Babes of Gaming: Sofia

You might not remember or maybe never heard of Sofia, but during the early days of the original PlayStation this whip-wielding Russian dominatrix was all the rage. She starred in the now defunct 3D fighting game Battle Arena Toshinden, developed by Tamsoft.

Sony knows sex sells, so they used Sofia to marked both the game and the PlayStation, putting her in print ads in all major gaming magazines. It was either her or the ridiculous Polygon Man. Guess which one the fans chose.

There weren’t that many 3D fighting games, or any games in general, to choose from when the PS1 launched, so pretty much everyone either owned or had played Toshinden at a friend’s house. It was far from perfect, but at least the graphics were pretty sweet. Back then Sofia had more polygons on her boobs than other games had in their entirety. She was an instant favorite with her blocky curves and skimpy outfit. This was before well endowed game babes like Kasumi (Dead or Alive) and Ivy (Soul Calibur) were the norm, so Sofia could be considered the grandmother of hotness in fighting games.

Her back-story was almost non-existent and completely forgettable. She was friends with Eiji, another fighter from the game, but was brainwashed by someone and forced to fight him. He beat the shit out of her and then they were friends again and really, who cares? She’s hot, sexy and can kick ass while wearing very high heels. Her boobs were more exposed in each new game in the series and her kicks were higher. For reasons not yet to mankind she was excluded from Toshinden 4’s roster. No wonder that game tanked.

There are rumors that a new Toshinden game will be released for the PlayStation 3, and they better include Sofia. It’ll be great to see how she looks in high-definition.