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Scantily Clad Booth Babes, Games Barred From E3
A global shock delivered to booth babe reporters.
by Dan Dormer, 01/23/2006
117 of 129 users recommend this story.
The International Game Developers Association's Sex & Games Blog was tipped off by "an exhibitor" willing to share some of the changes to the 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.
While there going to be plenty of whining from people who only go for the booth babes, Sex & Games points out the more alarming problem: this will force "adult games or games with partial nudity" off the show floor. It is a private event, but if companies are paying a premium to be there, should they have more say in what is considered OK on the show floor?
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3147353
A global shock delivered to booth babe reporters.
by Dan Dormer, 01/23/2006
117 of 129 users recommend this story.
The International Game Developers Association's Sex & Games Blog was tipped off by "an exhibitor" willing to share some of the changes to the 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.
While there going to be plenty of whining from people who only go for the booth babes, Sex & Games points out the more alarming problem: this will force "adult games or games with partial nudity" off the show floor. It is a private event, but if companies are paying a premium to be there, should they have more say in what is considered OK on the show floor?
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3147353
