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.
Want to grow your Twitch, Kick, etc? Do not JUST post "I am live." Also interact with others, participate in quests, and get involved. If you get engaged, people will follow.
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.
Lover of all things baseball. Devoted ChiSox and Broncos Fan. Co-host of the Misplaced Sox podcast where we talk like regular fans about our favorite team.
I think the game matters. The device definitely matters, gaming on my phone is better for things like Wild Rift, but then games like TFT are much better on my 13" iPad. Overall, mobile gaming has it's spots, and that we are moving toward getting better and better mobile versions has made it more enjoyable.
I think the motion controls were an awesome idea. Played all kinds of wii sports. Tried a few other games, but never really got into them. It was probably top notch for the time, but the 360 and PS3 out shined it I think...
My brother had one of these, so I played it with him some. It had good games for the time, didn't take a huge number of batteries to play. The color aspect played a little better than the original GameBoy Color I felt. It was a good system overall. Was mostly left behind so quickly because of the speed at which the industry started to move.
The thing worked. Had some pretty good exclusive games. Was backward compatible for most games if I remember correctly.
It still only had two controllers natively. You could by a separate adapter, but that didn't feel great. It also didn't have a bunch of games that played 4 people because of this.
It was portable, had a built in rechargeable battery, and the games were sharp for a portable system.
My biggest drawback with it was that they tried to implement a joystick style control, and it didn't feel like it worked well to me. It was novel, but didn't shake out for my liking.
This system brought us into a new age in gaming it felt like. Introduced 4 players at a time on a single console. 007: Goldeneye, Zelda OoT and MM, Mario Kart 64, the list goes on. The introduction of rumble with Rumble cartridges. Fun colored consoles and controllers available. The thing was as durable as it comes.
I played so much Sonic, Power Rangers, and VR Troopers. The biggest downfall, even raiding the TV remote couldn't power this bad boy. It needed something like 6 AA batteries to play. But it was backlit, had good games, and was portable.
They did good with this one... except the joy cons. They are a great concept, and if the stick drift wasn't so prevalent, and God awful, it could have been perfect. *Insert "we were this close to greatness" meme here*
It's portable, they did the online system really well. They have retroactive games without having to re buy them. This system is pretty good. But to have such a bad flaw in its OEM design is just... deflating.
For the time and technology, this bad boy was good. I didn't play a ton, one of my daycares had one. And my uncle had one. But the little I did play, I loved it.
This was the standard at the time. The PS3 wasn't far behind, but the 360 was it. The Red Ring Of Death was brutal. I think this is the console that I have more hours in than any other. Halo series. MW series. Plus Guitar Heroes. I made so many friends hosting LAN parties with this bad boy.
Solid system. It worked, rain or shine. The only problem was a cartridge not reading correctly sometimes. That it was only two players was its biggest downfall. But it allowed for split screen on certain games. It had a variety of titles. It was where I started gaming consciously. Honestly, it was a simple, but fun time for gaming.
I loved my gameboy. It's actually the only one I ever owned. I played Turtles, Mega Man, Wario. The 4 AA batteries to play was a big draw back. I remember several arguments about whether I took the batteries out of XYZ (I always had). Then you couldn't really play in the dark without a couple of different attachments. I could take it anywhere though, and that helped may day care survivable.
This is the first system that I ever bought outright on my own. I saved for months. There were some awesome games for this, including updated versions of things like Zelda OoT. This is probably the system that I owned for the longest prior to owning my XBOX one since day 1.
The size of the console, the size of the controller, it all made for a revolutionary console.
Got this day one. I remember the stress of thinking it wasn't going to show up day one, and my buddies were all going to get to play without me. The system was awesome, it didn't have any of the same issues that the 360 did with red ring of death. It was fast, and looked great.
Digital game sharing never turned out the way I had imagined. But it did eventually get me to start owning digital copies as well. Now with little kids, digital copies are a god send. I have some physical copies that I have gotten as gifts and things, and they have either been destroyed or lost as the kids played around with them while I wasn't home.
They tried to sell it as an all in one system day one. It didn't start that way, and definitely hasn't become that. If they could have found a way to do something with fire TV integration or something, it really could have been. I sold it to my girlfriend at the time (She's now my wife), that this was going to replace all our machines. It didn't, but was still worth it.
I was super skeptical of how much use out of it, and how well the thing will actually work. I got it to use WIN Reality, and take basically unlimited batting practice. Now I box, shoot, sword and board. It definitely was worth the investment so far if you can pay the price tag on it.
My only knock is you need a relatively large space. Batting gets a little tight because it needs something like 10x10 space. Boxing is like boxing in a phone booth if you don't use an 8x8 space. So you need a large open area to get the most use out of it.
