E3 moves to take all fun out of its tradeshow:

The video game industry’s 2006 E3 Expo trade show in Los Angeles is getting a make-over — banned are the swarms of sexy, semi-clad “booth babes” that in years past took the unveiling of new games and technology to titillating new levels.

Rules prohibiting the use of scantily clad young women to peddle video games are nothing new, but the handbook for this year’s show in May outlines tough new penalties, including a $5,000 fine on the spot for the booth owner if the “booth babe” is semi-clad.

Gone will be hotties like the photo below that was taken from a web site dedicated to E3’s booth babes and has 3840 pictures of them.

What in the world are they going to do now? Here’s our guess as to what we have to look forward to at the 2006 show:

At least there is always the auto show!

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