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E3 2005 Booth Babe Hall of Shame 184

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DanAckerman writes "GameGal.com offers some of the out-of-control examples of Booth Babe excess seen every year (five years running) at E3 in their annual Hall of Shame gallery." From the article: "They're smiling on the outside, but three days of snapping Poloroids with sweaty game geeks leads these girls to swear off Guild Wars forever."
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  • My wife was a booth babe... (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    ...for a couple hours. She's a marketing manager for a large game company and volunteered to hand out t-shirts or some crap for a shift.

    Sweaty, nasty geeks indeed. She said it was worse than you can imagine.

  • So what? (Score:4, Insightful)

    by etymxris ( 121288 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:04PM (#12618341)
    I imagine very few attendees are under the illusion that these women are doing this for anything but money. Yes, there are better jobs, but with so many people having dreams of being an actor/actress, and relatively few positions to fill, this certainly isn't the worst gig available. Better than strip clubs and Valtrex commercials anyway.
  • All they need to do is host an E3 show in a building directly next to a strip club.

    • All they need to do is host an E3 show in a building directly next to a strip club.

      They already pretty much do. The LA Convention Center is not really in the "heart" of downtown, it's down near the basketball arena (what is it called these days, the Staples Center?) in an area of town that's sort of borderline - it's not bad but it's not great either, and it kind of feels like the middle of nowhere. I walked around outside the convention center a while both times I went to E3 and I did see some strip c

  • Booth babes (Score:5, Funny)

    by secolactico ( 519805 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:06PM (#12618354) Journal
    Boothbabes faking a sleepover party? WTF! Now I'm embarrased of being a gamer...

    At least there was a pillow fight, right? Everybody knows no babe sleepover is complete without a pillow fight.
    • I'm all for pillowfights, don't get me wrong. But why are all these Booth-"babes" not babes, and actually just ugly skinny chicks with big tits? I mean it's not like a promo model with a nice face and who actually works out and has a nice flat stomach is that hard to come by?

  • Out of control? (Score:2, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Seems pretty damn tame to me. I've seen more "out of control" dress on Britney-wannabe teenagers down at the local mall. Don't tell me Ashcroft's new job is webmaster for gamegal.com!

  • You mean the geeks, right? (Score:5, Informative)

    by EnronHaliburton2004 ( 815366 ) * on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:11PM (#12618405) Homepage Journal
    Oh god, if some of those men could only see how fucking stupid they look when they come across booth babe they might get a sense of WHY it is that they can never get a girlfriend.

    • Re:You mean the geeks, right? (Score:2, Insightful)

      by Anonymous Coward
      You really think that people treat "booth babes" the same way they treat other women? I doubt it, here is why.

      If you have sold yourself to someone (your looks, your body), so they can then sell me a product, I have no respect for you. Your tits are for my pleasure, to leer at if I wish, that is WHY you got hired, remember. Same with your ass, and any other part of yourself that you are using to "attract" my attention. That is why you got hired. You sold yourself, and more properly, your sexuality, to a thi
    • True. I guess I'd probably have a stupid look at the moment I came across a booth babe. "Oh God" is right! Luckily it only lasts for a few seconds and I'd be able to go back to looking normal.

      Ok, that's enough for now.

  • America the Puritanical (Score:5, Insightful)

    by witchman ( 214735 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:15PM (#12618438)
    Once again, we Americans are showing our puritanical roots, with the old credo, "Violence is ok, but anything to do with sex or sexuality is very shameful and bad!" So the companies use good looking women to attract attention to their products, wow, such crimes against humanity should not be allowed to persist in our "enlightened" society. Oh, by the way, pass me another beer while I watch a bunch of foreigners get blown up by our precision guided 500 pound bombs on CNN.

    Sorry, but I think there are a lot of things to be upset about in this country of ours and booth babes are waaaaaaaaaaay down at the bottom of the list.

    • Where else can you find boothbabes? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by MMaestro ( 585010 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:29PM (#12618528)
      The issue isn't about making women into sex objects this way, the issue is WHY here in video gaming? This isn't the movie industry where the females are always the 'damsel in distress', no this is the video game industry where the women can sometimes kick ass better than the males (Samus from Metroid? MMO games? Garnet/Dagger from FFIX who runs away from home/gets 'kidnapped'?)

