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.
Quests are challenges you can do on your own, any time you want. Some are simple questions, others are things you need to do in game, such as time trials.
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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.
When I was in my early twenties Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell was one of my favorite series. This particular game was one that I had mastered from one end to the other on the hardest difficulty while sitting backwards in the chair, blindfolded, gargling water and humming the national anthem. Flash forward twenty years and I was able to relive the magic thanks to the backwards compatibility of the Xbox Series X… or so I thought. I died so many times in the first level between two incredibly long checkpoints that I might as well have been playing Dark Souls for all the frustration it caused me.
“How did that guard see me when I was hidden behind that door?!”
“Why does every enemy in the entire level come running when I pass a silent fart in the shadows behind a dumpster?!”
“Why does it take 20 rounds of ammunition to shoot out a lightbulb six feet away from me?!”
So, this is how I learned that there was more than one version of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. The Xbox version, being the original release, was known for being the more difficult and challenging version. Twenty year old me would be in tears to know he had been playing the kid’s version on his PlayStation 2 all those years. After learning this new-found factoid I put on my Dark Souls pants (the brown ones) and prepared myself to beat the game at all costs. I pushed through that first level, got in my zone, and eventually found that it really wasn’t all that more difficult once you understood that the AI guards were all omniscient demi-gods. In the end I enjoyed each individual level (not you, Abattoir) and after completing the game I can say without a doubt it still holds up as one of the best stealth games ever made. I look forward to moving on to the rest of the series.
