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.
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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
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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.
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.
Xbox One
2013-11-22
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and South America in November 2013 and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014. It is the first Xbox game console to be released in China, specifically in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone. Microsoft marketed the device as an
A forgettable generation for Xbox. By the end of this console generation, Sony blew them out of the water on load times, exclusives, quality, games, graphics, all of it.
I've got the Halo edition. Some people use their PS4's as netflix machines. This is my Halo machine. A pretty brick sitting in my entertainment center. Have only ever played Halo on it, which it did really well. Tried playing Control on here and the load times were abysmal. Quickly switched to PC.
I was gifted this when I got out of the Army. Unfortunately I sold it when my wife got pregnant as I did not have the discretionary income at the time like I do now. I feel like this was far better than PS4 and the controller is much more ergonomic. Played the hell out Shadows of Mordor on this. Moral of the story; Xbox is better and outwork everyone around you (shelf stocker to inventory management) . If my uneducated ass can make it then anyone can. Xbox is superior.
This one felt like a step-back for me after the 360. Microsoft seemed too focused on having the best hardware and being an entertainment center, rather than on having the best games.
Plus with Bungie moving on to Destiny, the Halo franchise hasn’t been the same.
I’ll play Xbox with friends still, but Sony and Nintendo are my picks for solo gameplay.
Hardware wise it was a big improvement over the 360, but Microsoft dropped the ball on some games. They did a great job of making this your all around media box, and the Xbox One X saved the Xbox one generation.
I do still have my original day one Xbox one that is still going strong and used by my kids almost daily
Great system, automatically loses a star for the startup chime :) What, you’re trying to turn on the system without waking up your wife? WELL TOO FKIN BAD HEY HE’S GONNA PLAY STAR WARS INSTEAD OF SNUGGLE YOU BETTER WAKE TF UP
I went on a whim to the midnight release to buy the Xbox one. I then pre-ordered the One X. The Xbox one was a great entertainment system and gaming system!
Remember this came out while I was in Korea & was the first purchase I made when I got back to America (the store on post couldn't keep them in stock long enough in Korea). I was blown away by the overlays, how smooth everything ran, the capabilities that it possessed. Before owning a Switch, I used to take my xbox with me in a backpack everywhere for gaming or just to be able to watch movies whenever we were traveling. Having a dedicated console at home is nice, but as a dad who often loses the tv to whatever the family wants to watch or my wife wanting to watch something, I started to spend less and less time playing (which sucked). I know the cloud gaming is coming around, which I started to get into, but lost interest in after getting a Switch.
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.
