The Gatehouse, formerly “OTTENSteam,” is your gateway to the darker side of steampunk. On offer here are articles and galleries about the genre, as well as dieselpunk—the dirtier, grittier incarnation of steampunk specifically characterised by the rise of petroleum power and technocratic perception.

Viewing Requirements: A CSS-compatible browser is required to view this website. Either Safari or Mozilla Firefox is strongly recommended—besides displaying the website as it should appear, both are much more user-friendly and safe compared with Internet Explorer.

Nearly all pages should fit an 800 by 600 pixels resolution, though the website is designed for an 1024 by 768 pixels resolution, or higher. JavaScript should be enabled for a perfect viewing experience and is required to navigate certain parts of the website.

Design Notes: Several considerations were made in designing this website upon which we wish to elaborate here to prevent further comments upon them.

• Older browsers may not be CSS-compatible, however considering that Internet Explorer has supported CSS since its fourth version and all modern browsers do so too, we have not provided an alternative for those users whose browser cannot handle CSS coding. Regardless even of CSS-compatibility these users should update their browser to guarantee safe surfing.

• Contrary to what appears to be the standard nowadays, external links from this website will not open in a new window. We believe that users should decide for themselves where a link is supposed to open. Besides, forcing links to open in a new window is terribly inconvenient for non-Internet Explorer users, where most others browsers allow tabs to make for a better browsing experience.