If you are heading to PAX Prime in Seattle WA this week (August 26 through 28, 2011) you will definitely want to check out Bethesda’s booth (#1314). Bethesda is the creator of the awesome Elder Scrolls series along with the Fallout games.

This year you can check out special presentations of there new first-person shooter Prey 2 which will take place at the top of ever hour. Prey 2 follows the story of US Marshal Killian Samuels after his big plane crash in the first game.

Let face it, LA is hot and you could probably use a little break from all the heat and gaming awesomeness of E3 2011 (OK, maybe just the first part.)

THQ, publisher of Saint’s Row is hosting a free bikini car wash in the Saint’s Row themed parking lot for E3. The lot is located across from the Staples Center – where E3 is taking place – on Figueroa Street.

Last Friday (October 29, 2010, High Voltage Software (Iron Man 2, Conduit, Dora the Explorer) threw an awesome Halloween party for it’s staff and the press in Hoffman Estates Illinois. And we were there.

There was live music, dancing, food, and a free bar all night. The live music was preformed by Mana Kintorso and Warm Ones who both performed very well.

They served hot dogs and veggie wraps to all the guests plus a plenty of soda and alcohol. They also had a lot of candy laying about and free glow sticks for everyone.

Plus High Voltage was awesome enough to give out free games.

One of the things I love about going to video game events is not just checking out demos of upcoming titles, but the swag. Who doesn’t love free stuff? But of course, there’s good swag and bad swag. Bad swag are items that you’d never in your right mind use again, or are so flimsy that it gets damaged during your flight back home. Good swag refers to items that are sturdy and actually still useful, months or even years later. T-shirts definitely fall in the category of “good swag”.

Putting Subway subs in your stomach might soon mean some free Playstation products in your home before they are in stores.

Subway and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced today (August 16, 2010) a giveaway that will include more than $1 million in prizes given at the (average) rate of one prize per minute during the promotion which begins August 16, 2010, and ends at midnight on October 17, 2010.

The promotion is called Fiery Footlong Frenzy Fueled by PlayStation and will focus on Subway’s lineup of spicy “Fiery Footlong” sandwiches that includes the a Turkey Jalapeno Melt and Buffalo Chicken. Game codes will be included on 32 oz. drinks, specially marked SunChips Monterey Jack and Sundried Tomato bags and certain Subway Breakfast sandwiches. Codes will need to be entered at the Subway Fiery Footlong Frenzy web site. The companies are also using the slogan, “WIN IT BEFORE YOU CAN BUY IT!”

There’s only an hour left of E3 2010! Before you head home, you may want to stop by Natsume’s booth (#823) in the South Hall. If you take the time to try out one of four DS games, you can get an awesome souvenier – a pony!

No, not a real pony. A stuffed pony. Well, horse really. Natsume has a treasure trove of stuffed Harvest Moon horses available. They’re plush, soft and small enough to fit into your carry-on…

If you’re attending E3 2010 and looking for some stylish free stuff, then head over to Exspect’s booth in the West Hall. You can pick up a free USB bracelet with pink, white and black psuedo-space invaders all over it. It’s rubbery, and ready to store 128mb of your most important information.

Those who happen to pick up a flier can also return to Exspect for another special gift. If you check the back side, you can turn it in to get a Monsters vs Robots Joystick Junkies pendant. It’s a see-through, day-glo piece of yellow plastic that looks like a little monster. Necklace supplies are limited though

Club Nintendo, Nintendo’s reward program, is wrapping up what it calls its “year” in terms of Gold and Platinum Status rewards.

In order to earn the 2010 reward, Club Nintendo members must earn either 300 Coins (Gold Status) or 600 Coins (Platinum Status) by June 30, 2010. The nice part about these annual freebies is that they are in addition to any other Club Nintendo item you might have already claimed in the past 12 months.

I recently cashed in some Reward Zone gift certificates at Best Buy and, after swiping my card for the essentially free purchase, I was handed a black, knit Tom Clancey’s Splinter Cell: Conviction skull cap.

Maybe it was the good natured 3-year-old in my cart, maybe it was my winning personality or maybe it was just my Best Buy Reward Zone card. OK, it was most likely the latter. Looking at my receipt, right after my Reward Zone Card ID number is a line labeled “RZ Bonus – Reward Zone Bonus Offer” for free ninety-nine (aka $0.00).

It’s your friendly annual reminder to go out and visit your friendly neighborhood comic shop and pick up some free comics.

Free Comic Book Day is an annual event that takes place the first Saturday in May (May 1, 2010) to help generate – or regenerate – interest in comic books.

A lot of the big comic companies release titles for the day and, depending on your shop, you can often find a few decent indies as well. Some even dump out those quarter boxes simply to get them out of the store.