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Videodante

a web log by dante douglas, often known online as videodante. i'm a writer, game developer, and "narrative guy".

phoebe bridgers' lost weekend

weekend report for 2026-08-09

Fuck "Enforce the Fares"

a few thoughts on Sudden Strike 5

i'm now selfhosting my website

god forgive me i'm gonna talk about platner

justice jackson does not deserve your adulation

THE REVISIONIST artist statement

THE REVISIONIST game launch

a few thoughts on bookmarking

some thoughts on the backrooms

De-Googling, May 2026

I fucked with links again

Linkpost: Jordana Rosenfeld, "We don’t want them feeling at home and comfortable we want them removed"

Linkpost: kate wagner, "fear of breakdown"

Linkpost: Cameron Kunzelman, "On Mixtape (2026)"

links are back, baby

ereaders and syncing

iconoclasm, the state, and payment processors

WE ONCE RULED HERE devlog 2026-04-19

meshtastic adventures

The Festival Of Gaming 2026

GDC 2026 is upon ye

now that I understand what a reverse proxy is i am unstoppable

The S. S. Città di Milano

hosting and self-hosting and irc

jon taffer, the virtuous capitalist

what is Highguard (2026)?

The Dante Game Awards 2025

HomeAssistant, Broadlink, & Honeywell Dumb ACs

i don't think i actually like pluribus

The Podcasts I Loved in 2025

i got a new bike lock holster

a few thoughts on The Pacific (2010)

a few thoughts on Victoria 3

links, and roundups, etc

robot people at disney

you should check out catfishing

a few thoughts on Masters of the Air (2024)

a few thoughts on jurassic world evolution 3

a few thoughts on Classified: France '44

three vertical mice, reviewed

WE ONCE RULED HERE Announcement

a few thoughts on Kid Nation (2007).

some updates on dante's home networking

The End of Death Stranding

Wildgate is pretty fun

on Ethel Cain's "Preacher's Daughter"

on Byzantine 'identity'

a few thoughts on Death Stranding

Switching to Obsidian

link roundup 21: sunset boulevard

personal updates for june 10

link roundup 20: may the first be with you

HOLLYWOOD ANIMAL early access thoughts

a few thoughts on mad men.

link roundup 19: the linketariat

WEG Star Wars Style Guide 1994 and Multi-Author Franchises

link roundup 18: migraine season

you should watch On Cinema.

link roundup 17: wei shen would have loved the medieval silk road

current media intake update for february 20, 2025

Review: Suzerain

a few thoughts on the new jurassic world rebirth trailer

thinking about the early medieval

recommendation: watership down (graphic novel, 2023)

link roundup 16: averting unpleasantness

link roundup 15: happy airborne empire early access day

indiana jones and the great circle review

link roundup 14: therapeutic categorizations