E3 2006 booth babes - less skin, bigger grins
Thursday May 11, 2006
Yes, there are less booth babes this year at E3, and yes, they aren't showing as much skin. Yahoo! News seems to have found someone who was actually threatened with the elusive $5,000 fine for showing a 'distracting' amount of cleavage.
When I spoke to a model a the Square-Enix booth, adorned with furry ears and a tail, she asked me about the other models. She had heard rumors about years past and was a bit nervous, she said, when taking the job.
Well, after telling her what some of the other booth babes were wearing (whole body spandex body suits - a privilege, not a right) she seemed at ease with her costume. Check back after the show for photos of E3's infamous booth babes. [Source: Yahoo! News]
Comments
I think if companies would make more use of the fans they’d have less problems–particularily, cosplayers.
Cosplayers often have a working knowledge of the game that they love, or can atleast talk intelligently about video games, something that I don’t hear a lot about the models already hired.
They also posses costumes that would normally set these companies back $500+ and would only be used once.
I’ve heard that cosplayers have begun to appear more in the show, but at no where near the speed that was originally anticipated.