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By Benjammin J. HeckendornTechnology
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- Benheck.com Podcast Episode 96
I’m getting over a cold, so please excuse my weak voice and any coughing I couldn’t quite edit out.
Juicy topics includes:
- The Nintendo Switch Reveal
- Our thoughts on the reveal trailer.
- Do 6 star hotels exist?
- We try to remember the name of the Wisconsin city “Kenosha”
- Who is this product for? xWill 3rd parties support it?
- What the system needs to do in order to have a chance.
- Microsoft Surface Products and new Apple Macbooks
- MS is going for the markets Apple has traditionally held.
- Why Microsoft should concentrate on enterprise customers.
- Could a Surface Phone ever exist?
- Is Apple screwing their most loyal customers? Do they even care?
- How do you pronounce “Wacom”?
- Bethesda’s new Game Review policy
- They are no longer giving out advance review copies.
- Only available to critics one day before launch.
- Why are they doing this? We discuss reaons beyond knee-jerk reactions.
- Ben finally sees the Ghostbuster remake!
- (Trigger warning: I kind of liked it)
- Jones discusses how it compares to Paul Feig’s previous movies (which I have not seen)
- How the original Ghostbusters painted itself into a corner in such a way that made sequels difficult and remakes easier.
- Jones has noticed Tom Cruise has had a lot of recent movies with strong female leads.
- How other recent movies have given women strong roles without just doing a “gender swap”.
- Then Jones and I go completely off topic and discuss Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The Rocketeer.
Enjoy!
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The framed Mad Magazine comic I mention during the podcast.1 hr 39 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 95
A bit late this month, but here we are! Topics include:
- Looking back on Bioshock
- Why there are so many “remasters” of last-gen games.
- Our thoughts on Bioshock 1, 2 and Infinite.
- The problems with Bioshock Infinite, muddled message.
- Rapture VS Columbia.
- What we’d like to see in a new Bioshock game – our “Moontopia” pitch.
- BTW the Bioshock-related word we couldn’t think of was “objectivism”.
- Movie budgets
- Why are they so high? Who are greenlighting these dumb concepts?
- Type of cheaper movies they could be making.
- Spreading out risk by taking more risks.
- More complaints about Marvel movies drifing too far from reality.
- Video card specs and prices
- Prices are high for the best stuff – is it worth it?
- Forza Horizon 3 on Windows 10 requires DirectX12 – why?
- Consoles vs PC.
- Why are PC’s lasting longer these days between upgrades.
- Ben talks about his ancient keyboards.
Enjoy!
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1 hr 36 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 94
We ramble more than usual this month! Topics include:
- No Man’s Sky / planet math
- We learn some new number types as we discuss the alleged number of No Man’s Sky planets.
- Why it would take insane amounts of server space to actually save all 18 quintillion possible planets & custom names.
- If Ben and Jones ran for president / vice president
- Pot.
- A long, boring, discussion about the age of candidates.
- Our proposed “Irony / Coincidence Mis-use Tax”
- More PS4 / PS4K Neo news
- Console market trying to become like cel phones
- Will it go down in history as a watershed “stupid” idea, like 32X, 5200 and Atari Jaguar?
- Movie stuff!
- Sony’s crappy early 90’s movies, like Hudson Hawk & Hook.
- Our idea for a crappy network comedy.
- Ben watches some movie remakes! Why are things called remakes when they aren’t.
- Jones saw Suicide Squad, and didn’t commit suicide like some reviewers did.
- Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star / Samurai Who Will Fight a Mummy
- GI Joe AKA Live Action Team America
- Stranger Things, the Right Kind of Reboot
- A long, boring story about my noise-canceling headphones.
- What we didn’t like about Super 8.
- Why people like it more than all the remakes/reboots
- Emily Blunt & NBC Comedy Action Terrorist Fighters
Enjoy!
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1 hr 28 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 93
Topics this month include:
- Nintendo NX and Pokemon GO
- Pokemon GO proves Nintendo should go 3rd party.
- Our thoughts on the Nintendo NX rumors.
- Nintendo needs a “Nintervention”.
- Remake, Reboots & “Re-quels”
- Status of summer movies.
- Jones saw the new Ghostbusters! He shares his thoughts.
- Some thoughts on Star Trek Beyond.
- We explain the difference between remake & reboot, because the internet now thinks sequels are reboots. Because UGH.
Enjoy!
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2 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 92
Squeezed this one out before heading on my fishing trip. Topics this month include:
- Several off-tangent rants.
- New trend of adding or removing “The”
- Windows 10 automatically installing on people’s computers
- “Exciting” real time action as Ben tries to add something to the Windows 10 start menu
- Ben has not seen any movies in a theater so far this year – WTF?
