Rock and Roll Edition. We discuss the iPod and portable music, MP3 player programs on computers and “Is the Music Industry Dead?” Also we talk about Halo 3 for a bit, which we both ended up buying the first day. Consumerism strikes again!

Much rambling is included, free of charge, bloating this episode to nearly an hour and a half. Most people couldn’t segway from an MP3 player discussion to King Solomon and the theory of Atlantis, but we can – we’re just that talented.

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Here it is, a bit late, but better late then never! In this episode we cover:

• M rated games sell better than others – why?
• Food.
• Games we’re looking forward to and Halo 3.

We went out of way to make this podcast more ramlbing than usual, so enjoy!

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(For a fun drinking game, count how many times we say “I’m Andrew Ryan” during this podcast)

Well it’s our one-year anniversary of the Benheck.com podcast, and I didn’t get around to creating a cool intro! Sorry. Seriously I’m out of ideas. Anyway, today’s topics include:

• Videogames as Art? Some say they are, some say they aren’t… What do WE say? Warning: contains more thrashing of Hollywood.
• PC gaming VS Console gaming. Ben bought Bioshock for PC, Jones for 360, so this topic seemed appropriate. Is having a high-tech video card and processor worth it just for mouse controls?
• Fanboy/girl/person-ism! We talk briefly about this amazing phenomenon and how it relates to the working man.

So have a listen and see what you think!

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Yes we’ve cranked out a solid year of bi-weekly podcasts at this point. In this episode:

• Things people don’t realize about their console. (It has motions controls, online and Blu-Ray?)
• The recent wave of stupid anti-violent gaming laws, and the double standards when compared to movies.
• Why is Gears of War becoming a movie but not Halo?

We’ll try to do something special in 2 weeks when we have the official year-anniversay episode. In other news, a new portable is very close – stay tuned! (You can download Possumus Man for fun in the meantime)

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Almost a full year now! In this episode:

• Games this fall we’re looking forward to,
• “Videogame Cliches of the Ages”
• Xbox 360 Price Drop and the “Magical Barriers” at which people buy consoles (and why inflation doesn’t seem to be taken into effect)

We also go through the Mascot Contest entries and pick a winner “live”. Well, sort of live.

“Rex”, the winning entry, by Gus Douboulidis.

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You can see the rest of the entries by clicking below.

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Today’s podcast is all about the Xbox. Specifically what we think Microsoft is doing wrong, or just plain not doing, with their advertising schemes. Since Jones and I are clearly marketing experts with a better grasp of things than a multi-billion dollar global behemoth it is our duty to tell the world how the people in Redmond should be pitching this thing. Because hey – we just want to help.

Sort of the way Xbox is rolling these days.

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In other news the first batch of Audio FX Pro 5.1 headsets have arrived from across the pond and will be showing up in stores very soon. I’m running a contest where the prize is yet another pair, signed by me no less! Here are the rules:

1. As mentioned in our podcast, come up with a mascot that Microsoft should use in a cool new game for the Xbox 360. I’d like serious entries, not “Robby the Red Ring of Death” or anything like that.
2. Use paper, MS Paint, 3D modeling, whatever you’d like to create it. Even B&W paper doodles are fine.
3. For best results include snow-capped mountains in the background and some helicopters with machine guns.
4. This contest has nothing to do with Microsoft so don’t expect million-dollar checks and your creation becoming a game. This is just for fun, with a headset as the prize. But just think, up to hundreds of thousands of people could see your work if it gets on the site – that’s more famous than half the cast of “Charmed”!
5. The winning entry will be picked by me (and maybe Jones or whoever else is around) and shown on this site at the time of the next podcast.

Suggestions of what NOT to enter.

Send all entries to benjamin.heckendorn@gmail.com by July 31st, 2007. We’ll also show the best runners-up. Have fun!