slug: videotape
translates: videotape
lang: en
title: This’ll be on my videotape
description: "Alright, here’s the deal. I wanted to put some videos on my linkroll, but, because video hosting is expensive and we have a monopoly run by the world’s largest advertising company, they were all hosted on youtube.com, which would rather defeat the point of the whole endeavour"
pageCreated: "2020-03-28"
pageUpdated: "2025-01-25"
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h1 This’ll be on my videotape
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p Alright, here’s the deal. I wanted to put some videos on #[a.notvid(href="/linkroll") my linkroll], but, because video hosting is expensive and we have a monopoly run by the world’s largest advertising company, they were all hosted on #[i youtube.com], which would rather defeat the point of the whole endeavour.
p So i’m putting them here instead, divided into two groups: channels which output consistently good work, and “important videos”, in the style of the dearly-missed playlist.
+h2('Quality channels')
.quality-channel
h3.single-word
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/user/XboxAhoy") Ahoy
p In-depth documentaries about video-game history.
h4 Recommended videos:
ul
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7X6Yeydgyg")
strong Polybius: The Video Game That Doesn’t Exist
| — Tracking down the origin of an urban legend.
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQ4WCU1WQc")
strong The First Video Game
| — It probably wasn’t #[i Pong].
.quality-channel
h3
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainKRB") Captain KRB
p Oddities from the not too distant past (last Sunday, #[+sc("AD")]).
h4 Recommended videos:
ul
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2VIXO471qU")
strong The Stairway to Stardom: Public Access Hopes and Showbiz Dreams
| — On the show that made you famous for fifteen minutes to fifteen people.
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO6iDqK72Aw")
strong Answers From The Beyond
| — The stories of three #[+sc("UFO")] religions.
.quality-channel
h3.single-word
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Liv5-jdU2Qk53lTtYDG2w") Lemmino
p Slickly edited videos about unsolved mysteries and, usually, their common-sense solutions.
h4 Recommended videos:
ul
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2O7blSSzpI")
strong Cicada 3301
| — It’s probably not the #[+sc('NSA')].
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd2KEHvK-q8")
strong The Disappearance of Flight 370
| — It probably wasn’t aliens.
.quality-channel
h3
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RedLetterMedia") Red Letter Media
p Two to five hack frauds talk about movies and terrible videotapes and try to make each other laugh.
h4 Recommended videos:
ul
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1sxc3V0lzQ")
strong Wheel of the Worst №16
| — Featuring the world’s greatest police training video.
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXNsT7-Lwsk")
strong Half in the Bag: #[i Jack and Jill]
| — In which the boys uncover a conspiracy.
.quality-channel
h3
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/@torscabinetofcuriosities") Tor’s Cabinet of Curiosities
p A boy and his durian plumb the mysteries of the world in a format i can only describe as “the return of 2009 Youtube”.
h4 Recommended videos:
ul
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSpULAzfKAc")
strong Do Thousands of People Live Under New York?
| — Are the mole people real? Well… sort of.
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da5tQj71ITY")
strong The Great Lost Gay Jesus 🌽🌽 Movie
| — A history of #[i Him], the world’s most (in)famous lost porno.
.quality-channel
h3
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/c/WhangWhangWhang") Justin Whang
p Investigating lost media, horror nostalgia, and internet mysteries.
h4 Recommended videos:
ul
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4VXX-CFSs")
strong The Redditor Who Ate His Own Foot
| — Oddly wholesome, given the subject matter.
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMfMLCk2JqI")
strong Messytails: The Brown Nose Pup Story
| — Have a sick bag at the ready for this one.
h2 Important videos
ul#important-videos
li
a(href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqzESY7SIqU")
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span.upload-date 2006.12
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span.videotitle turkey
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span.upload-date 2015.11
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