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.
Forget everything I said. Hades 2 is next up. Tonight!
Next Up
We all know that the backlog is a barren wasteland from which games never return. This is your on-deck checklist for games that you actually will be playing next. This list isn't a graveyard, it's a reservation.
Metroidvania is a sub-genre of action-adventure games and/or platformers focused on guided non-linearity and utility-gated exploration and progression. The term is a portmanteau of the names of the video game series Metroid and Castlevania.
If planet Earth played video games, which would be its favorites? These are the games that celebrate our planet, by showing the beauty of nature, raising awareness for climate issue, encouraging sustainability, etc.
Games are definitely the way I unwind at the end of the day, but idk if I'm necessarily relaxed by them. Outside of doing a Fortnite death run from time to time, I'm usually playing games to stimulate my brain or give myself a challenge. I'll make my list games I play while chatting with friends. Relaxing and zoning out to me is watching The Office with my wife.
Top 10: Relaxing Games
Rank your top 10 games when you need a chill vibe.
Would love each person who appears on the podcast to complete this list AFTER their episode airs, listing the 3 games mentioned (plus honorable mentions) in order. Will be fun to see the most listed games! (AGAIN: Do NOT fill out this list unless you've been on the What are your 3? podcast)
Shout out to @froggy for the suggestion that we run top 10 ranking lists!
Rank up to 10 of your favorite platfformer games
Be sure to put them in order!
More soul searching, I loved Odyssey and still think it's a amazing adventure and love letter to all the previous Mario titles, but playing Wonder made me realize Odyssey was here for because of recency bias. I'll go and replay Kirby Superstar again probably before I 100% Odyssey. New list, the three games I've 100% finished and the most frustrating game that at some point, I'll go back to again.
Mt. Rushmore
These are your top 4 games of all time. No more, no less.
Channel 3 absolutely made me buy Prince of Persia earlier than I intended.
Channel 3 Made Me Do It
Separate from games that Cr3w recommended, these are games that you only tried for the first time and/or continued to play thereafter because of C3 activities. Not "I tried it before and tried again now," but truly tried for the first time.
List the games that you missed out on during their first pass that you hope to get a shot at someday. Maybe an upgrade, remaster, re-release, retro - whatever. You didn't get to play it but you hope to someday.
Welp, had to add the rest of Kingdom Hearts since I've officially purchased them all again on PC now.
Multiple Purchases
What games have you bought multiple times? Whether across system generations, upgraded versions, broken copies, digital and physical, multiple family members, whatever. List them! Inspired by @connerf
10 isn't enough. Xbox 360 was my golden age of gaming. Gears 2 best story, Gears 3 best multiplayer options. Black ops had my most hours in zombies. MW3 was my peak fps. Halo Reach was my Halo. Assassin's 2 is still peak Creed. Batman Arkham Asylum was a game changer for fighting systems. Left 4 dead 2 was just a really cool concept with the multiplayer story mode and playing as the zombies. Dead Island was a great, replayable game and of course Skyrim is Skyrim.
Top 10 Xbox 360 Games
Rank your top 10 games (and only 10!) for the Xbox 360.
List and rank up to 10 of your favorite games that you could call a "collect-a-thon." These may be genre-bending and cross into other groups, but these are games where there is an overarching "gotta catch 'em all" vibe to these games. List those games that you need to collect in.
A little different from your Favorites, these are the games you'd tell a friend to check out. Maybe they're underrated, maybe they're cult classics, but these are the ones you're always mentioning to people.
You have no opinion of games on this list, because you know literally nothing about them. Adding games to this list may prevent them from showing up in certain places on Channel 3.
I pre-ordered these just for convenience of not needing to remember later. Can't think of a game that I couldn't play because I didn't pre-order a copy.
Skyrim just got away from me. Sunshine brings me no joy. Those non FLUDD levels are ridiculous. Hyrule became a chore. Strikers should go down as the biggest failure of Nintendo's history. I'm never going to be okay with what they "didn't" do.
Abandoned
Not currently playing, and don't plan to come back to it... You stopped playing it because it was too hard, not enjoyable, too long, life happened…
