“What the Heck?” contest - guess my retail product!
As many of you don’t know I have been working with eDimensional, Inc. on a new gaming accessory. I’m pretty excited as this will be my first retail boxed product - yes I know my book was retail but it didn’t have a box now did it? They gave me a wide latitude on the design and the final product is very benheck - beyond the item itself I ended up doing all the box artwork and advertising items too. Everything is in line with my design aesthetic.
Never do a contest photo without your dial caliper.
Anyway there’s currently a contest running in which you can guess what we’ve cooked up and have a chance to win one, whatever it is. Go ahead and check it out! The tips I will give out is that it’s a gaming accessory (as mentioned) and the cost is under $100.
DISCLAIMER: Any real-life friends of Benjamin J Heckendorn, AKA “benheck”, who have possibly seen what the item is already should not enter because that would be pretty weak.
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April 25th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Ooh, this looks good… I got some thinkin to do.
April 25th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
hi ben im a huge fan of yours i bought your book which was amazing!I was thinking that you should make a portable sega saturn!That would really impress me!i think that the contest system is a portable turbo grafx 16 but im not syre c ya!
April 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
The link’s broken. For me, at least.
April 25th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
A PS3 controller in an Xbox360 case
April 25th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
How many guesses are we allowed? My guess is that it’s a one-handed game controller for either PS3 or X-Box 360.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Well Ben didn’t give us any number of guesses so. First I think it’s a wireless one-handed controller. If not I’m thinking it’s a 360-like PS3.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Hmmm…
I know a device that makes things 3d
April 25th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Blast!! Beat me to the punch! I second that one handed controller idea. It’s freggin ace! I broke my arm a few summers ago and would have KILLED for a one handed controller.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Nice caliper action sir.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:46 am
a one-handed motion sensitive controller…we all know how you envy the wii-mote.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:08 am
Limit one guess email per person per day…and why guess here? If you’re right, you’re just lowering your chances of winning as if multiple people guess correctly who knows how they’ll pick the real winner.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:29 am
The link seems to work fine. I also guessed a one-handed xbox 360 controller. But I guessed it first! =P
Ben, do we ALL win one if we get it right, or only one person?
April 26th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I think that thing is a portable Gamecube or a portable Playstation 3 or maybe a project that would be the other way round: a UNPORTABLE PLAYSTATION PORTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 10:34 am
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April 26th, 2007 at 10:43 am
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April 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
If you think this is a portable console conversion, you’re retarded.
Not only wouldn’t that be possible under $100 bucks (do you people even read?), but it wouldn’t be LEGAL for a third party to produce.
Its obviously a one handed controller. If I thought there were any possibility that the contest isn’t just a random drawing (they all are), I’d have entered.
In the end, I hope Ben makes a million dollars producing one handed controllers. Its questionable that the major companies have neglected this market… forever… and I think Ben deserves a genuine humanitarian award for, if not the idea, the gumption to get the damn thing done.
A few years ago, a friend of mine was badly (BADLY) burned, and would have paid anything to get a controller to use in his good hand.
Thanks for making these Ben.
If you DIDN’T make the one handed controller (which would be a disappointing shock), then you suck.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Ps360 controller, like the one he made. $79.99 retail.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
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April 26th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
portable gamecube system
April 27th, 2007 at 5:51 am
I’m pretty sure that when making a controller you have to follow certain regulations. That’s why, apart form arcade sticks, the third party controllers are all very similar to the first party version. PS3 controller in a 360 case or a 360 controller in a PS3 case is most likely not allowed by microsoft or sony. My money is on a one handed controller w/ motion sensor since, like the arcade stick, it is made for a very specific consumer and not likely to affect the sales of first party hardware.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:22 am
It is an Atari 2600 Portable Rev. 5.1 retail box!!!!!!!!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 9:13 am
My bet is that its a one handed controller line up for the 360 and PS3. They would sell very well in my opinion. When i badly burnt my hand i couldent play video games right for a long time at least a year that one handed controller would have been very useful. Good Luck Ben! Hope your product makes it easier for some people to play video games without two arms.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:52 am
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April 27th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
it’s an update of the afterburner for the GBA!
April 27th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
a customisation kit for the wii, i.e. a soldering iron, some LEDs some wire, maybe a few decals and the all important triwing screwdriver.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
It’s yo mamma!
No, but I *what ever the number is* am for the one-handed controller.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Actually a 1 handed controller would be nice… cause I could go all extreme and play two characters at once. And really kick butt.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Ooh, let me guess,….It’s a memory unit for the xbox 360 with 1,000,000,000 GB on it.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
it’s an NES cart. Duh. Just look at that silhouette.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Hey ben do you do any computer progamming?
April 27th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I am guessing it is not something Ben ever showed off on his website. The dead give away is the disclaimer. Since only people who knew him in real life would really know what it was. I am thinking it is either a new idea or a variation of somthing he has already done. Either way its gonne be awesome.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
A wireless one handed controller that can take pictures and video, so you can take video and pictures of your games as you play them!!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Hey, maybe it´s an box of the scart switch that Ben build once.(Sorry for my WORSE english, i´m german, that may explain everything…)
April 28th, 2007 at 10:19 am
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April 28th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
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(Jump on the thank Ben bandwagon!)
I am very excited to see what it is. Where is it being released, region wise.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
It better come out in Canada Ben! If it doesent im sure i could just eBay search it haha.
April 28th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
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April 28th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
It’s clearly a portable DDR dance pad that projects itself on the floor like those creepy ghost keyboards they have for pda’s.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am
it is obviously a one handed controller with a pull out sofa, a cup holder, and a sweatband for when i get real intense!
DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 29th, 2007 at 1:22 am
a memory chip with alota memory
April 29th, 2007 at 1:25 am
It’s clearly a wireless one handed controller. with a pull out sofa, cup holders, and a sweatband for when i get real intense.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:16 am
I say it’s an NES version of the Cuttle Cart.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I think it is an NGCp, a portable Gamecube. Gamecubes costs 35 bucks and Gamecube LCD-Screens are 25 bucks, and that would be, let me calculate…
AWESOME CHEAP AND UNDER 100 DOLLAR!!
By side, an Gamecube is, like the name, a cube, and that smaller cube on it could be the screen. So there is an 82% chance that it would be right.
April 30th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
It’s going to be a 3 handed controller for the people who happened to have an extra hand.
April 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Its going to be a $180 120 gigabyte xBox 360 drive for under $100. What do I win :).
April 30th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
maybe its a ps3 laptop :/
April 30th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Maybe a Wii classic controller in an Gamecube-, Xbox360- or PS3-Controller`s case.
@Colinator: or an 15-handed controller for Indian Gods;-))) (If there are some Indian who didn´t laughed about it and are now angry at me, sorry, but Indian Gods has so moch hands and I couldn´t keep it for me.
May 1st, 2007 at 11:14 am
If anyone thinks its a portable version of a home console YOUR VERY VERY WRONG. Its a freaking one handed controller end of story. Everything basically points to a one handed controller it would have the best sales. If he were to make a portable gamecube Ben would have to have meeting with Nintendo and all the presidents of Nintendo and i sont think Ben has done that. Or has he? 0_0!
May 1st, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Nah I think you’re all wrong. Definitely NOT a one handed controller. Nintendo has patents on that one. It’s something special. Something KEWL! I think I know but not telling anyone except for Ben.
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:04 pm
i would scan and learn edimensional better in order to guess cause it was made for them by ben!
they are mainly in to VR and Realisem.
May 4th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Clue #4 Date Added 05/03/2007
No control….
from the site.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
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May 7th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Its a one handed controller for sure, Ben Heck has all ready worked on 360 prototyppes before.
May 7th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
It’s probably a one handed controller and the whole it’s patented thing is probably wrong. Nintendo holds a patent on the Wii remote as a one handed controller and if it has one for other controllers it won’t matter anyways since Mr. Heckendorn’s controller is designed differently.
Rock on Ben, rock on.
May 8th, 2007 at 12:41 am
i think its something thats not a one handed controller. i think its a box with a screne, batory, and speekers that u can plug any system into and it instantly becomes portable! (if thats not what it is, u should make one!!)
May 9th, 2007 at 7:19 am
It should be 3D glasses. But how it’s gonna reflect Ben’s style?
May 9th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Its not a one handed controller and the insta portable thing isn’t likely because it would most likely be for newer console and batteries to run those thing are more that $200. so i just want to know when hes announcing what it is.
May 11th, 2007 at 8:49 am
it’s a sixaxis controller that doesn’t controll anything?
May 13th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
You guys didn’t even LOOK at the contest.
it CAN’T be a one-handed controller!
Look at clue number 4.
Clue #4 No control….
He wrote it HIMSELF, guys. It isn’t a controller of ANY kind.
Seriously…
May 14th, 2007 at 8:49 am
This is a head mounted “controller” doohickey that measures head angle/movements and maybe cooks bacon.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Quote: # 486 Says:
May 8th, 2007 at 12:41 am
i think its something thats not a one handed controller. i think its a box with a screne, batory, and speekers that u can plug any system into and it instantly becomes portable! (if thats not what it is, u should make one!!)
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Ever heard of two little things called a Portable Television and a Generator?
May 17th, 2007 at 4:38 am
“i think its something thats not a one handed controller. i think its a box with a screne, batory, and speekers that u can plug any system into and it instantly becomes portable! (if thats not what it is, u should make one!!)”
As said in the forums do you use any spelling, grammar or even English in that comment.
(Just remember the clues guys)
Clue #7 Date Added 05/15/2007
It’s like _______ to your ______….
Clue #6 Date Added 05/10/2007
X+Y=6….
Clue #5 Date Added 05/07/2007
Use your head….
Clue #4 Date Added 05/03/2007
No control….
Clue #3 Date Added 04/30/2007
It doesn’t remember….
Clue #2 Date Added 04/27/2007
It’s under $100….
Clue #1 Date Added 04/27/2007
It’s a gaming accessory…..
May 18th, 2007 at 11:08 am
VR Helmet
May 19th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I think it’s some kind of headset.
May 20th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Read now and look at the picture closely
http://www.edimensional.com/whattheheck.php
Clue #8 Date Added 05/18/2007
Now can you see it?….
May 20th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
what is it then?
May 20th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
dude, have you LOOKED at the pic?
May 21st, 2007 at 1:37 pm
odd i can only see it on the crt not the lcd downstairs
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Joe same thing with me, that’s why i asked …
May 24th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
It’s a headset with “dynamic sound”.
It gives you the sense that the sound is in one direction or another.
You hear a sound on your left, and turn your head left, it sounds like it’s in front of you. Get it?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
When I went to the eDimensional site, it almost looked like a “V”
May 27th, 2007 at 6:37 am
thanks Jesse. that sounds way cool!
May 28th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Well…
I KNOW it’s a sort of headset…
I think we all can tell that now…
But what it does… Or why it’s special…
Well, again, my thought was a dynamic sound headset, but we won’t know for a little while…
May 30th, 2007 at 10:19 am
So now we know what they are…
They’re headphones made to give the “effect” of a full 5.1 surround sound system… Cool!