      If this was a car show I could see booth babes being around, but video games? Wtf? If this is the kind of perception gaming developers and producers have of gamers its no wonder Nintendo is constantly cranking out award winning games and capturing a loyal audience. Kids don't care about booth babes. Casual gamers don't care about booth babes. Hardcore gamers may stare for a little bit but even they know that it all comes down to gameplay. What kind of jobless losers are these developers try to attract with booth babes?

      • Re:Where else can you find boothbabes? (Score:4, Insightful)

        by DAldredge ( 2353 ) <SlashdotEmail@GMail.Com> on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:35PM (#12618574) Journal
        Because Men and Women like looking at attractive females. Just pick up a womans magazine and see how many barely dressed women advertize products that women buy.

        • Because Men and Women like looking at attractive females.

          And with good reason...

          Women are pretty. Men are not. Simple as that.

          If you want people's attention, something pretty to look at usually works better than something which is not. That much should be obvious to anybody.

          Personally, I go out of my way to buy products which use beautiful women to promote them, because I want to encourage companies to continue the practice... I don't know what the hell I'm going to do with a box of "Intuition" le
        • This is because of a fundamental difference in the way we're wired up. Want to sell stuff to a woman? Show her who she'd like to be. Want to sell stuff to a man? Show him what he wants to posess. The solution: Show everyone "cool" hot chicks.

          Why yes, I do like my gross sexist generalisations. They get my point across, are usually fairly accurate, and still manage to offend every woman who thinks "I'm not like other women" (ie, all of them).

      • Re:Where else can you find boothbabes? (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Lisandro ( 799651 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:37PM (#12618587)
        Because they're women, man, and they have tits :)

        Seriously, is the same reason they put beautiful women in every single commercial oriented to males. We just love to see them. It's simple.
        • Granted, the whole sex thing always earns money in the eyes of execs and the masses, but E3 is supposed to be a media only trade show. Joe Average is supposed to be kept out (I say supposedly because we all know people manage to sneak in) and only the 'professional' video game reporters are supposed to get in. Several days after the show ends...

          The mass media mocks and laughs at the video game industry. Booth babes in a 'media only' show? What kind of -professional- reporter fall for that kind of trick? (Br

      • Re:Where else can you find boothbabes? (Score:5, Insightful)

        by witchman ( 214735 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:42PM (#12618644)
        I understand your question; "why here?" but I think you're missing the point. Booth babes are just a small part of the larger phenomenon in American advertising, which is, "sex sells". You can see that in everything and everywhere, ads, TV shows, clothing, food, etc. I also happen to agree that it's a waste of advertising dollars, or maybe even development dollars, to spend money on the sex sells advertising campaign, but as long as Americans are "sex starved", I mean you can't even see any nudity on TV here, but you can see people getting killed (how wrong is that?), then you'll continue to see a glut of sex-based advertising.

        What I dislike about the article, if you can actually call it that, is that it (too me at least) implies that there is something wrong with enjoying the sight of scantily clad women, which I don't happen to think that there is, whatever the reason.
        • I mean you can't even see any nudity on TV here

          You must a whole different TV system than most people have available. Cable channels (HBO, Cinemax, etc) have stuff on all the time.

          Oh, you mean on every channel, anytime you want. Well, no, not on the broadcast channels.

        • Booth babes are just a small part of the larger phenomenon in American advertising, which is, "sex sells".

          This is NOT an American phenomenon. Feel free to watch advertising from anywhere around the world, you'll see that "sex sells" to everybody.

      • What kind of jobless losers are these developers try to attract with booth babes?

        Journalists? It is a trade show.

      • Answer: Everywhere. (Score:5, Funny)

        by Westacular ( 118145 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @10:10PM (#12619675)
        Have you ever been to an Auto Show? Or a football game?

        Oh, wait, those are only for low-life shmucks who aren't ashamed of being attracted to women and aren't smart enough to spend all their time toying with computers.

        A modern, refined individual, such as one whose declared hobby is 'video games' surely cannot indulge in such vulgar interests.
      • It seems to work to get people to their booths, right ? And in magazines, on fansites these pictures are shown more.. any attention is good for them.

        I was at the ATEI show in London in January (see my website for a review with some pictures of it)
        where arcade games are presented and sold.. almost all booth babes were at the booth of Sega.. maybe 2 other smaller booths also had 1 babe and that was it. But Sega's booth had 6 or 7 ?

