Friday, October 17, 2008

Geeks, Gamers, and Babes! Oh My!

My friend Mark and I went to the Tokyo game show last Sunday. Many new games were on display, such as Street Fighter 4, Mirror's Edge, and Grand Theft Auto 5: Streets of Malawi (I made the last one up). If you wanted to try the games, you had to wait in a queue that was usually longer than my actual interest in the game. Things that did keep my interest were the spokesmodels. They politely stood in front of their respective booths, modeling with the company's brochure in-hand and making sure the attendants go home happy. Up close photographs were commonplace, and the rare conversation was started by some of the bolder perverts. If you're into cosplay, there were plenty of geeks dressed up as their favorite video game character, and more geeks snapping pictures. Oh! That's why the lines were so long for the bathroom stalls...