Playing Rough

Video games get better every year, and so do their leading ladies. Our fourth annual homage to the digital

divas who Keep our thumbs twiddling is full of images made exclusively for playboy by the game creators

themselves. Some are severe, others sultry; most are extremely danger­ous. But they all share one desire: They want to play. Are you game?

Keaira « Age ofConan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) /•^ Captured by an enemy tribe at a young age, Keaira was res-I cued by Conan himself before he became king. Now the head of an underground spy network, she is the eyes and ears of the Cimmerian ruler. Her dexterity and cunning are matched only by her appetite in the bedroom. Too bad for her lovers that a tryst with Keaira is a death sentence, carried out mere moments after the poor sap reaches for his pipe. Dead men, you see, are famous for their discretion. At least they get to taste heaven before they die.

Yoko Retomoto « Kane & Lynch (360, PC, PS3)

V Though things would eventually sour between them, the ^/ relationship between Yoko and Kane during their salad days brimmed with decadence and the raw musk of power. Their coke-and champagne-fueled "meetings" in her office above Mizuki (her club) featured automatic weapons and piles of cash to pay the thugs who watched the door while they got down to business, often for hours at a time. Her crime-boss father didn't approve, but he's as scared of Kane as he Is of his headstrong daughter's wild side.

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Church

Even paranormal black-ops commandos need to relax between missions. Wilhemina Church (left) and Abigail Black of Jericho Squad are about to enjoy each other's company. The results will be spectacular. Church is a blood mage, equally at home with machine gun and samurai sword, and carves sigils into her flesh to accomplish magical maneuvers. Grim loner Black is a telekinetic sniper who can control the path of her bullets with her mind. That includes the onta at her fingertips. We have a feeling it won't be there for long. ¦

One of the fabled dryads of Brokllyon forest, Morenn is part of the Eeriewives, a females-only society. Extremely intelligent and aggressively flirtatious, they are known to kidnap human girls to raise as their own and to use their prisoners of war for breeding stock. As their lands have been encroached upon by nearby king­doms, Eeriewives have become more militant in protecting their woods, and those who seek them out often receive a silent arrow to the neck for their trouble. Dryads don't give warning shots.

Raised among the powerful sorcerers of Parad Isle, A'Kanna was orphaned as a young girl and brought up by her uncle, the Isle's leader. Though she could have chosen the life of a princess, she rejected it for the restless wanderlust of a warrior. Now, bent on taking revenge on the evil sorcerer Graven—whose hideous plagues felled her parents—she plies the seas as captain of the fear­some order of the Steadrom. We see her here in her quarters belowdecks with her only true friend, her legendary longbow.

When the Bane invaded Earth, Sarah was a rebellious 19-year-old attending community college. Now, with her family dead, her home planet overrun and what remains of humanity scattered across the galaxy, Sarah is diesel-fueled and battle-hardened. A veteran of count­less clashes with the Bane, she has teamed to develop her nascent psychic power through the ancient alien language LOGOS. She dreams of one day fighting In the regiment that retakes Earth. If you're not part of the solutton, we recommend you rtay the hell out of her way._______