, so here’s an exclusive look at the biology of my strange robotic body. This entire time, I’ve been more machine than man — powered by artificial intelligence. I do not eat, sleep, or poop, and I feed only on exciting news about upcoming video games. Thank you all for tuning in, and have a great rest of the year!”
Those in attendance found the announcement confusing and strange.
“At first I was like, holy shit, he’s a robot. But then after the initial excitement died down, I was a little underwhelmed,” said games journalist Giuseppe Colacicco. “He didn’t really say it in an exciting way or anything, it was just the same cadence as any other announcement. Not to mention, there was no fanfare. No celebrities, no rock bands, no trailers, nothing. It was just like, hey, by the way, I’ve been a robot this whole time. OK? Where’s Silksong, Geoff?”
“I guess it was better than the finale of the last Game Awards,” said YouTuber Alma Vincent. “The big reveal of that show was the launch of like some weird kid? And now he does TikToks and viral pranks or something like that. I dunno, I get that people like ARG shit, but I wish they’d go back to ending these things with actual video game reveals. Is Geoff even gonna be controllable? Or is he just a robot?”
At press time, Keighley explained that although his main function is to serve humanity by revealing trailers and release dates for upcoming games, he was originally created by a man he refers to as The Tinkerer, but who is known to the world as Hideo Kojima.
