The Wyoming Incident (Original Upload)

Since this video has contributed to a rise in stupidity, I'll set this straight off the back. Pay attention, stupid questions will get stupid responses.

These videos were part of an "alternate-reality game" created by the folks at SomethingAwful, and they were about a fictional television broadcast signal hijacking akin to the real Max Headroom Pirating Incident in 1987.

This is a compilation of the original videos I made, intended to present a simulation of what the intrusion may have looked like in reality. I suppose we can now consider this as up for archival purposes, as most of the original uploads have vanished. The last one in this may not even be part of the original ARG.

UPDATE: These guys explain it better than I do, so kudos for studying this shit more than I was willing to: http://crushable.com/entertainment/cr...


To put it simple: It's Fake.


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EXTRA NOTES:

-The music during the "SPECIAL PRESENTATION" bit? WGBH ident played backwards and slowed-down.

-For some reason this went viral in Russia.

-This is the oldest upload containing the original videos... not sure why people find it necessary to copy/reupload it to their own profile, let alone include "Original Upload" in the title when it clearly isn't.

-the Mitt Romney bit that is "hijacked" was purely coincidental; this is not an endorsement of any kind for any political party or candidate as it was made eons ago (I am totally apolitical, myself). I think I just YouTube-searched something along the lines of "Wyoming news" and this was one of the first things to show up. Meh.

-1,000,000 views sometime around the summer of 2012; thanks?

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[madashell1200]

Can anyone tell me what this was about? English if you can(I can only speak and read english).

[jonrev]

Estas usando este software de traduccion de forma incorrecta. Por favor, consulta el manual.

[madashell1200]

I got "Your software is something about being incorrect, please consult the manual". Its ironic that your post a month ago is in perfect english though. But I guess I should have known better than to expect a fair answer.

[jonrev]

I should have known better than to expect people to read a video description.

[uptohisneck]

did you just repost an obvious error message as a bitchy comment? christ. so much for being able to take TWI seriously.

[jonrev]

"I don't even know what I said, but I can find out!"

[RIPdixiecarter]

So this was how Romney was manufactured.

[Douglas Botter]

Notice that Mitt Romney's foto at the end... his smile moves...

[87pontiuspilatus]

Лал

[flexdaninja]

Portal 2 :D

[UrbanBoy2525]

Что, ты тоже с Лурка?

[圭 古賀]

あらヤダ、怖い

[Lane Meyer]

My dog went crazy too

[digdug3520]

Lol, wheatley!

[cintltgmailcom]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! don to lloookzis

my bro died of it

[лев Лещенко]

крипота

[tamineta101]

何これ？怖すぎでしょ