Booth Babes

In Real Life

An Argument Against Booth Babes

7:00PM January 31, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


In Real Life

Look At Japanese Booth Babes Until You Get Barfy

10:00PM September 28, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


In Real Life

When Booth Companions Meet You At The Station

2:30PM September 17, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


In Real Life

Here Are The Tokyo Game Show Companions

10:00PM September 16, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


In Real Life

These PAX Booth Babes Will Fix Your Posture

7:40AM August 27, 2011 | Brian Crecente

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! More »


In Real Life

This German Booth Babe Is Judging You

10:00PM August 25, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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! More »


News

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

8:00AM June 24, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »


In Real Life

Will Things Get Harder For China’s Booth Babes?

9:00PM February 18, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


In Real Life

Tokyo Game Show Booth Babe Dominoes

3:30AM September 20, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


Poisonville’s Fog-Filled, Booty-Shaking Booth

4:30AM August 22, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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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. More »