Benjamin Heckendorn
Benjamin J. Heckendorn (born on October 19, 1975) is a console modder and Internet Celebrity. He is better known as "Ben Heck" on the Internet. Heckendorn is also an independent film maker.
He has two podcasts, one which he runs with the help of a friend, Jason Jones, and the other on Warpath.TV with George "Force", Mike Zucker, and Anthony Carboni.
Most of Heckendorn's mods are done by taking apart old video game consoles such as the Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System. He then reconfigures internal printed circuit board (PCB) into a smaller form factor. The newly configured circuit board is enclosed within a custom case (done by a CNC machine) and any peripherals are assembled by Heckendorn.
His creations have been featured in such publications as Wired, Popular Science, and Maxim, and on television shows such as TechTV, The Screen Savers, Attack of the Show! and X-Play. His mods are also commonly presented on high popularity blogs such as Engadget.
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