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Is Ben Heck really that famous?

By Jared

9 years ago


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    #10 9 years ago

    I first ran across Ben's work a few years ago in an article on Kotaku, long before I learned that he was into pinball. Kotaku has written about his mods for several years...

    http://kotaku.com/tag/ben-heck

    #13 9 years ago
    Quoted from MrBally:

    So well known I never heard of him until some JPop vapor machine had his name as part of the title. For awhile anyway.
    I still don't have a clue who he is.

    Check out his show on YouTube:

    https://www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow

    #32 9 years ago
    Quoted from Curtis_Playfield:

    Ben Heck is more dedicated to his work and badass projects than he is sitting on social media drawing attention to himself, which is a very strong attribute in my opinion.

    Ben has a decent-sized social media footprint... ~370,000 YouTube subscribers... and he is more well-known outside of the pinball hobby. Most of his videos are self-promotional (i.e., he stars in them), but in a good way. IMO, he is the epitome of substance over form, unlike a lot of other recognizable people on YouTube, who are often all form and no substance.

    #55 9 years ago
    Quoted from tamoore:

    Do these guys know how to party, or what????

    Come on, that photo's obviously fake. It's allegedly taken around midnight on a Saturday night in Wisconsin, and there's not a single beer bottle to be found. Ha!!! What do they think we are? Stupid?!?

    I do give em props, though, on the Portal mini-turret. Very carefully staged to make it appear like the REAL Ben Heck, but we know better!

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