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Ben Heck's Guitar Hero Pedal

What, Ben Heck, coming up with excellent, craft, gaming-related things? You don't say. This is his latest contraption, a heavy-duty pedal designed to work with Guitar Hero to give it that extra dash of authenticity. After Heck did some one-handed GH controllers for the Games for Health conference, Activision decided to send him some guitars for further experimentation, and these are what he came up with. Although primarily designed to allow someone with the use of only one hand to play Guitar Hero (as the pedal allows them to strum with their feet), they can also be used to activate the whammy bar, giving them a much more general application. While they look nice and rugged, the highlight's got to be the fact he wired them using the controller cables from an old Jaguar controller.

Guitar Hero pedal controllers [Ben Heck]

2:30 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,128 views, 19 comments

Latest by sandwiches: That's cool. Really, really cool, but wouldn't a simpler, one-handed Guitar Hero option be to just mod a guitar controller to only require fret-pressing (like hammering) and not need the strum bar at all? ...or, better yet, Activision more »

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Ben Heck's PlayStation 3 Laptop

My consoles absolutely hate Ben Heck. Every time he releases a new mod, such as this gorgeous PlayStation 3 laptop, similar to his Xbox 360 Elite laptop from awhile back, I tend to spend many hours sitting in my living room, eyes moving curious from consoles to the cabinet where I keep my (barely used) tools. With my degree of electronics knowledge, this is the game console equivalent of having someone quietly staring first at you, and then at a loaded gun in front of them, over and over again. Luckily for them I've yet to work up the nerve, though I do have an extra PSone sitting around gathering dust. I think I just heard it whimper.

Ben Heck's Latest Wonder Project: PS3 Laptop [Gizmodo]


7:00 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Mike Fahey
8,225 views, 77 comments

Latest by artofwar420: That mod is so beautiful. more »

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Ben Heck, Not A Huge Gamer

Reuters just ran an interesting profile on internet-famous console modder Benjamin Heckendorn. It's definitely worth a quick read if you're interested in the man behind the DS Atari 2600 or Xbox 360 laptop, but we particularly enjoyed his response to his own gaming habits.

I didn't used to play, but last year I went out of my way to play more video games. I would probably maybe buy one game a year. Last year I said you know what, this is ridiculous.
Uh oh, all those games will probably rot his brain.

"Modder" turns hobby into career [Reuters via BoingBoingGadgets][Image by Maxamegalon2000]

11:40 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,058 views, 30 comments

Latest by thisisasignin: More specifically, why does this jerks website include iframes to abc-powers.com? A site that google also says may harm your computer. more »

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Xbox 360 Elite Turned into Halo 3 Laptop

Modder Ben Heck (aka Bengamin J. Heckendorn) dazzles. He's got the uncanny ability to take things, and turn them into other things. Pretty things, at that! Last spring, he crafted an Xbox 360 into a laptop. Now, he's done the same with an Xbox 360 Elite. Nice trick, but we've seen it before. How about turning an Xbox 360 Elite into something else — like a stack of waffles?
Official Site [Ben Heck via Engadget]

2:00 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
16,162 views, 60 comments

Latest by SpartanQ77: Just throw some linux on that thing (possible with the original xbox, DEFINITELY possible and quite easy, idk about the 360 though. Maybe when I'm more experienced I'll try modding the 360 to a laptop, throw some wireless on, and more »

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Ben Heck's Mystery Solved

Ben Heckendorn, who's mutant power involves pulling dreams out of my head and making them a reality, has finally unveiled the mystery product McWhertor mentioned back in late April, and I am very pleasantly surprised. More »

1:20 PM on Tue Jun 5 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,174 views, 35 comments

rompod

Gameport, The Emulator For Your Pocket

Console modding champ Benjamin J. Heckendorn (aka Ben Heck) is not only teaming up with eDimensional for a mystery accessory, he's bringing his hardware know-how to Retrogames' Gameport, a handheld "portable multimedia gaming system." More »

3:40 PM on Tue May 29 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,216 views, 18 comments

looks kinda hard

Make The PS360 Controller

Ah, to be console modder Ben Heckendorn (AKA Ben Heck). No, to be Ben Heck's buddy and get some of his amazing creations! The modder's recent project? Stuffing a PS3 SIXAXIS in an Xbox 360 controller, thereby giving birth to the PS360 controller. You don't just have to be BFF with Ben or pay him gobs of money for the PS360. Now Ben has put a how-to up, you can make it. So, if you know the difference between a Phillips screwdriver and a Small Torx screwdriver, they have a gander. Who knows, you might just be able to pull it off! That, or totally muck up controllers. Either way, good luck. Brian Ashcraft More »

12:00 AM on Wed May 2 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,448 views, 18 comments

Latest by CZroe: Ben Heck annoys me. He didn't even mention that replacing the buttons with tact switches will throw the pressure sensitivity function out the window. It's almost like he didn't know! Hmm, I question his status as a gamer (probably spend more »

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Ben Heck Mystery Product Comin' At Ya

Console modder and guy who turns stuff into other stuff Benjamin J. Heckendorn, aka Ben Heck, has partnered with accessory manufacturer eDimensional to make... something. They won't say what it is exactly, because they're running a contest to let John Q. Gamer figure out exactly what the hell... er, heck their unannounced gaming accessory is. More »

4:20 PM on Thu Apr 26 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,236 views, 17 comments

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Xbox 360 Laptop Redux

Professional console modder Benjamin J. Heckendorn (aka Ben Heck) has released pics and video of his latest custom hardware hack, the Xbox 360 Laptop 2. Better than his previous Xbox 360 laptop by a factor of two, this one ups the green like it was 2001 and uses an mind-boggling 60% less aluminum. If I were a religious man, I'd think this material goods reduction were some sort of witchcraft, nay, the work of Satan himself. It's that good. More »

4:40 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Michael McWhertor
7,812 views, 27 comments

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New Atari 2600 Hack Smacks Of DS

Another day, another amazing Benjamin J. Heckendorn console mod. This time, Ben has churned out the Mark VII Atari 2600 (aka Atari VCSp Revision 7) portable with a cool clamshell design. More »

9:40 PM on Thu Dec 21 2006
By Michael McWhertor
3,031 views, 13 comments