Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: PC Gamer says the best way to spend Halloween is giving yourself nightmares in The Outlast Trials.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Good evening. It is the night before Halloween, and PC Gamer has advice: give yourself nightmares on purpose. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Nightmares on purpose! In my day we got those free, from the late news. Gary is on location, presumably somewhere frightening. ▶
GARY: Evening, Grant. I'm in the block world, torch low, nightfall coming. Perfect conditions to talk about The Outlast Trials. ▶
GARY: The writer says they manifest Halloween year-round. Favourites: horror games, movies and books. That's a player who plans ahead. ▶
GARY: On screen, file footage of the Sinyala Facility from the game. The article pitches it as the place to spend spooky season. ▶
GARY: The series is Outlast. The Trials is the one for dragging friends into a shared nightmare. I rate that co-op: nine pickaxes out of ten. ▶
GARY: A developer is quoted saying Halloween has always been one of their biggest months, even back to the first Outlast. Scary sells. Back to you. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article also wants my email address before I can read it. That's the real horror game. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Quite right, Greta. Scares should be free. Happy Halloween, everyone, and keep a light on. ▶
THE NETWORK REPORT (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: THE NETWORK REPORT is on the air. Dot, how do the motorways look? ▶
DOT: And GitHub: slow-moving. An incident has been open since 18:00 Berlin time: “Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks” ▶
DOT: Meanwhile, npm and Cloudflare and Discord: a clear run. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Thank you, Dot. We will be back with the next report. ▶
[AD · fictional product] Dustmoor
KAI: Crumbs in my keys and crumbs on the floor,
KAI: Dustmoor sweeps up and then sweeps up more!
KAI: One brush, one pan, no cables to plug,
KAI: Dustmoor, Dustmoor, goodbye to the dust bug!
Weather
STORMY BYTES: Stormy Bytes here, starting in London: 14 degrees, clear sky, wind 12 km/h. Today's high is 16, low 10, rain chance 0 percent. Smooth sailing, umbrella optional.
STORMY BYTES: Paris now: 13 degrees, clear sky, wind 9 km/h. High 16, low 7, rain chance 0 percent. Partly cloudy later, fully chic all day.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin: 9 degrees and a light drizzle, wind 8 km/h. High 9, low 7, rain chance 0 percent. The drizzle disagrees with the forecast, and I side with the drizzle.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid is the warm front of the night: 20 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 3 km/h. High 22, low 10, rain chance 0 percent. Hype level: balmy.
STORMY BYTES: And Rome: 16 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 2 km/h. High 20, low 9, rain chance 13 percent. Barely a breeze. Stormy out!
Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! The real one. Pope Leo on AI, as reported. We made the other one up, and I nearly believed it myself.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Fooled! PXL's writers invented that one, Hollowbrook and all. Do not feel bad. I read it twice and also nodded.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! The real headline was the Pope Leo one. The made-up one was ours. Do keep up.