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.
Channel 3 is primarily coded by one person: Joel Willis. He is here for feedback. Reach out if you have feedback or suggestions.
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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
4/26
Stellar Blade
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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.
I came here to chew bubble gum and play video games, and I got some bubblegum right here. You are most likely to find Smash Brothers and Mario Kart here.
Tony Hawk 2 made all the kids like punk rock. Fight me. I made out with so many boys based on their Tony Hawk 2 stats. I probably shouldn’t admit that in public.
May have the best graphics out of any Zelda but the newest. For real. I loved the style and the gameplay. Super fun, super different, and I need to do another play-through.
I swear this game got me through graduate school. I'd pretend whatever I had to shoot was a professor.
No, seriously, this was different, innovative, and super-fun, especially if you had a bunch of friends over. I'm bummed it doesn't work with my current TV set-up.
This game made me want to learn to play the drums. Then I actually did. I'm not kidding. The guitar action was okay. But the drumming was realistic enough to make you want to jam out for real.
I played this freaking game for HOURS with my brother. The cooperative gameplay was awesome for its time, and it was totally kawaii before America had kawaii. I handed this game to my (English-speaking) kids and a little girl who only spoke Spanish, and they were all playing together in no time. Super-fun. My sons still beg me to play it with them.
Omg this game is amazing on so many levels. My kids love it. It’s Zelda on a whole different level, like you’ve never seen it. Can’t compare to the rest of the franchise — it’s like apples and ice cream.
If you want a fun play-through with minimal consequences and a ton of fun, this is it. Great to play with your kids. Great to ditch your kids with for some adult time. Great to, uh, "zone out with" during some adult time.
It was wacky. Did it make sense? Not unless you'd ingested peyote. Who cared? Not me. This was one of my favorite Genesis games of all freaking time and remains so.
If you don't know the Konami code, I'm not giving it to you. No, don't look it up. You have to get it from your best friend while you're playing Contra in his basement, drinking Ecto Cooler, and hiding from his mom.
I've played this game both before and after they pulled Mike Tyson's name from the title. Never before has been fighting broad ethnic and social stereotypes been more acceptable. I also feel like I've learned a lot about boxing. Like you can't do an uppercut without a star, and each opponent will have a bunch of quirky, idiosyncratic moves to decode and exploit.
Unironic five stars from me, and from my BFF, who in his late thirties used to come over to work out his aggression on this game in between breaks running a mayoral campaign— he'd sit down and beat the s*** out of everyone until second Bald Bull, who would beat God in a fistfight.
My favorite sports game. My brother and I spent waaaaaay too much time playing this one. Best matchup was always the small and swift Americans versus the burly, stereotypical Russians, and even if you played the Russians, you felt patriotic when you lost.
This was HARD AS HELL. I had a boyfriend who was super into it, and I spent a lot of time spectating. Totally worth the watching, totally worth watching the cursing.
