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To make him responsive, you will have to bother him long enough that he will fold his newspaper. Then you can talk to him, poke or tickle him or even have a telephone conversation with him.\n\nIf you get Ben to his laboratory however, he becomes as happy as a puppy. There you can do chemistry experiments by mixing a combination of two test tubes together and see the hilarious reactions.\n\nHINT: Record a funny video of your telephone conversation with Ben and send it to your friends.\n\nHOW TO PLAY:\n- Poke Ben's newspaper to make him fold it.\n- Then you can talk to Ben and he will repeat.\n- Poke or slap Ben's face, belly, feet or hands.\n- Tickle Ben's belly.\n- Poke or swipe Ben's graduation picture.\n- Press the phone button and have a conversation with Ben.\n- Record a funny video of your telephone conversation with Ben.\n- Press buttons to make Ben eat, drink or belch.\n- Press the chemistry button to switch Ben to the laboratory.\n- Mix any two test tubes together and see the hilarious chemical reaction.\n- Record videos and share them on YouTube or send them to your friends and family by email.\n\nThis app is PRIVO certified. The PRIVO safe harbor seal indicates Outfit7 has established COPPA compliant privacy practices to protect your child’s personal information. Our apps do not allow younger children to share their information.\n\nThis app contains:\n- Promotion of Outfit7's products and contextual advertising\n- Links that direct customers to our websites and other Outfit7 apps\n- Personalization of content to entice users to play the app again\n- Watching videos of Outfit7's animated characters via YouTube integration\n- The option to make in-app purchases\n\n\nTerms of use: https://talkingtomandfriends.com/eula/en/\nPrivacy policy for games: https://talkingtomandfriends.com/privacy-policy-games/en\nCustomer support: support@outfit7.com","facts":{"developer_id":351110111,"developer_url":"https://talkingtomandfriends.com/apps","first_released":"2011-05-02T17:53:43Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"4.9.8","release_notes":"Bug fixes and minor gameplay improvements.","rating_current_version":4.34955,"rating_count_current_version":27172,"star_counts":null,"genres":["Entertainment"],"languages":["AR","EN","FR","DE","IT","JA","KO","PT","RU","ZH","ES","ZH","TR"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":null,"made_for_iphone_duo":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-18T21:31:11.545Z","catalog_read_at":null,"reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T04:41:51.814Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-14T02:38:51.056Z","placed_at":"2026-10-14T02:23:48.705Z","scored_at":"2026-10-23T05:07:14.284Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Virtual pet app where you poke, talk to, and feed Ben the dog, and mix chemicals in his laboratory.","what_is":"Talking Ben the Dog for iPad is an entertainment app featuring a virtual dog named Ben, a retired chemistry professor. 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