        As I say on my website, I found it weird to find the booth babes at such a la
      • The issue isn't about making women into sex objects this way, the issue is WHY here in video gaming? This isn't the movie industry where the females are always the 'damsel in distress', no this is the video game industry where the women can sometimes kick ass better than the males (Samus from Metroid? MMO games? Garnet/Dagger from FFIX who runs away from home/gets 'kidnapped'?)

        Why must female sexuality be mutually exclusive with "kicking ass"? Or being smart? Or being successful? Or anything other than

        • Why must female sexuality be mutually exclusive with "kicking ass"? Or being smart? Or being successful? Or anything other than sexual objectificiation? Why is it that any display of female sexuality is instantly branded as somehow belittling women and reducing them to nothing but their reproductive capacity? Why can't a woman be intelligent, able to kick your ass in a sparring match, and be sexy? Why is it that our response to all attractive, sexy women is to immediately go on the defensive on their behalf
    • Would you feel the same way if a soapsuds company hired some Chippendale dancers to bump and grind in the aisles of your local grocery store to promote their product?

      My guess: You'ld find it less than comfortable. The girls are just pointing out the same thing.

      • Re:America the Puritanical (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Elwood P Dowd ( 16933 ) <judgmentalist@gmail.com> on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:55PM (#12618773) Journal
        You'ld find it less than comfortable. The girls are just pointing out the same thing.
        No, they're just trying to drive up traffic to their website by posting pictures of half-naked women. Just like the booth babe employers.

        If there was... iduno... content to the hall of shame aside from said photos, I might feel differently. But there isn't and I don't. The booth babe interviews from previous years are much more interesting and better at humanizing the issue (however much or little an issue it is).
      • Would you feel the same way if a soapsuds company hired some Chippendale dancers to bump and grind in the aisles of your local grocery store to promote their product?

        I'll bite. Yes, I would feel differently. But then again, grocery stores are far more public than E3.

        If that soap company, during the national S3 (Stupendous Soap S...omethingathon) extravaganza hired those same dancers to appeal to the women who would be touring their booths? Why not? Are you telling me you think that would be wrong?
        • You're right, it is less public. But you wrecked my analogy while you were at it, unless of course, you actually attend soap conventions.

          In whatever it is you do, imagine if you had to conduct your business with some big brawny guy hanging out of a g-string.

          Personally, I find the idea kind of exciting, but that's because I like big brawny guys hanging out of g-strings. But it wouldn't be fair to those who might not.
          • In whatever it is you do, imagine if you had to conduct your business with some big brawny guy hanging out of a g-string.

            You're modifying your argument to make it stronger; "business" isn't really conducted at these trade shows. Products are shown off and hyped up and any edge to get more attention is used; including sex.

            Now, if (as a straight, married, male) my industry held an annual convention for new product (new meeting, new gadgets, whatever) promotion; and my industry was primarily made up of peop
            • Yes, it's hype, and yes, it's business. People get paid to go to these things and make decisions on what they're going to write about in their magazines, what they're going to stock on their shelves, what companies they plan to buy, what games they're going to publish.

              When most industries were old boys clubs, the booth babe phenomenon was a lot more prevalent. As these industries became more integrated it fell by the wayside. From the original article, it sounds like it's starting to recede at E3 as well
              • Just a recognition that not all of your audience are looking for tits and ass.

                Sure, but what if most of your audience is? I know that I'd spend more time at a booth with a babe than one without. Unless the product was really, really crappy.
        • (Stupendous Soap S...omethingathon) Symposium?
    • I'm not saying it's bad ... I'm saying it's juvenile. If our society had a mature attitude toward sex, we wouldn't ban booth babes, and yes they might still be employed, but we wouldn't make such a big honking deal out of them.

      I'm offended at the objectification aspect. Not objectification in general, I don't have a problem with objectification among the willing, good looks is good looks, and if you want to flaunt it, great.. but the really juvenile point-and-giggle-and-ogle objectification. Systematic o

    • Re:America the Puritanical (Score:5, Insightful)

      by Guppy06 ( 410832 ) * on Monday May 23, 2005 @09:48PM (#12619537)
      "Violence is ok, but anything to do with sex or sexuality is very shameful and bad!"

      Look, I like tits and ass as much as the next guy, but there's a time and a place for everything, and I get sick of T&A being over-used to hit that lowest common denominator in advertising.

