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The first ever Free Play was a big success thanks to you fine folks. We had 17 comments! Hey, it’s about a good 16 more then we get on most of our other articles, so I dig. After putting all the names in a top secret machine, a winner was selected. And the winner of the very first Free Play ever, taking hope a brand new sealed copy of Viewtiful Jow 2 for the Nintendo Gamecube iiiiisssssss…….

Seanobi!

Congrats sir and we’ll be in touch (not a dirty touch). Thanks to all who participated. If you didn’t win, don’t fret, September’s Free Play is starting this weekend. So you’ll have another chance. September’s Free Play will be a game featured on Substance TV. So check back this weekend to see what goodness we have in store for you.

The old V Watch says it time I got back to work on episode 10. Talk to you soon!

Right now, the economy pretty much sucks a big left one. And we all know about the government’s stimulus packages and other various attempts to try and ease the pain of this recession blah blah blah. Here at Substance TV, we want to do our little part, but in a different way. Both Erik and I know video games are a luxury item. It’s not the cheapest hobby, but we’re suckers for those pretty pixels. When recession hits, the old video game budget shrinks considerably.

So starting this month, Substance TV is rolling out what we call “Free Play”. Free Play is a monthly contest. Each month we’ll pick out a game and give it away for free. Now we’re not talking about some crappy throw away title. As with our reviews, we only pick the best. The Free Play for the month of August is a new sealed copy of Viewtiful Joe 2 for the Nintendo Gamecube.

How do you enter it you ask? It’s quite simple. All you have to do is post a comment in response to this article. Tell us your favorite memory of the Viewtiful Joe series, or best level, or thing you liked best about the game, or if you haven’t played it, what you think about the series in general. Long story short, if it’s a comment pertaining to Viewtiful Joe, it’s fair game. At the end of the month, we’ll randomly select one winner (and don’t worry, we’ll handle shipping as well), and send you the game.

That’s it! So get to it and stay Viewtiful.

With the 2008 presidential election behind us, one would think their duty as an American citizen was completed and they could go one with life as it was, but those people would be sorely wrong. Now a much more important vote is upon you. Not for president, but for Screw Attack’s “Gaming’s 1337″ nomination.

As your host of Substance TV, I ask for your vote in this upcoming nomination. If elected, I will lower taxes for The Mushroom Kingdom and expand housing projects in the Green Hill Zone. I will continue to negotiate with foreign leaders such as Bowser, King Dedede, and Donkey Kong to ensure a lasting peace. I vow to increase our military force by ten fold with the help of General Bill Rizer in our fight against the forces of Red Falcon. I will help small community leaders such as Mike Haggar of Metro City fight crime and clean up gangs like the Mad Gear.

All this and more will I do if I am voted as best video game reviewer.

So, how do you help you ask? Simple, just follow the link below and nominate me as best video game reviewer and/or any of the other applicable fields. It’s important to note you can only vote once per day. Though I appreciate those who would vote for me 50 times a day, and I truly do, your votes would then not be counted which would be sad for all of us.

So go on and vote. It’s your civic duty!

VOTE NOW!
http://www.screwattack.com/Nominations

P.S. Yes, I’m still working on Substance TV 7 for those of you wondering. Look out for it soon!

Over the years, some of you have said, “Brian, we love the games you review, but we can never find them, and even if we do, they are insanley expensive”. Yes my child, I have heard your cries, and now I answer those hunger pains. Suckle on the sweet nurturing teet of Gradius 5.

As announced in episode six of ‘Substance TV’, I will be giving away a complete copy of the game, including shipping, for free. What do you have to do, it’s simple. Just register her at www.substance-tv.com and you will be automatically entered into the contest. You’ll see the link at the top left of the website on the sidebar. There’s no gimmicks or hooks. You won’t be on some Russian goat porn e-mail list, unless you’d like to be. Just a good old fashioned contest.

I’ll announce a winner in episode seven. If you’re already registered for the site, well, then you are already good to go. Thanks for all your support and look forward to episode seven in the weeks to come.