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Stuff Ben & Mike Like

Ben & Mike are two nerds who met in university by attending the same Japanese class and anime society. It"s pretty much all been downhill from there. They occasionally get together to discuss anime, video games and other stuff they like, usually in the form of quick overviews, reviews and discussion. Expect controversial opinions, impassioned rants and occasional deep dives into the strange minutiae of anime tropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Stuff #10: The 'Everything Sucks' Extravaganza!

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2023/09/17

A debatably triumphant return to the world of podcasting for Ben and Mike! We date ourselves poorly by discussing the imminent release of Tears of the Kingdom and struggling to remember the name of 'Starfield'. As we hadn't chatted for a while, we try to get through our thoughts on everything of note that we had watched or played in recent times... Timestamps below as ever!0:00 Intro and depressing preamble (aka "everything sucks")5:15 Kimetsu no Yaiba / Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc7:50

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1:26:38

Stuff #6: Can MC be best guy?!

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2021/09/12

Our final archived episode! It even includes several references to the fact our archives will never be uploaded. What riveting content. But this one isn't just a rundown of a ton of shows we've watched! After a brief chat about shows we'd been watching recently - and a not so brief diversion into all things Fire Emblem: Three Houses - we deep dive into an age old question... Can the main character of an anime be 'best guy' in said anime? The discussion centres around a bunch of examples we bring to

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1:15:15

Stuff #5: Anime of 2018

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2021/07/18

Another one from the archives, cementing this as an annual podcast! This one possibly never saw the light of day in any form in the past due to us failing to tackle the timestamping of Stuff #4... The format will be very familiar as we run through the anime of the year in something resembling alphabetical order, but this time we put time pressure on ourselves - hurrah! Timestamps below. Spoilers: we still haven't figured out what our email address is.0:00 Intro2:21 Games we've been playing and stuff

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Stuff #9: Anime of Spring 2021

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2021/07/04

Welcome back to our most timely podcast episode to date! This time on Stuff Ben & Mike Like we cover off the shows we watched from the Spring 2021 anime season - the highs, the lows and the disagreements. We also have a bit of a chat about this year's E3 and our experiences watching the Demon Slayer movie in cinemas. Timestamps below! (Mike would also like to remind you that you should watch Thunderbolt Fantasy, even though we don't discuss it here)0:00 Intro1:28 E3 20216:35 Monster Hunter

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2:56:38

Stuff #4: Anime of 2017

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2021/06/20

What a slick intro! Think that'll be sticking around? Think again! In this episode we talk incredibly quickly about a lot of shows as we try to cover a year and a bit of the anime calendar. There are some gems buried in here though, trust us! Naturally another one from the archives. Timestamps below.0:00 Intro5:53 A Place Further Than The Universe13:09 A Silent Voice14:58 ACCA16:30 Alice to Zoroku19:32 Ancient Magus Bride29:02 B: The Beginning32:09 Ballroom e Youkoso32:43 Children of Ether33:14

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1:59:59

Stuff #3: Our Top 5 Games Of All Time*

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2021/06/07

You know what they say about best laid plans. We incredibly optimistically thought we might squeeze our top 5 games lists into the previous episode with our top 5 anime, and what fools we were! So we're back with an entirely gaming flavoured pod. Once again we're pulling this from the archives so this was recorded a very long time ago and might not reflect our current favourites! Though these lists are probably far more accurate than our favourite anime ones... Timestamps below. (Mike belatedly

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1:47:02

Stuff #2: Our Top 5 Anime Of All Time*

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2021/05/30

Already phoning it in on (archive) episode 2 with a list episode! What better way to make the internet angry at us than to declare what we think are our favourite shows ever. Even bigger disclaimer than usual here with episodes from the archive: both of our lists would be DRAMATICALLY different if we were to record this episode today! Timestamps (and spoilers, I guess) below.0:00 Intro2:20 Games we've been playing recently10:49 Anime we've been watching recently16:16 Top 5 lists19:45 Shirobako25:51

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1:56:58

Stuff #8: Today's Menu for the Belmont Family

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2021/05/24

In an unprecedented turn of events, Ben and Mike get back together for a new episode to talk games and anime before a whole year has passed! With our fingers very nearly on the pulse, today we discuss season 4 of Netflix's Castlevania for a long time. Ben also regales us with tales of his time in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Switch, Mike lets us know how he's getting on with Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc on PC and we talk a bit about the inherent difficulties of making a "good dub". Timestamps

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2:28:07

Stuff #1: Anime of 2016

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2021/05/17

Our first ever podcast outing, resurrected for more accessible hosting platforms! In which we pretend to know how podcasts work and discuss a LOT of anime from the year 2016, the year that previously set the standard for 'dumpster fire'. Timestamps below. (Disclaimer for all of these older episodes: our opinions on everything discussed may well be completely different now!)00:00 Intro00:01:03 Shows we're watching00:10:05 Games we're playing00:21:40 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World00:28:38

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1:09:42

Stuff #7.2: Games of 2020(ish)

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2021/04/05

The second part of our triumphant return to the podcast hot seats. In this part we discuss games that we played in the last year or so, some of which were actually released in 2020! Timestamps below if you'd like to hop around.0:00Intro1:52Disco Elysium5:42 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order11:04 Hades20:27 Slay the Spire / Monster Train23:57 Paper Mario: The Origami King29:04 Outer Wilds32:59 Streets of Rage 436:23 Paradise Killer42:59 Twilight Princess vs Skyward Sword51:45 Persona 4 Golden / Persona

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Stuff #7.1: Anime of 2020(ish)

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2021/04/05

Ben & Mike are finally back together (albeit remotely) to discuss the topics of the day. Where the 'topics' are anime and games, and the 'day' is last year, mostly. This was a bit of a lengthy one so we've split it into two parts, with this first part solely focused on anime we've been watching and enjoying semi-recently. Part 2 will follow with video game chat. Timestamps for this extravaganza below! (We will be reuploaded episodes from the 'archives' so please bear with references to things

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