We’re back, sort of on time, for yet another podcast!
Mike Adsit, some guy we know, joins us for a more-civil-than-I-expected PC versus Console gaming debate. We also discuss how AMD is falling behind Intel, latest gaming news and placentas. Enjoy…
Category Archives: Podcasts
Benheck Podcast #39
We’re back with another podcast for your listening pleasure! This time around we discuss self-censorship in the media, specifically the altered Indiana Jones 4 trailers, the death of HD-DVD, how serial TV shows (such as Lost, 24) may be shooting themselves in the foot and finally MP3 player/download services revisited.
Benheck.com Podcast the 38th
Ha ha we skipped a week and only some of you noticed! The traffic clogged us up last week anyway so pushing back the ‘cast was probably a good idea.
Been a bit busy lately, but we threw together what topics we could and filled the rest with rambling and sawdust. First up is “Great Inventions of the Ages” – including spray cheese and the wheel – and how they’ve helped society. Then, in a shocking turn, I briefly discuss one of my own projects, a rariety in our podcast! Finally we do “The Sandwich List”, which, unlike a bucket list, is about which actresses in Hollywood should seriously consider eating a sandwich. I think this came up because at one point during the rambling one of us mentioned Jennifer “Rocketeer” Connelly and it kind of went from there.
Enjoy, and I hope we’ll have a more polished ‘cast next time.
Benheck Podcast Episode 37
Yes that’s right, another podcast and no new portable projects. (You’ll have to wait a bit longer to see the Halo 3 edition Xbox 360 laptop, the PS3 portable and whatever else I might be working on)
In this podcast episode we discuss airline travel and why it sucks, videogames we’d like to see sequels to, and movies/movie sequels that were far better than they had any right to be. This is all prefaced of course by our latest intro – “Oblivion: Writer’s Guild Expansion Pack”.
Discuss below!
Benheck Podcast Episode 36
It’s time once again for the HD Wars! In this amazing new podcast we discuss the recent happening with Blu-Ray and Warner Brothers, plus compare both formats as-is at this point in time. Sure not all of my predictions have been correct, but I do recall saying “Blu-Ray FTW” nearly 2 years ago… I guess we know what people have been buying PS3’s for now.
But that’s not all! Call now and we’ll also discuss the Xbox Live service outage, how much online website-based consumer support sucks (for most companies), why Googling about tech problems is far better, and finally “Movie Story Cliches” in which we discuss how the slavish devotion to the “Hero’s Journey” template causes every movie to have the same plot and predictable twists.
Enjoy…
Update on the lack of updates
Lately you may have noticed I haven’t had a lot of new projects on this site, just podcasts. This doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on anything, it just means I haven’t had a lot to show the world as most of my stuff these days is covered under various NDA’s.
So I just wanted to give you all a head’s up that I should have some new stuff up soon, hopefully after the New Year, and some long-suffering projects such as the Xbox laptop 3 or Commodore 64 Original Hardware laptop will be done sooner than later as well. In the meantime, continue to enjoy our podcasts and look for the usual bi-yearly “Future of Videogaming” article before 2007 is over.
For a good laugh you can also check out the Myspace page for our awesome Rock band group “Power Supply”!Â
Benheck.com Podcast 35 – Holiday Special 2007
It’s that time of the year again for Holiday Special podcast!
Santa Claus, in a mad delusional rage over Wii Vouchers, turns to drinking in this newswire photo
First, pour yourself some eggnog, sit by the fire and listen to our heartwarming intro “Video Pirates Save Christmas”. If you’re wondering what happened to the promised “It’s a Wonderful Half-Life”, well, once again I couldn’t get that script to work. Oh well, it gave us a reason to bring the video pirates back.
Next, indulge yourself in our amazing topics. First up is”Long Delayed Games”, in honor of the Duke Nukem Forever teaser coming out this week. Then we discuss “Is CGI Destroying the Movies?”, a commentary on the overuse and cost of special effects and how they still don’t look as real as Cecille B. DeMille actually lining up 10,000 people behind Charlton Heston.
Finally we hand out our “Game of the Year” awards. Beyond the normal and boring categories such as “Best Game” and “Graphics” we also give out nods for “Most Obvious Betrayal Scene”, “Least Crappy Ending” and other interesting acheivements. Enjoy and have a happy New Year…