Tander Chats

By The Tanders

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 rem... more

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The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.

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January 18, 2021Tander Picks 2020 (Part 2)
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: Xiaomi Gaming Monitor 34” Ultrawide
Your most anticipated game for 2021
Matthew: Psychonauts 2 (Mar 2021)
Colin: Persona 5 Strikers, Stray
Jed: Hitman 3
Rico: Mulligan
James: Back 4 Blood
Best game of 2020
A game that has a culmination of everything enjoyable and you can overlook the things you did not like
Matthew: FF7 Remake
Colin: Ghost of Tsushima
Jed:Hades
Rico: Outer Worlds
James: iRacing
Sorry for the delay of the episode, we had some scheduling conflicts the past few week, but hopefully for the coming episodes it will be back to our regular programming!
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our affiliate links:
Lazada - https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Shopee - https://bit.ly/tandershop
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
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1h 34min
December 20, 2020Tander Picks 2020 (Part 1)
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
Colin: Pokemon Sword and Shield
Jayvee: Genshin Impact
Jed: Diablo 3
Rico: Mobile Legends Chess TD
James: R6 Siege
Best comfy game of the year
A game where you can sit back and relax and really keep playing for long stretches of time
Matthew: Spirit Fairer
Colin: Persona 5 Royal
Jayvee: Portal Knights
Jed: Satisfactory
Rico: Cities: Skylines
James: Modern Warfare
Best game that you unexpectedly enjoyed
Matthew: Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Colin: Ghost of Tsushima
Jayvee: Snowrunner
Jed: R6 Siege
Rico: Call of Duty Warzone
James: Modern Warfare
We will continue the episode next year and it will definitely include our GOTY for 2020! So watch out for that!
Special thanks to our guests for this episode, Colin of Ungeek.ph and Matthew from the Three Point Landing Podcast (please make sure to give it a listen too!) and Toomuchgaming.net
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our affiliate links:
Lazada - https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Shopee - https://bit.ly/tandershop
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official
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1h 47min
December 06, 2020Gaming with your kids
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 get started with video games?
How to successfully rub off our passion of video games to the next generation
Gaming with our kids in the future
Our picks for games to play with the family (can also mention games to avoid):
Marvel Super Heroes
King of Tokyo (Boardgame)
Mario Kart 8 Switch
Super Smash Bros.
Mario 3D World
Minecraft
Portal Knights
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our affiliate links:
Lazada - https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Shopee - https://bit.ly/tandershop
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
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1h 12min
November 22, 2020Remembering our favorite '80s cartoons!
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 gadgets
G.I. Joe
Centurions
Chuck Norris and the Karate Commandos
Rambo
M.A.S.K.
He-Man
Talking fighting animals
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Dinosaucers
Dinoriders
Sci-Fi
Galaxy Rangers
Captain Power
The Real Ghostbusters
The Original Ghostbusters
Aimed for girls, but we enjoyed anyways
Care bears
Rainbow Bright
Jem and the Holograms
Beverly Hills Teens
She-Ra
Other cartoons that don’t fit the main genres
Turbo Teen
Yogi’s Treasure Hunt
Cartoons of the 80s vs Cartoons of today
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our affiliate links:
Lazada - https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Shopee - https://bit.ly/tandershop
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
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1h 46min
November 08, 2020What will be truly next-gen in gaming?
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?
Will you be getting a PS5 or Xbox Series X?
Rico's latest monitor - https://bit.ly/tandermonitorshop (Shopee) or https://bit.ly/tandermonitor (Lazada)
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our affiliate links:
Lazada - https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Shopee - https://bit.ly/tandershop
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
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57min
October 26, 2020An ode to horror games
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 games did you not enjoy? For non-horror fans, which ones did you enjoy?
Your top picks for must-play horror games?
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our affiliate links:
Lazada - https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Shopee - https://bit.ly/tandershop
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
Background artwork:
artwork by @visualdon – https://instagram.com/visualdon
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1h 1min
October 18, 2020Tander Flash - Our thoughts on: Genshin Impact earns $100M in two weeks
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?
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our Lazada affiliate link: https://bit.ly/tanderlaz
Make sure to click on the link before checking out. We will get a small comission from all your purchases, this will go directly to supporting the show.
Music Credits
Tander Flash Music:
By Teknoaxe http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1598
Background artwork:
artwork by @visualdon – https://instagram.com/visualdon
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14min
October 12, 2020Tips on managing your videogame backlog
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 Impact
Main topic talking points:
How did you accumulate your gaming backlog?
Why did the accumulation happen? How to avoid it?
Will games be designed when our age group become senior citizens?
What are your top tips for thinning out the backlog?
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Lastly, if you want to help support the show! You can do so by using our Lazada affiliate link: https://bit.ly/tanderlaz please make sure to click on the link before checking out! We will get a small comission from all your purchases and this will go directly to supporting the show. Thank you!
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
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1h 9min
September 27, 2020Free to play games done right
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 monitor, please use our affiliate link with Lazada: https://bit.ly/TanderMonitor. For every successful purchase, we get a small comission and this will go towards to supporting the podcast
Jed - Talks about his new toy also, a Retroid Pocket 2! If you want something similar, you can also try the RG350M. Please use this affiliate link also :) https://bit.ly/TanderConsole
Jayvee - Quickly talks about Warframe and then goes into a lot more into Portal Knights
RIco - Trying to fit in with the kids nowadays, takes a crack at Among Us
Main topic talking points:
What was your first F2P game that got you hooked and invested a lot of time in playing?
What was the worst F2P game you played?
Some F2P mechanics to watch out for:
Grind mechanics
Monetization practices (is it Play to win?)
Gacha / Loot box systems
How will F2P games fare vs Premium games in the Pandemic economy
Why do you play F2P games? Besides the low low cost of Free!
What are your most highly recommended Free to play games?
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
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1h 42min
September 26, 2020Tander Flash - Our thoughts on the Microsoft acquisition of Bethesda
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 talk about the following:
What are the reasons for the acquisition?
How will this affect releases on the Playstation platform?
Microsoft planning for more studio acquisitions! Who do you think will be next??
Will this be good or bad for the industry in the long run?
If you want to leave us a message or interact with us, you can leave a like on our Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TanderChats
Tander Chats Music Credits:
Transient by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Gv0OSpS2ABU
Tander Trips Music Credits:
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Tander Flash Music:
By Teknoaxe http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1598
Background artwork:
artwork by @visualdon – https://instagram.com/visualdon
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16min

FAQs about Tander Chats:

How many episodes does Tander Chats have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.