In case you weren’t able to attend the biggest video game extravaganza on the planet this year, this E3 marked the inevitable return of the fabled booth babes. After being kicked out the show post 2006, they returned in force this year to the welcome eyes of thousands of pasty, pale, perhaps pudgy, predominantly male gaming aficionados. Here is a smattering of shots from the show floor:


This poor girl at the SOE booth must have had the most ridiculous costume of the show:


Wait, I take that back:


These girls were very excited about showing off hand-held games that we’ve never heard of:


Who knew Waldo was such a player?


And let's not forget about the Trailer Park girls. (Disclaimer: None of these girls have ever lived in a trailer park.)


A couple trained, medical professionals at the Trauma Center booth:


I have no idea what this young lady representing THQ has to do with Red Faction. Frankly, I don't care:


Congratulations, you two have won the “Goofiest Pose of E3” award:


They should really put that girl on the cover of their game:


This is like one of those magic eyes. Blur your eyes a bit, take the focus of the ladies in white and look for the funny in the background:


Uh-oh, I think I caught it again:


I snapped this one leaning up on the Nintendo booth. She wasn’t a hired booth babe. That’s how she dresses everyday:


And finally, no show would be complete without the girl in the catholic school girl outfit shilling for a horrible energy drink:



That’s a fair assessment of the show floor. Booth babes returned, perhaps dressed milder than the shows in 2005 and 2006, but returned nonetheless. About half of the larger publishers still stayed away from using provocative women to sell their games and the other half welcomed them back gladly. Anyway, it seemed to go over smoothly this year and will likely continue in the following years to come.