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Benheck.com Podcast Episode 115

Jones is back! In this episode we discuss:

Parker re-watches the Star Wars Prequels – we discuss!
Octopath Traveler and the Nintendo Switch.
What’s the deal with people watching games on YouTube more than they actually play them? Are we guilty of this?
Bad Company 2 memories.
Jones finally builds a new PC after 8 years… and gets a new smart phone after 5 years – he’s the King of Old Tech!
Do iPhones autocorrect differently than other phones?
Movie Pass – the end is near?

Enjoy!

This month’s episode includes:

What was the last good musical score in a movie?
- Ben thinks it was Lord of the Rings. Jones think it’s every Hans Zimmer score. FIGHT!
- Was Lion King secretly about Germany in the 1930’s?
Jones buys a Nintendo Switch!
- What does Jones think of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
- We make Jones taste a Switch cartridge LIVE ON AIR!
- Do people use it in Docked or Portable mode?
Ben plays God of War 2018, the Greatest Videogame Ever Made?
- Should Kratos be an equal-opportunity god killer?
- We research if there’d actually be people in the Nordic area right after Kratos left Greece.
- What the hell is BP “Before Present”?
MoviePass – The Future, or Flop?
- How do they make money? DO they make money?
- Have theaters been overbuilt?
- Should movie ticket prices “scale” like hotel rooms do?
Bring Back Movie Intermissions!
- If movies are going to be so damn long, at least think of our bladders!
- More concession sales + better social experience.

Enjoy!

Topics include:

Enjoy!

We finally made it to 100 episodes, and have a super-sized episode to celebrate!

Topics include:

Are R-rated movies coming back?
- John Wick and Logan do well, while PG-13 Ghost in the Shell flops.
- Are people finally tired of PG-13?
- The lack of finality in modern movies, and why this is emotionally bad.
- How does the Galactic Senate work in Star Wars? Were the Gungans properly represented?
Nintendo Switch Impressions Now That It’s Out
- Right analog stick is awful – why?
- Load times are worse on cartridge than SD card – huh?
- Parker gives his impressions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
- The first Zelda game with DLC?
- Difficult games – old school fun or a waste of time in a busy world?
Open World Gaming – What Is it?
- Jones and Parker discuss World and Warcraft and Ben falls asleep.
PS4 Pro / 4K gaming
- Is it worth it?
- Jones gets an OLED TV!
- Console Gaming is becoming more like PC gaming – our thoughts!
- Why Ben and Jones won’t play old games.
- Parker and Jones discuss why they didn’t buy Mass Effect Andromeda.
Movie Talk!
- Ben complains about theater projection.
- Is the theater becoming an exclusive event experience instead of cheap entertainment?
- What movies should Disney make live-action remakes of next? (They’ll do them all, but in what order?”
- Is anyone going to care about Avatar 2 when it eventually comes out?

Enjoy!

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!