Tander Chats

Tander Chats

A video game podcast for those of us who never grew up. Join the Tanders discussing their beloved hobby, video games! Hear stories of struggles and joys of being grown-up gamers of the present and reminiscing on the good ol' days

Episodes

June 22, 2021 108 mins

As promised! We give our impressions on the games that were annouced during this E3 2021 season! As usual Matthew from https://xboxoutsider.com/ joins us on this follow up episode!

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    It's this time of the year again and E3 season is just around the corner! Even though everything is held digitally, that will not stop our fun! Join the Tanders as they try to wildly predict the annoucements of the presentations

    Special thanks to Matthew of https://xboxoutsider.com/ for joining us in this one!

    Talking points:

  • Guerrilla Showcase
  • Battlefield Reveal
  • Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest: Some Kind of Big Reveal
  • Geoff Ke...
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    Thinking of starting a podcast, stream, vlog? This episode might help you get started! We discuss on how to get started with creating content with the help of Jaba Orellana from Tier One Entertainment

    If you're interested in applying to the AMPLYFY Academy, you can do so here: http://bit.ly/AMPLFYAcademy

    Here are our talking points:

  • What is the first thing to think about when creating content?
  • What gear do you need to start?
  • Au...
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    May 9, 2021 54 mins

    It's the dream of every tanders! Getting paid to play games! Is this something too good to be true, or can you actually make a living by playing video games (outside esports!)?

    Special thanks to Gabby from Yield Guild Games to help us understand what play to earn games is all about. If you want to be part of their scholarship program, make sure to join their Discord server https://discord.gg/AWSVhfkVXG

    Talking points:

  • What are...
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    April 25, 2021 48 mins

    The Tanders try to tackle another complicated subject matter: Non Fungible Tokens! We invited Team Manila's co-founder, Jowee, to help explain and share his experience of selling their first NFT artwork

    Talking points:

  • What are Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs)?
  • Could you talk about your experience on selling your NFT piece?
  • if I'm an artist, why should I be interested in NFT art?
  • If I'm not an artist, why should I be interested...
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    April 11, 2021 98 mins

    It's all about gaming hardware / peripherals for this episode. The Tanders tackle everything and anything that hardware manufactueres deem as a "gaming" peripheral

    We also have Gian Viterbo from Gadget Pilipinas (https://gadgetpilipinas.net/). Please do to make sure to visit his site and all other content from Blip Media (https://blipmedia.ph/)

    Talking points:

  • Remembering the days without gaming specific hardware? What...
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    March 28, 2021 77 mins

    The Tanders have been obsessed with Valheim for quite sometime, so they decided to do an episode all about the survival game genre!

    Talking points:

  • What was the first survival game you played
  • What makes the genre so unique?
  • Why do we love Valheim so much?
  • Some notable survival games to try (besides Valheim)
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    February 21, 2021 100 mins

    We try to lift the mystery that is called Crypto Currency and the Block chain! We discuss in the detail on what it is and what gives value to Bitcoin, Etherum and the other popular cryptos nowadays. For this episode we invited Rico Z. from Spark Point to help us explain all of this

    Talking points:

  • What is Crypto Currency? Why do we keep hearing the word “blockchain” with it?
  • Do you think it will co-exist or even replace fiat currenc...
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    Let's admit it, we aren't fast as the kids nowadays when it comes to competitive gaming, but that shouldn't stop us from keeping the fierce competitive spirit alive! The Tanders talk about how competitive or PVP games have helped them in their personal lives and why we should keep playing them!

    Talking Points:

  • How is competitive gaming different from back then to now?
  • Did you ever stop playing PVP / Competitive games?
  • Wh...
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    January 24, 2021 89 mins

    The Tanders have been playing video games since the early '80s and as the industry evolves, so do their tastes! They discuss what genres they initially hated, but grown to love over time and what kind of games they really stuck until today

    Here are our talking points:

  • To set some context first, when did you start gaming? Did you stop at any point?
  • How was your journey of discovery of video games? Did you try to play everything?
  • A...
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    January 18, 2021 93 mins

    We continue part 2 of our Tander Picks for 2020!

