In Real Life

An Argument Against Booth Babes

You don’t see them as much at E3 these days, but events like the Tokyo Game Show or Germany’s GamesCom are full of young women (and sometimes men!) wearing very little clothing while trying to sell you video games.


September 28, 2011
In Real Life

Look At Japanese Booth Babes Until You Get Barfy

During this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Japanese website Inside Games thought it would be a good idea to film this year’s booth companions. Maybe it was.


September 17, 2011
In Real Life

When Booth Companions Meet You At The Station

After stepping off at the station, it’s a walk to the Tokyo Game Show. Along the way, there were some booth companions (street companions?) handing out fliers and promotional material.


September 16, 2011
In Real Life

Here Are The Tokyo Game Show Companions

They help you with games. They pass out pamphlets. They smile. They are booth companions — not “booth babes”. And Tokyo Game Show is crawling with them.


August 27, 2011
In Real Life

These PAX Booth Babes Will Fix Your Posture

Good Old Games booth babes, as spotted by our own intrepid Stephen Totilo, might not be what you were expecting. But now that you’re here shouldn’t you sit down for a spell and have something to eat. Stop slouching!


August 25, 2011
In Real Life

This German Booth Babe Is Judging You

Well, maybe not you, but judging somebody. And it’s not just a Gamescom booth companion that’s doing the judging, but a news lady and a news announcer. How mean!


June 24, 2011
News

E3′s Booth Babes Fail A Simple Trivia Quiz With Flying Colours

About a year ago, PAX sought to ban booth babes (pardon me, “costumed booth representatives”), using a number of tests to determine booth babe-iness (as opposed to garden-variety sexy cosplay). One of them was a lack of familiarity with the product represented.


February 18, 2011
In Real Life

Will Things Get Harder For China’s Booth Babes?

For years, ChinaJoy, the country’s premiere gaming show, rolled out girls in skimpy outfits and heels to promote games. But year after year, the games continue to move into the background, and the ChinaJoy booth companions move to the forefront.


September 20, 2010
In Real Life

Tokyo Game Show Booth Babe Dominoes

At the end of each day, the Tokyo Game Show booth companions line up in front of their respective booth. Then then bow one-by-one as evident here in this Kotaku Japan clip of Sony’s booth.


August 22, 2010

Poisonville’s Fog-Filled, Booty-Shaking Booth

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I’m not really sure what Poisonville is, I know it’s some sort of German massively multiplayer online role-playing game.