- Why did Microsoft buy LinkedIn?
- Xbox One S, Scorpio, and PS4 Neo.
- What we think of the new consoles
- Why we believe they’re being made
- The future of XBox, PC and gaming in general
- Universal Windows Platform (UWP) games and Microsoft’s big push in cross-compatibility
- Jones plays a retauk Oculus Rift!
- Our E3 Stories
- Forget the online hype, we tell you what it’s REALLY like going there!
- Don’t eat the convention food and other tales!
- Uncharted VS Tomb Raider
- Ben recently completed Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
- Why Ben feels the Tomb Raider reboot series is now better
- Ben’s “Bane” (Tom Hardy version) impressions
Enjoy!
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2 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 91
Just when you thought it was safe to listen to podcasts… Topics this month include:
- Microsoft Surface Devices and Phones
- What is going to become of Windows Phone?
- What the Surface line is doing right.
- The Incoming Flood of Videogame Movies
- Have any ever been good?
- Why do they keep trying when they always fail?
- (off-topic) Why did Kylo Ren wear a mask in Force Awakens?
- What videogames we’d like to see made into movies.
- Why Tomb Raider should be an easy film to do right… but hasn’t been yet.
- First-Person Shooters
- Call of Duty heading to space, Battlefield heading back to WW1.
- What we’re tired of seeing in modern FPS games.
- Genre getting very samey and long in the tooth – what can be done?
- Bad guys we’re sick of fighting.
- The new DOOM game and why it’s so great!
Enjoy!
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1 hr 42 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 90
We’re back! Topics this month include:
- PS4.5K
- What the hell is this thing?
- Why are they making it seeing as PS4 is already the fastest selling console in history already?
- Will PS4 Neo be sold alongside the older PS4?
- Trojan horse to try and sell the new 4K Blu-Rays?
- Why 4K is a gimmick
- Netflix Shows & Shared Universes
- Daredevil Season 2
- House of Cards season 4
- How many movies & shared universes can theaters and moviegoers possibly support?
- Jones defends Batman v Superman, and discusses the problems it had with marketing.
- Why Nintendo should copy 1980’s Disney
- Like Disney in 1984, only selling stuff to kids, and not doing very well
- Nintendo needs its own “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
- Our ideas on how to make “dark, gritty adult reboots” of Nintendo franchises
Enjoy!
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1 hr 21 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 89
We’re back again! Topic today include:
- VR
- We discuss the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR.
- What kind of games will work best on these formats?
- Ben’s idea for a 1980’s-style nightmarish animated kid’s movie
- Is the cost too high?
- (Then we get completely sidetracked on our Charlize Theron “Road House Remake” Kickstarter idea)
- Nintendo News
- Why they need to cater to 3rd party, not just 1st party.
- Difference between ARM, PowerPC and x86 game systems.
- What we think the Nintendo NX will be.
- The fear and loathing of a Digital Download Only future.
- Screening Room opening weekend movie rentals
- New service to watch new releases on opening weekend?
- Why it could work, why it might not work.
- How difficult it is to watch movies in theaters.
Enjoy!
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1 hr 21 min - Benheck.com Podcast Episode 88
We’re back again! Topic today include:
- The price of videogames and DLC, Season Passes and add-on content
- We use a calculator to see how inflation might somehow be involved – shocking!
- Cost of games has barely risen while development costs have skyrocketed.
- Historical comparison of game prices.
- How inflation is “hidden” in games, compared to how it’s hidden in food and other items.
- Deadpool’s success and the sure-to-come New Wave of R-Rated Films
- What will Hollywood’s knee-jerk reaction be?
- Why theaters should charge people for bringing babies to movies
- How airlines should arrange passengers on an airplane
- PG-13 strip clubs scenes in movies
- Anyone old enough to care about Die Hard, Terminator, etc IS OLD ENOUGH TO SEE AN R-RATED MOVIE!
- What if Pixar made an R-rated movie? (for some reason)
- Current state of the Battlefield franchise and what should change
- How to use tanks in Battlefield.
- Our hatred of snipers in videogames!
- Titanfall’s mech balance vs Battlefield’s armor
- Getting very tired of fake “modern warfare” scenarios that no longer make any sense.
- Would WW1 make a fun game?
Enjoy!
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Console hacker Benjamin J Heckendorn and his friend Jason Jones give their down-to-Earth takes on various technology and videogaming topics. Podcasts are released every 2 weeks and usually cover 3…
topics per 1 hour episode. They also occasionally answer listener email and sometimes take their show "on the road"