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.
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.
Stadia is a cloud gaming service developed and operated by Google. It is accessible through Chromecast Ultra and Android TV devices, on personal computers via the Google Chrome web browser and other Chromium-based browsers, the Stadia mobile app on supported Android smartphones, and Chromebooks and tablets running Chrome OS. There is also an experimental mode with support for all Android devices capable of installing the Stadia mobile app. In December 2020, Google released an iOS browser-based progressive web application for Stadia, enabling gameplay in the Safari browser.
Stadia was like the promise of a game-streaming future, but it feels like it was stuck in beta. The convenience of cloud gaming is there, but it's still a bit hit-or-miss, especially if your internet connection isn't stellar. Plus, there's that nagging feeling that you're renting games rather than owning them. It's a glimpse into what could be, but it's not quite there yet.
RIP Stadia. This is the platform that rekindled my love of gaming. I bought in hard to the promise of cloud gaming, and Stadia for me lived up to that promise. I played 800+ hours of Destiny 2 alone, often times on my phone on the toilet. I played AAA games on my phone. Blew my mind. Because of Stadia I reconnected with my brothers who live across the country for weekly Wednesday night gaming nights. My sole complaint was the lack of games. If Google had made the effort to get AAA new releases and supported them on the back end with gaming PC quality, I would have followed it to the ends of the earth.
I'm going to help the rating here. I was a day 1 Stadia user. I have NEVER had lag or a glitch or anything like that. I've used it on my Pixel phone, my Chromebook, and most of the time on my TV. It works. 100% it works better than they even said it would. I'm shocked sometimes when I realize I'm just streaming something. The hate this gets is ridiculous and 99% of the time it's from people who have never tried it, which makes no sense to me. I totally get it isn't for everyone but the tech works flawlessly in my experience. Plus since it came out they've given away like 100 games for free with the $10/mo Stadia subscription, everything from AAA games to fun indies.
I was kinda pumped about this at first and then google sent me one free when I had a google phone. I think it was a smart idea but it just didn’t come through. Smaller games would work good but others had lag problems. I think this has the possibility if more cross platform and no lag. It may be to late for Stadia by the time they figure that out. I am sure it’s on life support. Basically we ended up just us wing the chrome cast it came with to cast our Oculus on.
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 love my Stadia, but it never got the support that it needed from the get go. Still, this system has some really good games, and the controller feels very nice. Hopefully though, you have good enough internet to smoothly play
An A+ idea that was executed very poorly. Had loads of potential but looks like the support was just never there. Money is better spent with gamepass or the new PS subscription
I'm amazed things are still released for this. My internet is strong enough by the books for this for download speeds but it is clunky and non-respinsive. Someday this may be looked back upon that this walked so something else could run but this is not the thing to do it.