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.
The heart of Channel 3 is rating and reviewing video games. What are your favorite games of all time? How about least favorite? The more games you rate, the more personalized Channel 3 becomes. You can even rate systems and make lists.
Press Games below to go to navigate the entire list of games. Or go Search.
Go to Lists to make collections of games. Channel 3 can be your game tracker, like Goodreads or Letterboxd for video games.
You can also rate and review video game systems. Which system did you start on? Press Systems below and go drop a review.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants
4/23
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
4/25
Another Crab's Treasure
4/25
The Epyx Collection: Handheld
4/26
TopSpin 2K25
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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.
Cloud gaming is simple in concept but hard to get right. I can’t justify spending money on a subscription service that I can get on a larger, more developed platform like Gamepass.
I think the internal console wars for me started between the SNES and the Genesis. SEGA was edgy, dark, and had games like Gunstar Heroes and Jurassic Park.
Sonic and Crazy Taxi were definitely favorites. I remember comparing this to the N64. N64 definitely had better games but from a performance perspective the Dreamcast was surprising.
Played on consoles since I was a lad. A buddy of mine showed me his setup and Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” started playing in the room. After I made him turn the CD player off, he showed me exactly why playing FPSs on a PC is a must.
Hard to rate the OG as anything other than amazing for what it was. Revolutionary? For sure. Entertaining? Without question. Dusty? -Blows out cartridge-
This system came out during my gaming "dark ages" - not much time spent on games, but I did enjoy playing Double Dash with my friends. Also it was great that Gamecube games carried forward to the Wii, which were wildly different systems.
Great system, automatically loses a star for the startup chime :) What, you’re trying to turn on the system without waking up your wife? WELL TOO FKIN BAD HEY HE’S GONNA PLAY STAR WARS INSTEAD OF SNUGGLE YOU BETTER WAKE TF UP
That’s the way to innovate, Nintendo!! This system brought gaming to non-gamers and holds so many fond memories of wii sports and party games. It’s impressively backwards compatible with GameCube, which was a feature wayyyyy ahead of its time.
New console generations are always exciting, but imho the jump from the OG Xbox to 360 (and the jump from PS2 to PS3 for that matter) had a lot of quality of life improvements without necessarily being innovative. That said, the 360 was a great console, introducing things like native support for wireless controllers, and supporting monster titles like Skyrim as it aged.
Woah Nelly. Load times are a thing of the past with the Series X, so if snacking or texting while you wait to load in is your jam, this console definitely isn't for you. -insert 'Palpatine Unlimited Power gif-
If the SNES was fun, the N64 was a revolution. Party games, 3D graphics, 2+ players, and now-must-play titles, this console sparked imaginations for what gaming could become.
The OG Xbox was a chonky boi without much appeal. The option to listen to your own tunes in games like Fusion Frenzy was a nice feature, but given that only certain games allowed you to do this, the primary reason for owning an Xbox was Halo.
After watching my friends with envy as they upgraded their systems to the N64, Xbox, and PS1, the PS2 was a major, mind-blowing jump for me from the SNES. In terms of power, graphical fidelity, game library, and portability, the PS2 was an amazing machine for the time.
