It was a big weekend for the Silicon Valley-based AOL technology blog, TechCrunch, as an array of promising app developers descended on the company’s turf for a high-profile, marathon hack session that would allow them to display their computer skills and prowess. According to the New York Post, however, the weekend event quickly turned controversial, as two of the app developers in attendance directed their attention to creating sexually explicit and potentially offensive app presentations.

The first of the two apps, titled “Titstare” and touted jokingly by its creator as “the breast app ever,” predictably collected a bunch of pictures of people staring at women’s breasts. (Innovative title, huh?) The second of the two questionable apps to make it to the presentation stage was arguably even more offensive, a game called Circle Shake which challenges users to see how many times they can shake their phones in a 10 second period. To add to the class factor of this particular app, the shaking even initiates orgasm sounds.

Needless to say, not everyone in attendance at the TechCrunch event was appreciative of the low-brow humor. In particular, parents who had brought children to the event were amazed at the material that was being presented by fellow hackers.

TechCrunch was also disappointed in the content that several conference attendants chose to display, and quickly scrambled to issue a public apology. According to Eric Eldon, one of the blog’s co-editors, TechCrunch hadn’t expected to deal with explicit content, and had, as a result, not established much of a review process to decide what could or could not be presented from the stage. That will change in the future, as will the screening of event applicants.

TechCrunch editors believe the two apps were created in extremely poor taste, and showed off the sort of sexist attitude that the technology industry has been working to topple in recent years.

“Normally our hackathons are a showcase for developers of all stripes to create and share something cool,” TechCrunch wrote in a public apology on their website. “But earlier today, the spirit of our event was marred by two misogynistic presentations.”

“Sexism is a major problem in the tech industry, and we’ve worked hard to counteract it in our coverage and in our own hiring,” the statement added.

The TechCrunch hackathon will give way to the Disrupt conference, a major tech industry event that begins today in San Francisco.