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Personally, I couldn't care less whether there are booth babes at E3. I don't have any great desire to stop and take photos with women in tiny clothes while I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to see all of the relevant stuff on the show floor. This year there was a much ado about the booth babe crack down. According to one insider source, the big change, besides enforcement, was the addition of one new rule to the contract companies sign when they rent space on the floor. The addition basically said no bikinis.
Whether or not the rules had a huge change, it seemed that the companies did rely less on woman flesh and more on the actual product to sell what they were making. I saw a lot less booth babes this year then last and they typically were wearing more clothes.
Despite this drought in nearly-naked models, several sites have cobbled together Girls of E3 showcases. The latest to cross our email is from deepest red, darkest blue. The 18 photos in the spread seem to show the range I noticed on the floor, though the women in the short shorts giving out fans aren't represented. —Brian Crecente
The Girls of E3 2006 [Darkest Blue]
