I’m very thankful for all the fans of Substance TV. You fine folks make this whole ride much more enjoyable. But of all my fans, I have a new favorite. One who rises above the rest. That would be none other then gameidiot.
Who’s this gameidiot you ask? Well he’s an interesting character. Simply put, he’s my father-in-law. Yep, you heard me, my wife’s dad is a fan and member of Substance TV.
It all started this week. My mother-in-law was visiting from out of town. She is a florist and agreed to come and help at a local flower shop for Valentines Day. Though my father-in-law was still out of town because he had to work, but he was going to be in town later this week. One evening my mother-in-law tells me she heard about Substance TV from my wife. We have a little chat about it and I think nothing more. Unbeknown to me, she proceeds to tell my father-in-law, Gary, about Substance TV. So Gary, being the resourceful guy he is, looks up the phrase “Substance TV” on the internet. He finds my show, and watches it. He watches it again. Then he shows his co-workers. Like a proud papa who sees his kid on the evening news, there I am.
Now please understand, Gary is about sixty years old, but he’s young at heart. He’s got a collection of of Mr. Potato Heads. Yes indeed-y. From Darth Tater to his newest acquisition of an OSU Mr. Potato Head, it’s pretty impressive if I do say so myself. And that’s what I love about the guy. He couldn’t play a video game to save his life, but he enjoys watching them like you wouldn’t believe. And every time he’s in town, we usually gather around the old TV and play some games. Well I shouldn’t say we because it’s me playing and him watching, but the experience is the same.
So when he arrives in town later this week, one of the first things he mentions is Substance TV. He just goes on and on about how he really enjoyed watching the show and all the descriptions and banter. He was honestly interested about the how it was all created and came together. And even though he had never played Mega Turrican, or Strider 2, or Power Stone, we had a conversation about it all. Throughout the day, the show would get brought up again, and we would talk about it more. It just made me feel good. Knowing that the show got a guy who is more then twice my age interested in video games is pretty cool. Ha, and who says people over 50 only play games on the Wii. One of these days I’ll get him playing Power Stone. You just wait.
So because of all the above reasons, gameidiot will always be a special member here at substance-tv.com. If for no other reason then the fact he could fill me full of lead and bury me where no one would ever find me. 
BTW: On a side note, I’ve never been one of those guys who mentions every project he does to family and friends. It just always felt pretentious. It’s like that episode of Siefeld where George’s fiancée is going to meet with Jerry and co., but George can’t allow ‘Independent George’ and ‘Relationship George’ to meet. “A George divided against himself, cannot stand!”.
