Look, I understand the booth babe thing. I try to avoid it when I’m CES and E3, but I know you guys want it so we takes our pictures and we posts our galleries. Despite a lingering feeling of dirtiness, there’s no harm to it. But they’re there as attention grabbers, not pawns in a creepy industry PR stunt. Seems EA didn’t get the memo, and now they’re involving hundreds of (in a sense) innocent booth babes in this ridiculous scam. Take as many pictures as you can with booth babes, and win a date with some? Stay classy, EA!
I can even see how they might do this and not creep people out. Get the exhibitors to sign on, promise a backstage tour (booth babes included) for the best picture with each lady. That’s just off the top of my head. But “a sinful night with two hot girls?” “A chest full of booty?”
And now, to add a thin, crispy layer of hypocrisy to this post, here are our booth beauties from E3 and CES this year.
HAHA i wonder how many guys have already tired this. I mean once the nerds start hearing there’s “booty” involved, you know they’re fantasizing about things and hoping they get picked. http://ziggytek.com/
Eh…perpetuates the myth that nerds never are able to have women (not always true) and is pretty classless to be honest. Ew.
There is nothing good about EA’s scheme.
I’ve always hated the idea of boothbabes honestly. I’ve never wanted anything to do with them, and avoid them at shows as much as humanly possible. Frankly, they just end up making me feel uncomfortable, as anyone faking a smile does… and they tend to be mobbed by the kinds of geeks who give the rest of us a bad name.
I know. I try to be as real as possible with them when I have to take pictures. Makes me feel like such a douchebag.