    Your “Babalik ka rin” game Game that you previously dropped, but keep coming back to it

  • Matthew: Batman Arkham Knight
  • Colin: Mobile Legends
  • Jed: Baldur's Gate II
  • Rico: Civilization VI
  • James: iRacing
  • Best Tanders purchase of the year Hardware purchase that enriched your gaming experience

  • Matthew: Xbox Series X
  • Colin: Thera Gun & PS5
  • Jed: Xbox one Controller
  • Rico: New PC
  • James: Xiaom...
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    December 20, 2020 106 mins

    Here are our categories for our picks:

    Best backlog game that you completed A game you dusted away from your backlog and played from start to finish

  • Matthew: Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • Colin: Spider-Man
  • Jayvee: The Division 2
  • Jed: Assassin’s Creed Rogue
  • Rico: Civilization 6
  • James: Ghost of Tsushima
  • Best game that is respectful of your time A game that you feel that’s very satisfying to play for very short gaming sessions

  • Matthew: Gears 5
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    December 6, 2020 71 mins

    The Tanders talk about on how to game with your kids or younger members of the family. It could be easy for some and a little rough for others, but nevertheless, play video games with both young and old is definitely fun!

    Main topic talking points:

  • How to introduce gaming to your kids?
  • What were the initial hurdles that your kids faced when first starting out
  • To non-gamer parents who want to play games with your kids, how to help you...
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    November 22, 2020 105 mins

    The Tanders decide to put a hold on video game talk and decided to do a nostalgia trip with their favorite '80s cartoons! We discuss all our favorites (and sometimes not so favorite) cartoons while we were growing up.

    Main topic talking points:

  • Why did 80s cartoons leave such a big impact on us?
  • Let’s talk about the best of the best:

  • Giant Robots / Mecha Transformers Gobots Mighty Orbots Tekkaman

  • Action fighting men with ga...

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    November 8, 2020 56 mins

    The Tanders take a deeper look into what makes next-gen, next-gen. With the latest Playstation and Xbox dropping soon, we take a trip down memory lane on some of the consoles of past that got us truly excited.

    Here are our main talking points:

  • Remembering major leaps in console generations
  • Let’s all remember, motion controls was supposed to be next-gen
  • Next-gen was supposed to be VR, what happened?
  • What will be truly next-gen for you...
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    October 26, 2020 60 mins

    The Tanders literally face their fears and talk about their all time favorite horror games! We discuss why the horror genre is appealing and what games over the years made a horrific impression on us!

    Our talking points:

  • Why do you enjoy horror games? If you don’t, why not?
  • What was the first horror game that left an impression?
  • What are games that are not horror but got you scared of them?
  • Exceptions: for horror fans, which horror g...
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    We discuss the very successful launch of Genshin Impact. The latest hotness from a Chinese developer called Mihoyo as this is their rookie attempt in crossing into the PC and Console platform.

    He are our talking points for this episode:

  • Why does this interest us?
  • Will their success be short lived?
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    October 12, 2020 68 mins

    We've all fallen into the trap of buying more games than we can actually play! It's always a good feeling to get to try the shiny new game that came out, but then again so is clearing your backlog! The Tanders try to impart their sage advise on how to help out thin that gaming backlog!

    Here are our show notes:

    What we've been playing

  • James: Mario Odyssey, Ghost of Tsushima

  • Jed: Hades

  • Rico: Warframe

  • Jayvee: Genshin...

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    September 27, 2020 101 mins

    The Tanders have recently fallen in love with Warframe lately and this was an inspiration for a podcast topic! We discuss Free to play (F2P) games that are worth your time and maybe your money if you're willing to spend a bit! Here is a run down of the talking points:

    Games we've been playing:

    James - Talks about his new monitor! A brief review on the Xiaomi 34inch Ultrawide Gaming Monitor. If you would like to buy the same...

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    We started another new format called Tander Flash! In this show, we will be doing 15 minute episodes that discuss all the breaking news, events or scandals in the gaming industry!

    For our very first epsiode we discuss the behomoth that is Microsft, flexing their big bucks muscles are buying up studios left and right. Their latest acquisition, Zenimax Media, owners also of Bethesda, ID software, to name a few. In this epsiode we tal...

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