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Smash_Brother on 15 July 2008

Booth babes.

That's right, people. Without them, E3 has dwindled into a yawn-worthy, lackluster press gathering.

Clearly, booth babes were the only reason E3 was ever good at all. None of the developers have the same drive to bring big news to the show anymore. Without scantily-clad women about the place, it doesn't have the same charm.

Ergo, they need to bring booth babes BACK!



"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks

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iron_megalith on 15 July 2008

We deserve a scenery break once in a while so I guess this is true. :P



superchunk on 15 July 2008

sorry, I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to. Can you show some pictures to correctly illustrate what a 'booth babe' is?



Smash_Brother on 15 July 2008

But of course...

 

Here's a bevy of booth babes from a previous E3, an E3 before the downsizing. I know I'd bring the megatons to a show like this, wouldn't you?



"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks

Majin-Tenshinhan on 15 July 2008

... Why do you keep a pic of boothbabes from a previous E3? ... That kind of creeped me out.



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Smash_Brother on 15 July 2008
Majin-Tenshinhan said:
... Why do you keep a pic of boothbabes from a previous E3? ... That kind of creeped me out.

 

I didn't.

I typed "booth babe" into google.



"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks

bardicverse on 15 July 2008

Can haz booth booty?

There are booth babes at some of the booths at GDC. =)



PSwii60 on 15 July 2008

or at least more game producers like Jade Raymond to present us their games

also that is why i like g4 - they actually have cute babes who knows video games



Falcon095 on 15 July 2008

I was wondering this too so.. looks like it's right :P



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halogamer1989 on 15 July 2008

As a Game design student, devs need time to focus on tasks at hand. 10,000 people and booth babes are disastrous distractions for biz, particularly the latter :)