E3 Show Banning "Booth Babes"?

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, has long had a well-deserved reputation for flashy booths, flashy games, and flashy women.

This year, the Entertainment Software Associaton, which oversees the annual show in Los Angeles, has apparently chosen a different direction -- possibly eliminating the models known as "booth babes" from the show floor.

The International Game Developers Association's Sex & Games Blog was tipped off by "an exhibitor" willing to share some of the changes to the E3 Exhibitors Handbook in '06, and the landscape will be changing. There's going to be more square inches of cotton, polyester, spandex, and leather covering companies' booth babes this year.

Here are the new rules: "Material, including live models, conduct that is sexually explicit and/or sexually provocative, including but not limited to nudity, partial nudity and bathing suit bottoms, are prohibited on the Show floor, all common areas, and at any access points to the Show. ESA, in its sole discretion, will determine whether material is acceptable." And what happens if a company violates these new rules? Well, there's one verbal warning, and after that it's a $5,000 penalty due on the spot.

Read entire story here.

[SanDiegoKid]

Well there goes all my desire to make it to E3 in my lifetime.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Frack that! Thats the only reason I ever wanted to go. Without the porn babes the show will be shitty. I thought they kept the adult section confined to a set area. I guess they have grown tired of the invasion from the porn industry, damn them to hell!

[the great one]

Land of the free huh?Maybe the USA should change their slogan.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Well this is a private run show so they are free to run it however shitty they want to run it.



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[black_magiic]

That is total bullshit. That's what E3 is all about.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Makes me sad. I always wanted to plan a trip to meet my favorite porn stars but now screw it.

[the great one]

Those scantily clad women can always come and stay at my place.I'll make them feel better.

[Mels_Smileys45]

We can still go meet Ron Jeremy. He's my hero

[SanDiegoKid]

All I ever wanted was to have a picture of me with Chun Li... (sniff)... bastards....BASTARDS.

[pimpinaman]

sounds like E3 is going to have record LOW attendance this time....the internet is for porn :)

[shawners]

Trust me, you wouldnt want to take your 8-14 year old son or daughter to it. Isnt video games suppose to market the 8-45 year old males?