Walking around the exhibition floor at PAX can be rather exhausting. There are crowds of people in the way, but luckily there are lots of hot gamer ladies to bump into “accidentally”. I’m quite a big guy, so it was only a matter of time before I would make some of these gaming mavens a little uncomfortable. Many were happy to pose and show off their costumes and clever T-shirts.
Since PAX was nearly three times larger than last year, there were more booth babes. Only a few booths had true models, but many of the game PR managers and producers were beautiful women, and are more than happy to talk with everyone.
Of course, since I’m a big Internet Celebrity, I had to beat the women off with a stick. “Nay, nay!”, I said. “I’m very flattered that you find me irresistable, but I’m married to a wonderful woman. Don’t cry, you’ll find someone to love you.” Well, that’s what it sounded like in my head at least…
I found myself at the THQ booth, where they were showing off the highly anticipated Age of Conan, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, and several other games. Age of Conan of course was getting alot of attention, not only because the graphics and gameplay are amazing, but there was a scantily-clad barbarian in a buckskin bikini. She looked lovely even when she was covered, but as I pulled out the camera, she happy opened her tan robes for me to snap a few quick pics.
Pirates of the Burning Loins, er, Sea…
One of the friends I met with last year, Jodi, had joined Flying Lab Software and was helping to show off their new piratey MMORPG, “Pirates of the Burning Sea”. Their booth was pretty active, and they had an awesome T-shirt cannon that shot promotional shirts into the surrounding crowd. Jodi looked lovely in her pirate outfit.
How do you get gamers that won’t touch your product to get close enough to try it out? Why with hot models brandishing the gadget around their waists, of course! Not only were these girls beautiful, but they knew their stuff about the PSP. Sarah (the brunette) showed me how the new PSP has a smaller footprint, larger screen, improved analog stick (it has a little more give and zero-point). Sarah also demonstrated how the loading mechanism is much easier to open, as the popped it open with her thumb while still clutching the PSP. Although I have a thing for redheads, I didn’t get a chance to talk with the lovely ginger model.
PAX isn’t all about video games. There were quite a few companies with tabletop and card games, who were run by buxom beauties. I ran by some of the tables and took a few quick shots of some of these women as they conducted business and schooled the men in how to play a card battle properly.
Of course, there were also a few costumed vixens. There was a World of Warcraft card battle game, and the booth had a costumed elf manequin. If only she could come alive at night like in that horrible 80s movie with Kim Katrell…
How to get people to stare at your chest
What trip to a video game convention would be complete without visiting the Bungie store? There were several awesome women running the booth, and were wearing Halo shirts made with glittering shiny rhinestones. They reeled in their prey like an Angler fish with their glittery chests, so they were more than happy to allow me to capture their souls with my Nikon.
This is what I’m talking about… a lady not only with a gun but knows how to use it. This beauty was at the Namco Bandai booth trying out their new light gun for their upcoming game, Time Crisis 4 Xbox 360. The light gun will be bundled with the game, and should cost around $80.
Walking around the show floor you could easily see many gamer babes. One mother showed off her geek pride by dressing up her newborn son in an R2-D2 getup. Another had an awesome T-shirt that I just had to snap… “Girls Gone WoW”. Some of the ladies were caught by surprise when my flash went off, but others saw it coming and did a quick sultry pose, Bawls in hand.
Many of the ladies had their DSes ready, busily drawing smiley faces with Pictochat, or digitally flirting (I can only hope). Many girls could be found in the DS lounge, where there were lots of oversized bean bag chairs to slump in…
Outside there were several ladies either waiting for rides or crossing the street. Camera + Public = These fine candid shots!