Substance TV

As you may have heard, Hideo Kojima’s Policenauts received a English fan translation in April of this year. Although I am a part of RetroWare TV, it in no way colors my judgement towards their newest video series covering this coveted and highly regarded game. This three part series covers many aspects of the game’s creation, storyline, and much more. Part one has just been released exclusively on RetroWare TV’s website. As an avid fan of Kojima’s work, I am excited to see this game not only being translated, but also the proper attention and coverage it deserves. Even in part one, you can see a lot of care and detail went into this retrospective. I would highly recommend you check it out.

I personally have not had the chance to play the game, but rest assured, as soon as I’m able to, I’ll be right in the middle of it all. For now, this will wet my appetite until I can fully savor the awesomesauce that is Policenauts.

Policenauts: A Video Game Odyssey

As promised, episode nine of Substance TV is out!

This episode we cover Project Justice (Dreamcast), R-Type Delta (Playstation), and Y’s Ark of the Napishtim (Playstation 2). Well, I honestly don’t have much to add except go watch the show. Leave a comment a let us know what you think.

Long story short, the forums here suck. With my limited knowledge of Wordpress, it’s the best I can do. My website programming skills are pure weak sauce. Because of this and our recent joining of forces with RetroWare TV, the forums will now be over there. John was kind enough to give us our own forums, so it makes sense for a few reasons. One because there are already a good amount of posts, but mainly because their forums work and don’t have the odd formatting issues ours do.

Out with the old and in with the new. So from now on, visit: Substance TV forums. The link to the new forums will also be in the top bar as well.

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BTW: Episode 9 is in production. Look out for details in the weeks to come.

First of all, I have to say thank you for the warm welcome over at RetroWare TV. Episode 8 was a big hit. I’d also like to thank all you folks here on the website for your support in this time of transition. I know it may be a bit weird for some that Substance TV is no longer premiering on this website, but that’s all the more reason to go check it our over at RetroWare TV. It’s been a great move and we’re excited to be a part of it all. Plus they’ve got a lot of other good shows you might just enjoy.

That being said, you get exclusive access to something none of the other websites have, full quality downloads of episode 8 and all past episodes. So I’ll dispense with the pleasantries for now and let you have at it. Enjoy!

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As promised, Substance TV episode 8 is finished and ready to go. To be honest, it’s been done for a few days. So obviously you’re asking why isn’t it uploaded? Good question indeed.

About a week ago, Erik and I were contacted by John D. over at RetroWare TV. Long story short, he asked us if we would like to be a new show on the site. I talked to John over e-mail and even on the phone about all the details. Afterwards, Erik and I talked it over, and a few days ago we we accepted their offer.

Now what does this all mean and what has changed? Nothing really. The only major change will be that all future episodes of Substance TV will now premiere on RetroWare TV’s website www.retrowaretv.com. Then after a few days, the show will be on our website, Youtube, and all those other places. So you’ll still be able to download high quality versions of the show, watch episodes through the podcast, and even Youtube. It’ll just be a bit delayed.

And no, there’s no big cash payoff or exchange of money in some secret Swiss bank account. And there’s no change of ownership or change in what we can and can’t review. This joint venture is good for both sites. For RetroWare TV, it gives them another show to add to their lineup and another reason to check out the site. For Substance TV, it gets the goodness out there to more people. We’ve always enjoyed RetroWare TV’s stuff, and they’re a good bunch of guys who just enjoy playing video games. So we’re honored to be a part of it all.

I’ll be the first to admit that episodes of Substance TV have not come out as fast as Erik and I would like. All that will change with this move as we will be putting out a new episode of Substance TV every month. Substance TV will still be committed to putting out the same quality review show each and every episode.

Episode 8 will premiere over at RetroWare TV’s website on Tuesday (3-10-09). I would have loved to get it out this week, but both us and RetroWare TV needed time to make the changes and get things ready.

Both Erik and I want to say how much we appreciate our fans and folks that have given us support over the years. I want to say a special thanks to Borman over at http://superiorversion.com/ (previously Past to Present Online). Back when I was first starting this show with no website, and no know how, Borman personally hosted my videos on his site. It was very gracious of him and he gave me my first real break. I also want to thank Jangofatt and the crew over at www.pineconeattack.com. They always throw some lovin’ our way whether it be in the form of articles on their website or mentions in the podcast. They were one of the first websites to give Substance TV notoriety. Plus they themselves have great content as well.

And this news is exclusive to you few fine folks who visit our little site. We wanted to give you a heads up and let you know what was going on.

Well, that’s about it. Remember to check out episode 8 on Tuesday at www.retrowaretv.com. And we’re already working on preparations for episode 9.