Whenever you can make a title rhyme DO IT, I always say!
Anyway, a few weeks ago I helped some MATC (the M being Milwaukee not Madison in this case) students by being a guest on a TV show they were doing for class. It’s called “Level Runner” and will run on March 15th at 1:30 AM on Milwaukee channels 36/36.1. Why not check it out? (or Tivo it)
I always like doing things in/for my home state of Wisconsin, so if you have a publication in the state and want an interview do not be shy about asking!
Here is the Xbox 360 laptop prize for THQ’s “Darksiders” game. The casing / shell design was done by myself and then Colorware (over in Minnesota – go midwest!) printed graphics on it using Joe Madureira artwork as a basis.
It’s pretty slick looking, I’d heard of Colorware before but this is first time I’ve seen what they can do in person. Very glossy! The game itself comes out later this year I believe.
For the making of story and more pictures and video, click below.
Dan Amrich from OXM interviewed me a while back and the issue is now hitting newsstands, or will shortly. I believe this is my largest magazine feature yet at 6 pages!
It was a fun interview and there should be interesting tidbits for interested readers – my possum mask even made it in! Enjoy…
You asked questions, we’ve answered in the 55th episode of the Benheck.com podcast! Most of them made it onto the show, with some getting fairly extensive answers such as our opinions on Oscar-bait movies (Slumdog Millionaire should clear a space on its mantle right now), Circuit City closing (sucks but lots of great bargains now), our favorite fast food places and many other things.
Enjoy…
I guess it was inevitable, but Joel Watson has put me in a web comic, where I build some sort of monstrosity:
http://hijinksensue.com/2009/01/12/benheck-mod-scientist/
In other news, I hope to show the THQ prize laptop soon, and I have a new style of game controller coming [eventually] as well.
Well I am here at MAGFest now… so yeah… I guess anyone that came can try to find me an say hi.
Looks like my slot is at the same time as the Angry Videogame Nerd, so I guess I have to compete with him. Regardless, should be interesting, there’s arcade machines and beer here, what more do I need?
SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON:
I did my panel, it went pretty well. Didn’t have to compete directly with Game Nerd which was cool. Lots of fun stories and truths you’ll never find on this site (such as “the Xbox 360 laptop originally was built to advertise our ghost town documentary trailer”) and for some reason I went WAY off topic with my Christian Bale Batman impressions. That’s what you get when you goto a Benheck panel / let your heart win.
Our Sonic Boom podcast panel is at 6 PM, so I hope to go even more off-topic during that.
The party on the top floor of the Hilton with the balcony was awesome, I could see all of DC which I know well from the 50 hours I spent playing Fallout 3. Haven’t seen any super-mutants yet…
-Ben
From what I have seen, this is the box to look for.
Slight update for you all… I found another Jasper, this time in a small town Wal-Mart. Same place I found my first Falcon. For those hunting the Jasper, small towns are a good bet because usually Wal-Mart is the only place to buy anything, thus the throughput is higher, thus they get newer units faster.
Seems the Sega Superstars Tennis pack-in labeling is the box to look for. This was a team FDOU, lot #0834X. However unlike the lot #0842X, this units power supply was marked 150W.
175W Falcon PSU on left, 150W Jasper on the right. Though different they are fairly similar, there wasn’t as much change as between the 203W and 175W versions.
For more pics and details of how you can spot one in a store, check out my article on Engadget.
I still have not seen a 60 gig version of the Jasper. However you can get those 60 gig drive kits for $99, which can turn your Jasper Arcade into a 60 giger for the same cost, plus you’ll get 3 months of Xbox Live. Win-win.
Shouldn’t be rocket science but the Elites seem to be the slowest selling these days and will likely be the last to get Jasperized (new term).