So while I was off yesterday, the Internet just kept on chugging. How rude of the Internet. By now you may have already heard about the booth babe ban at E3 this year, but if not, here’s a synopsis:
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.
For 2006, The Board has adopted an amendment to the current Character of Exhibit/Attire Policy enforcement. Exhibitors will receive ONE verbal warning when a violation of the policy is encountered. Should another violation occur, the ESA will impose a $5,000 penalty, payable immediately on-site and require that models comply with the dress code before returning to the floor.
So basically, they’re requiring a little more of a threadcount on these ladies. Not the worst thing in the world but… well yeah, it fucking sucks. I mean sure, the show should be about the games. But unfortunately, over time, it’s become a spectacle. An event. An experience. Sweaty fanboys have come to expect that this is the one time each year that they can have a hot, scantily clad woman touch them without having to pay for the adventure. Now it’s like the new California laws on strip clubs. No touching, no nudity, no excitement. Poor sweaty fanboys.
Apparently the ruling is nothing new, simply an enforcement/modification of pre-existing regulations. Whatever. Note that the show’s director is a woman. No doubt one who went post-menopausal this year and realized that her figure was never going to come back, and that her husband would always prefer the company of his secretary’s firm-yet-supple bosoms to her own, which require opposing adjectives. Tragic that Mary has to take out her sexual frustration on us, by simultaneously stripping away our freedoms and clothing women. Perhaps she should ride a couple of industry interns when they roll (or waddle) into town. They’d relish the company, and she’d appreciate someone clearing out the cobwebs in the undercarriage. Problem solved.
A Travesty!C’mon, it’s part of the experience! How dare she! Honestly, half my pictures (and fondest memories) of E3 each year are of the booth babes! Dare I say it, they’re an institution, as vital to the promotion of the industry as the games themselves. This is akin to banning import models at car shows. THIS is why we need less women in video games. Or atleast fewer femi-nazi control freaks. It’s a trade show for goodness sakes! Is she worried Jack Thompson is going to attend and start snapping pictures? Let him. Then we can all remind him that it’s 18+ only. That’s right, no kids allowed. Even if you ARE old enough, it’s a few hundred dollars for the exhibits alone. This will absolutely ruin the experience for me, RUIN it! Nothing but industry insiders having deep technical discussions about the lastest and greatest hardware/software development in graphics with no scantilly clad women to be seen for miles? It’ll be lame . . . it’ll be boring . . . it’ll be SIGGRAPH!We need to burn this witch at the stake, post haste. If she bans alcohol next . . . well, then it’s on, it’s on like Donkey Kong.
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