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DYOS 8: Digital Blowout

Embedded Journalism [Bonus Comic]
Embedded Journalism [Bonus Comic] by @Thorvald (El Thorvaldo)

This was originally intended to follow up on "The Phantom Menace", but was pre-empted by the Bergman tribute and the thread died before its completion. It was 90% finished, only missing the inset of CG (and technically a correction to the dialogue), which has been done up now for posterity.

Basically a shot-for-shot remake of the cutscene interlude preceding GDI mission 5 in the original Command & Conquer—depending on which mission you'd played, you'd just saved Białystok from a Nod siege, making the cold open especially jarring. It's kind of scary how @GenMarshall's reaction would work as a barometer of the state of DYOS in any given year:

2007: "Haha real funny Thor, man Nod's a bunch of weasels!"
2010: "What the CHRIST?! How can you make me the bad guy?!?! Das ist der schlimmste Verrat von allen!!1"
20XX: There is no green screen. This is what actually happened.

In contrast to how I'd used C&C/RA cutscenes before and after, here I've forgone manually drawing the scan lines seen in-game, partly due to laziness and partly to offer a belated comparison to gauge which is actually more pleasant to look at. :dummy:

Command & Conquer © Westwood Studios

[Originally submitted to DeviantArt December 2022.]


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Posted: Sunday, 03 March, 2024 @ 12:34 AM

20XX: There is no green screen. This is what actually happened.

Nah, the strip stops at panel 2 with the third making the announcement that the ISB has shut down the broadcast while ISB agents apprehend the reporter and halls him away and destroying their equipment. :p

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