      "So the companies use good looking women to attract attention to their products,"

      Whatever happened to using the products themselves? Or are they simply not good enough to stand on their own two feet? Another issue I have with the concept of booth babes is the way publishers rely on them and their digital counterparts in the games to move product instead of, say, making a good game.

      Your argument about how the US is pro-violence and anti-sex is ultmately a straw man argument here, anyway. I didn't see anything in TFA about blowing stuff up, and at least I personally think the concept of over-relying on cleavage to sell a game is just lame in and of its own right. How about countering my argument instead of the usual collection of anti-American soundbites?
    • Once again, we Americans are showing our puritanical roots, with the old credo, "Violence is ok, but anything to do with sex or sexuality is very shameful and bad!"

      Why deprive geeks of the fleeting hope that they one day might get a chance to reproduce? Why deprive young women who can't get another job and who can't dance from making a buck?
    • Sorry, but I think there are a lot of things to be upset about in this country of ours and booth babes are waaaaaaaaaaay down at the bottom of the list.

      If you look at how many people are affected in our country (and in others) by women being objectified and marginalized, you may think that the problem behind "booth babes" is more important.


    • You missed the point. The problem is in using women as furnitures and making them wear ugly supposedly sexy outfits (geeks dig xena).

      Wonder if those geniuses really expect to increase their sales with the female audience.

      --
      Go Debian!

  • What Shame? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Nytewynd ( 829901 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:18PM (#12618460)
    Can anyone else think of a better idea to get lonely gamers (the kind that would go to E3 to begin with) to check out their booth? These are just good looking girls is tight outfits. Depending on where you live, you can see that in any bar/club anyway. Just check out the girls that come around on promos or sell shots.

    Most likely, they are girls that are looking for modeling/acting jobs. I guess that is a modeling job, but I guarantee they could make more money on the pole. At least strippers don't have to pose next to a fat bald guy so he can show the pictures to his friends as proof of his story that he made out with a hot chick.
    • It's my understanding, that headlining strippers actually make money posing for pictures before and after their act. You can either get polariods right on the spot, or a signed professional print (obviously you aren't in that).

      So yes, strippers do actually generate income standing next the fact bald guy (or signing picture for him). Or so I've heard. Never been to a strip club, but cable channels periodically as a "Day in the Life" of strippers show that is interesting to see what goes on behind the s

    • Re:What Shame? (Score:3, Insightful)

      by Sylver Dragon ( 445237 )
      At least strippers don't have to pose next to a fat bald guy so he can show the pictures to his friends as proof of his story that he made out with a hot chick.

      No, instead they get to give the bald fat guy a lap dance, and feel his dick getting hard as they grind against it in a sexual manner. Honestly, if I was a female, it'd take far less money to convince me to pose with a bunch of geeks for pictures than it would to convince me to rub myself all over those same geeks.
    • "Can anyone else think of a better idea to get lonely gamers (the kind that would go to E3 to begin with) to check out their booth?"

      Depends on the gamer/geek in question. From where I sit, it seems that flashy booth babes will only attract the creepy geeks and actually repel those less-caustic geeks that would be too intimidated to be within two meters of one.

      Of course, I thought E3 was all about the games, anyway. Unless it's a T&A game, it seems all the booth babes would do is distract from the p

  • Not what I see... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Reorax ( 629666 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:20PM (#12618476)
    From what I can tell, they're not even smiling on the outside. And I doubt their Guild Wars plans were very intense before swearing it off forever.

  • Oh (Score:5, Funny)

    by Konster ( 252488 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:31PM (#12618546)
    This...this is how nerds would dress up their women...if only they had women.

    And names? If nerds could name their women?

    Grepina! The goddess of search!

  • booth babe insight (Score:5, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 23, 2005 @07:52PM (#12618743)
    As someone who is dating a "boothbabe" who was working at e3, I can share a few things that can tell you how they relate to the show and guys.

    1) Majority of the girls that they hire hate or don't care about video games. Surprisingly enough, some of the girls take to video games after the show, but that is usually only if they are stationed around a fun for everybody game. Which means not the blood and guts shooting games that tend to make up the majority of the show.

    2) These girls know exactly what to expect from guys there. Afterall, these guys are not *just* at e3, they are at movie theaters, malls, streets, etc. They know how guys respond to them and how to fake smile well. An extra bonus they even have a section in their training manual about dealing with "problem" guys.

