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!
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Atari 800 Handheld
For the final project of The Ben Heck Show I built an all-new original hardware Atari 800 handheld!
Unlike my past Atari computer laptops this uses the original IC’s with an all-new custom circuit board. It also fits in your hand and runs off Li-Po batteries.
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Awkward Photo Op
No Jones this time, so Parker and I discuss engineering topics:
Why use a Streaming Box with a Smart TV? Isn’t that redundant? Also Ben & Parker discuss Windows 10 Calculator.
Cars have too many electronics! (unless they’re Jeeps)
ESP8266 modules.
The challenges of making an Alexa controlled beer fetching robot.
Projects we’d like to do if we had the time.
3D printers – techniques and what models we use.
We discuss the Amazon Alexa a lot in this episode, so if you have one and are listening with speakers , probably should mute it 🙂
Enjoy!
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Parker’s holding a thermal detonator!
Solo: A Star Wars Story. We’ve seen it, time to discuss! We also talk Avengers: Infinity War, the God of War ending, and online movie spoilers.
Speaking of which, podcast contains MAJOR spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story, God of War and Avengers Infinity War. You have been WARned! (Be prepared!)
Enjoy!
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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!
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Or Episode 7 in binary. This month’s super-long episode includes:
Software as Service
The end of Windows and OS’s as we know them?
Who actually owns your cloud data?
Will cloud data ever perform as fast as local solutions?
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Ben finally buys the game. We discuss the online phenomenon!
What about Fortnite ? Is it any good?
Why does Ben taste everything?
Jones wants to buy a Nintendo Switch
MEGAMETERS!
The totally real term, but why is it never used?
We discuss common distances in MEGAMETERS for no reason whatsoever.
Movie Chat!
Parker reviews Ready Player One .
Re-visiting The Last Jedi – now on home video!
Will super Star Wars fanboy Jones go see Han Solo: A Star Wars Story?
Enjoy!
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The flash storage company we discuss during the episode:Â https://www.purestorage.com/
This month’s topics include:
The beginning of the end for theaters? Netflix buying many films and releasing them on the small screen instead of theaters.
Could Charlize Theron take Gal Gadot in a fight?
Ben talks about his “artifact collection”.
Discussing Space Shuttles.
Microtransactions – have gamers had enough? Is it finally time for the base price of a game to rise?
Which company will “rip off the scab” and raise the price to $70?
How much Hamburger we each put into Hamburger Helper .
What would be used as currencies in a post apocalyptic world?
More inflation discussion (price of video games vs everything else)
Disney to dump EA as their videogame partner?
Is it really a bad thing for EA?
Ben explains his Kickstarter idea for Road House 2.
How to turn anything into a Cloverfield movie!
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A chunk of the Berlin wall!
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The meteor that hit Wisconsin and became a meteorite!