Eurogamer Expo Bans Booth Babes

[Strazdas]

Finally. I go there(well im not there this time) to look at games and related, not to see porn actors.

We will not allow men and women who aspire in their career to be models and building their portfolio and help earn a living and develop a career. Also, apparently due to how risky these models dress and given the demographic we must have it remain child friendly because someone must think of the children.

Yep it's official, the video game industry now has a religious right enforcing their morality.

disson on models is common sense and not religion, but thish as been soooo covered in the escapsit forums half a year back im not going to go into this.

 

[MetalMagpie]

I've got no problem with this either way. It's their event, so it's up to them to set the tone.

Personally, I think booth babes are a bit silly in the same way that I think those shirtless male models outside Hollister shops are a bit silly. (Wearing minimal clothing to promote a clothes shop seems a bit counter-intuitive. More importantly: it's bloody October! They must be freezing.)

It also seems to be quite an American idea (both the booth babes and the Hollister strippers), which aggravates my stubborn-Brit syndrome.

 

[Comando96]

Good.

I go to the London Euro gamer expo to look at games... not women... I mean common... specifically a place the gender ratio is extremely.... to use an economic term: inelastic

There will be girl gamers there but, they will have cloths on ¬.¬ Which is appreciated.

 

[ensouls]

I've got no problem with this either way. It's their event, so it's up to them to set the tone.

Personally, I think booth babes are a bit silly in the same way that I think those shirtless male models outside Hollister shops are a bit silly. (Wearing minimal clothing to promote a clothes shop seems a bit counter-intuitive. More importantly: it's bloody October! They must be freezing.)

It also seems to be quite an American idea (both the booth babes and the Hollister strippers), which aggravates my stubborn-Brit syndrome.

Trust me, these are both terrible ideas, not to mention how creepy it is having to walk past some half-naked guy to go into, you know, a clothing store.

 

[MetalMagpie]

I've got no problem with this either way. It's their event, so it's up to them to set the tone.

Personally, I think booth babes are a bit silly in the same way that I think those shirtless male models outside Hollister shops are a bit silly. (Wearing minimal clothing to promote a clothes shop seems a bit counter-intuitive. More importantly: it's bloody October! They must be freezing.)

It also seems to be quite an American idea (both the booth babes and the Hollister strippers), which aggravates my stubborn-Brit syndrome.

Trust me, these are both terrible ideas, not to mention how creepy it is having to walk past some half-naked guy to go into, you know, a clothing store.

Yeah, there's a branch of Hollister near me in London. I've never actually been inside, partially because the first few times I past it I thought it was a restaurant, but mostly because of the shirtless men hanging around by the door. Like you said, it's a bit weird. And there are plenty of other clothes shops.

Just to be clear: I have no problem with shirtless men in an appropriate setting. There's a gay club near me that always has a couple of male dancers up on stage, usually wearing jeans and nothing else. But that's a nightclub.

 

[hooksashands]

I have a problem with an artificial distinction being made to mollify people who get nervous around pretty girls.

Well played. I especially like the part where you use "people" instead of "virgins" and "pretty girls" instead of "bimbos being paid to cheapen any cultural identity video games might have once had."

Should I link you to the Japanese commercial for Zelda to remind you of how "dignified" video game advertising started out?

Should I point out that the commercial you're referring to has nothing that marks it as offensive or encapsulates the shame of videogamers worldwide?

Granted, I don't speak Japanese. The only thing I'm aware of in the commercial that could be insulting is that Zelda is being held in a cage, seemingly waiting to be rescued. This trend didn't continue for twenty more years, however. She eventually got a backstory and motivation. At one point she develops an asexual persona who is so powerful that-- You know what, fuck it. All I'm gonna say is that dog won't hunt.