    3) They get paid well. Most girls can work two days and make enough to pay their bills for a month. Plus, we are talking LA where the cost of living is quite high so that is real good money. These girls are usually all "models" and are usually contracted through an agency or agent.

    4) A lot of these girls are quite smart and just do this to make some extra money on the side. A lot are "wannabe actresses" of course, but if you have the goods, why not use it right?

    5) I'm a gamer, I work in the biz, I did e3 and I'm dating a "booth babe." So use that for whatever hope you want :P (though I did meet her before e3 started).

  • Shame? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by TopShelf ( 92521 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @08:06PM (#12618865) Homepage Journal
    Attractive women getting paid to stand around and draw attention to thier clients' booths? Appalling!

    Next thing you know, they'll start paying strong, athletic people just to play sports, or they'll pay introverted, academic types to research new technologies! Oh, the humanity!
    • OK, so athletes are good at sports and academics are good at academic things. What does an atractive woman have to do with videogames?
      I think that is the question that things like the "booth Babe Hall of Shame" is trying to ask.
      • Attractive women have lots to do with marketing, whether for video games, domain registrars (GoDaddy), or hamburgers (Hardee's).
        • Hardee's uses women in marketing? All the ads from them I've seen lately have been big closeups of the sandwich or guys sitting on a stool talking to the camera?

  • Ok, so it's sexist (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Sylver Dragon ( 445237 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @08:08PM (#12618884) Journal
    Ya, the presence of and gawking over booth babes is sexist and objectifies women. Now, why am I supposed to care? I'm sorry ladies, but guys are very simple creatures, we like looking at semi-naked, good looking, women. If they happen to be in a costume that reflects a particular interest of ours, then all the better.
    There is sort of a catch-22 going on at shows like this one. Gaming has usually been the domain of males. Because gaming has been primarilly the domian of males, the advertising is aimed at males. Since the advertising and games are aimed primarilly at males, the industry attracts a mostly male audience, goto 10.
    Booth babes are going to be a part of gaming for a long time to come, and I doubt they will ever disappear entirely. Once the industry matures (no pun intended) we should see that sort of advertising toned down a bit, but it will still be there. At the end of the day, it's still easy to sell a guy on sex, so advertisers will still be doing it for years to come. Look at the music industry, do you really think Britney Spears would have done so well if she had dressed respectfully?

    • ... we like looking at semi-naked...

      Well, you're half right.

    • Comment removed (Score:5, Interesting)

      by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @09:19PM (#12619362)
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      • Want to know a secret? Girls like looking at good-looking naked guys, too. The fact that you believe they don't is why they're capable of controlling you.

        While I would bet that this is true to some extent, I think guys have it worse. Or, at least, its much more prevalent. If you look at advertising, when a product is being targeted at a male audiance, you can generally expect to see one or more good looking women in various states of undress. Or, at least, the implication that the product is useful fo
      • Girls like looking at good-looking naked guys, too. The fact that you believe they don't is why they're capable of controlling you.
        The fact they he isn't good looking is why they're able to control him.
      • No. The fact that when they cry/whine/become emotionally unstable/etc and we can't legally kick their ass when they do is why they're capable of controlling us.

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    • My last company, which manufactures controls and calibrators for automated diagnostic machines (Biotech) had booth babes at the American Association of Clinical Chemists. They sold stuff to hospitals and research labs. There are plenty of women in biotech. Biotech is not a male dominated field. My first company out of college had more female chemists than male. The manager of my department told me that he interviews every male that applies for a position, just so he can try and keep a better balance.

  • Complaining (Score:3, Insightful)

    by tprime ( 673835 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @08:17PM (#12618927)
    What I am confused about is, although those booth babes are being horribly mistreated and exploited, I haven't heard one of them complain.....

    I wonder why that is.....
    • What I am confused about is, although those booth babes are being horribly mistreated and exploited, I haven't heard one of them complain.....

      I wonder why that is.....

      I know, could it be because they're making good cash for standing around and doing nothing (or next to it)? I'm sorry, but if I was a chick and looked like them I'd happily take the job, sweaty dudes and all.
    • What I am confused about is, although those booth babes are being horribly mistreated and exploited, I haven't heard one of them complain.....

      This is one of my platitudes about life and politics: everybody has strong principles until it's their own money that's at stake.

