Here in the Search nav, you can.... SEARCH. Start typing a game or gamer, it will autosuggest. Press one to go, or hit Enter to get the full search results.
Below the searchbox, you'll see recent games, gamers, clubs, events, and quests you've visited.
Below that is the full site map with all of the different pages on this platform. Most of these are accessible in the other navs too. But here they're all in one place, if you're into that sort of thing.
Jump in a virtual or IRL event, tournament, or league. Participate in a Quest (a gaming challenge that you can do any time). Channel 3 has something for all skill levels, including gaming-focused daily minigames.
Go to Events below to search for real-time tournaments or other events. Quests will show you offline challenges you can complete at any time.
You may have friends here already, or you may meet your next lifelong squadmate here. Either way, Channel 3 is most fun when you find your people and can have friendly competitions and participate in challenges together.
Below you can navigate all the gamers, clubs, and causes on Channel 3.
If you'd like to create and run a Club, submit an New Club Request.
Whether it's 1 to 2, or 99 to 100, leveling up is the best feeling in the world. On Channel 3, when you participate in quests, when your post gets 1Up'd, when you crush a daily minigame, you get XP. Get 1k XP, and you level up and unlock rewards. Rewards can be custom reaction GIFs, cool backgrounds, or prize wheel spins for IRL gaming gear or in game currency.
Turbo is an optional subscription for superusers. You don't need Turbo to enjoy Channel 3. Turbo users get early access to new features, and are able to unlock more levels in a season.
On Channel 3, seasons last 3 months. They will always run January 1 - April 1, April 1 - July 1, July 1 - October 1, and October 1 - January 1.
Open channel3.gg in Chrome. Click the Install icon in the right side of the address bar:
Click Install when you get this prompt.
After installation, you can pin to the Windows taskbar alongside your other favorite apps.
Open channel3.gg in Safari. It has to be Safari.
Tap the Share button in the middle of the footer.
Tap Add to Home Screen.
Tap Add on the prompt.
BOOM. You're done. iPhones try to act like it's "just a website bookmark" because they want everyone to go through the App Store but really it functions just like an app... Full screen, moveable icon on your home screen. All of it.
Enjoy.
Install the Channel 3 app from the Google Play Store.
Scored it for less than $3 on an eShop sale. Just finished the main storyline with my kids heavily invested in the story. Probably going to sink a few more hours into leveling up and meeting the post-story challenges. We liked it enough to have Cat Quest 2 on this list to grab next eShop sale and will probably grab Cat Quest 3 when it comes out in August. Is more or less purr-fect for what it is.
I scooped up Hue during an eShop sale after having a great time with both Inside and Limbo. Immediately found the similarity in the art style of Hue and Limbo, but that is near where the similarities end. Hue is the more engaging game with its masterful use of color as a mechanic and great soundtrack. It offers a great blend of challenge and enjoyment. Each level design is interesting and helps move the 'light' storyline along. The narrative, driven by a poignant tale of love and loss, adds an emotional depth that elevates Hue beyond a mere puzzle game. My kids wanted to watch every level to get to the next letter and were intrigued by the storyline. It is worth the price of admission (especially when on sale).
Picked this one up to play with the wife. She is not a gamer beyond puzzle games (tetris, puyo puyo, dr. mario, panel de pon) but aside from her having to learn to use a thumbstick, it has been great fun! The puzzles are enjoyable and require working together. The storyline is interesting if a little dark. But all and all a great experience!
While there is a single player campaign this one shines as Nintendo’s answer to all the other FPS. It could do better to teach you about the game types, but once you figure them out and think about the strats the fun really begins. This one is best played with voice communication with other members of the Splat Cr3w. Getting paired with Randoms is a complete roll of the dice as squad based combat really needs people to communicate.
This is also a great choice for kids as it is non-violent colorful and quirky as all get out.
While all the Big 3 C3 games are 5-star bangers, Target is my favorite. As someone who has spent a significant amount of time on the tracks of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I appreciate the challenge of identifying the specific area of a track. I haven't spent nearly as much time on any other game that has Target (although I appreciate the variety). I assume that players of those games are equally as enthused with the C3 Target experience.
I thoroughly enjoy the diversity that this game has to offer. Frequently, I encounter games that may have come out during my dark ages (getting married, house, kids, job grinding for promotion). I make a habit of reading the game descriptions of featured games and have learned a lot and even gone down a few rabbit holes and added games to lists to investigate later.
The daily task of completing the Big 3 on Channel 3 is as routine as a cup of coffee. Unrivaled and never outdone.
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I stumbled onto Marbles randomly while clicking through random Twitch streams and was immediately hooked by the concept. RNG chilling in the chatbox while you will sprites across a screen with no control is kind of relaxing.
The community around Marbles is really interesting as well. Community skins, pit races, leagues, it brings out the best in gaming and all for the low cost of entry of 5 characters in a chatbox. !great
This might just be the first game that was optimized in my house. My brother and I had beaten it so many times that I seem to recall setting up a speedrun of sorts. HUGE fan of the movie and this was a great game adaptation.
Not quite Wordle, but often completed in the same breath. Occasionally people share their scores with me, but again not Wordle.
Word association is a solid premise, but it’s also super shallow. Not a lot to it, but sometimes that’s alright. It gets 4 stars because I’m a sucker for a puzzle game.
This one with tilt controls was such a fun experience. It was enough to get my girlfriend at the time (now Mrs. Funk) to get a Wii so we could play online together. Lots of crazy blue shells and shouting over speakerphone. I’m certain it’s during one of these nights that she realized I’m wired differently and yet she still bought in.
If I were to criticize the game, I’d say that the rainbow road (remade in MK8DX) is god awful with the longest falls and the tempting ramps over the giant holes in the track.
I get a text every morning like clockwork from my Mom with her daily Wordle score. Occasionally, it is accompanied by a comment or two about how hard the word is to figure out. Some days these texts get lost in the momentum of the day. Other days, I take space from it all play Wordle and have a chat with my Mom.
Wordle brings people together. That’s what gaming is all about.
This delightfully graphically dystopian side scroller is equal parts perplexing and weird. It is one of those games that leaves you wanting more (and expecting more out of other games).
I played the absolute hell out of this game. A side scroller where you flick boogers, projectile burp and fart, and fly across the screen whilst farting was perfect for my 10-year old budding punk rocker self.