If your strumming hand for Guitar Hero is becoming a bit worse for wear, then good news: Ben Heck, modder of all that is next-gen, has come up with a way to make your foot do all the work instead. Introducing Ben Heckendorn's own brand of pedal controllers, a peripheral that lets you strum and whammy with the merest movement of your foot. All the details in the full article.

The PlayStation 3 laptop is the latest project of Ben Heck, hacker extraordinaire. The laptop will soon be up for grabs in an auction, so tough cookies for everyone except for the lucky person who'll get his hands on it. You can watch the 16-pound beauty in action by watching the video in the full article.

Teach a man to fish, and he eats for life. Due to the immense popularity that Ben Heckendorn's been reaping for his recently completed PS360 controller mod, our fave mod god has decided to release a Do-It-Yourself guide for the general public's perusal.

Now, before the readership heads off to the actual guide, here's a rough on the materials and tools you will need for the attempt:

• PS3 SIXAXIS controller
• Xbox 360 (wireless) controller
• Perfboard with pre-drilled copper plated holes
• Thin wires
• x(4) T-1 sized LEDs
• x(2) 4.7k ohm resistors and (1) 10k ohm resistor
• Superglue (liquid type)
• x(11) 6mm tact switches
• x(2) 4.5mm tact switches
• x(4) size 3 screws, 1/2-inch long
• Dremel tool with cutoff wheel
• Soldering iron and desoldering iron
• X-Acto knife
• Hot Glue Gun
• Thin tipped magic markers
• Regular small Phillips screwdriver
• Small Torx screwdriver
  

Needless to say, this mod attempt will require plenty of spare time, soldering skills, and sweat. The first few sections will deal with destroying disassembling the 360 and SIXAXIS controllers, followed by instructions on how to transplant the SIXAXIS analog controls to the 360. The full details for this attempt are available at the read link, although we warn readers to once again be careful, if they ever do decide to try this mod out. Godspeed, and make sure to wait up - Ben Heck's making plans to release part 3 of his 360 laptop guide soon after!

 

Yes, and how much heck could Ben Heckendorn heck if Ben Heck could heck heck? The Master of Mod has united with eDimensional to offer a new, inspired-by-the-hardcore gamer product. And they won't say a thing about it. Not a darned thing. They'll never tell.

No. They're so mean they want you to guess what the hell - er, heck it is.

The Read link below takes you to the contest website, What the Heck?!, where you will find where to send your guesses to eDimensional, in the hopes of winning a free signed copy of WhateverTheHeckItIs from eDimensional. One guess per person, per day (no spamming, in other words).

So what the heck is it?! (Fine, the silhouette kind of resembles a 360, but it could also be a red herring, a decoy). A laptop? Deceptive controllers? An actual analog stick for a portable?

We still don't understand just how he does it, but he certainly does his modding very well. Over at his blog, Ben Heckendorn's been tinkering with more than just one controller these days, because he's managed to take a SIXAXIS, perform some elite controller pimping, and place all that into the sexy body of a 360 controller.

The controller has the all of the important PS3 controls (including the motion-sensing) inside the shell, with the controller's battery and charger taking the place of the 360's battery pack and "charge and play" port.

The device should presumably play like the SIXAXIS, but why not just let you watch a video to find out how well it works, right? Just watch out for the awesome red light of death he installed, alright? Enjoy the vid!

Download: PS360 controller demonstration