      Everybody has grand ideas for how YOU should spend your money, what YOU should get paid for, how much your employer can afford, how much Wal*Mart should pay their people, how high taxes should be, blah blah blah. Everybody has a very h

  • Some thoughts.. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Lally Singh ( 3427 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @08:44PM (#12619122) Journal
    1. "but three days of snapping Poloroids with sweaty game geeks leads these girls to swear off Guild Wars forever." -- How many were considering Guild Wars before?

    2. How much of the motivation for these women's presence came from the marketing dept trying to convince their own developers to come to the show?

    3. Usually frills like these are a good indicator of an oversaturated, undergrowing market. And again, the indicator is proven true.
  • Well, let's see.

    The wizardess gets an automatic -1 on any male opponent's Concentration - so opposing spellcasters cannot complete their spells as easily.

    The gals faking the sleepover - well, at least they are getting to sit down. Anybody who has worked a trade show will tell you standing up in the booth all day WILL make your feet sore - especially if you are wearing dress shoes when you usually weare sneakers (I speak from experience!)

  • Sorry to be a spelling nazi... But as a camera collector and an Outkast fan it was really bugging me.

  • Like totally! (Score:4, Funny)

    by bergeron76 ( 176351 ) * on Monday May 23, 2005 @09:17PM (#12619347) Homepage
    From the article:
    We know it's tough being an actress/model in LA, but there's got got to be better gigs than pretending to have a sleepover party in the middle of a trade show.

    Quoth Lord Dimboress:
    "We couldn't even wear thongs! Like OMFG! Not having something in my butt was the most difficult thing ever! I sooo hope I get paid for this."

  • Never could understand it (Score:3, Insightful)

    by thesandtiger ( 819476 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @10:22PM (#12619730)
    Give me a normal looking person in jeans and a t-shirt who clearly feels comfortable and enjoys where they are and has something honest and interesting to say ANYDAY over a stupidly-clad smile-bot who's only interest is in getting a paycheck.

    Really, why don't they just get someone who adds real value to staff the booth as opposed to just stand around and be animate furniture? Or, hell - just admit that they're playing on the sex urges and hire escorts, giving away a free romp every hour?

  • Welcome to the United States of the Offended (Score:5, Insightful)

    by DesScorp ( 410532 ) on Monday May 23, 2005 @10:41PM (#12619835) Journal
    Thes people can frankly piss off, for all I care. Nothing bad was going on here. I've seen far skimpier outfits at the beach. FAR skimpier. And these women were basically playing characters from the games. The vast majority of them probably don't give a rats ass either, especially if the money is good.

    Men are attracted to women. And people have been using this fact to sell things for years. Why is it a crime now? These critics need to get over themselves, stat.

  • Check out this crazy wanker! (Score:5, Funny)

    by antdude ( 79039 ) on Tuesday May 24, 2005 @02:15AM (#12620954) Homepage Journal
    I cannot believe this shot [charter.net] Hahaha!

  • I don't get it (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Supurcell ( 834022 )
    How would these women lure nerds over to their booths? Aren't most nerds intimidated by beautiful women?

  • There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of "shame" going on. Stupid costumes, sure. But essentially, they're drawing crowds of horny /. geeks to their site by posting pictures of hot chicks.

    So much for dignity...

  • sexy != sexist (Score:2, Insightful)

    by v_1matst ( 166486 )
    Having sexy women around to attract people is not sexist and does not objectify women. Plain and simple. If anything I imagine it's empowering and I'm sure they do well financially.

    There's nothing sexist about looking at an attractive woman for any reason.

  • Booth Babes at Conferences (Score:3, Informative)

    by BlueFashoo ( 463325 ) on Tuesday May 24, 2005 @04:16PM (#12627003)
    I've seen a lot of people (maybe just a few, but they were highly rated) complaining about how the booth babes shouldn't be at a video game conference. Let me tell you something. My last company, which manufactures controls and calibrators for automated diagnostic machines (Biotech) had booth babes at the American Association of Clinical Chemists. They sold stuff to hospitals and research labs. There are plenty of women in biotech. Biotech is not a male dominated field. My first company out of college had more female chemists than male. The manager of my department told me that he interviews every male that applied for a position, just so he can try and keep a better balance. I would expect that booth babes will always be at E3.
  • The show-goers, the execs, the babes or is it just gamegal.com?

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