News

## Overview

This page lists news featured in The New Truth as well as conditions under which some of them appear.

The newspaper features four articles every day which are populated in the following sequence (provided that spots are available):

1. Cage-related news;
2. One of 13 fixed news - these appear in every playthrough;
3. Apart from above, there is a chance to display one of 11-16 articles which only appear on certain day but not in every playthrough;
4. All remaining spots (if any) are filled with news randomly selected from a list of 84-89 articles;
5. A few random news are followed by not-so-random ones 1 to several days later.

## Cage-related news

"It was the crop circle... The circle told me!" said last night's lucky winner of 100 million dollars, who prefers to remain nameless.

## Fixed news (occur on every playthrough)

Apart from covering presidential campaign with predetermined outcome, the newspaper starts covering a campaign against cybercrime (i.e. the Club) on Day 7 (non-FBI moves in downstairs the day after). The campaign's success depends on the player's chosen ending. On day 6 there's also a fixed news about new version of ProOwl Mart which prompts its installation.

### Day 2

Rallies are being held and posters are going up to mark the launch of the campaign. President Walker, candidate for reelection after two decades in office, is ahead in the polls again.

### Day 3

"All it takes is a look at election trends in the last 20 years," said an expert. "Manipulation, insults and dirty tricks have set the tone for all campaigns."

### Day 4

"I believe in the intelligence of the voters and the power of our democracy," the incumbent president declared during one of his first campaign rallies.

### Day 5

One of the following three scenarios start:

President Walker's only rival in this campaign, he was nominated by the opposition party in protest for the continual attacks on political freedom by the nation's government.

### Day 6

Precedes automatic installation of ProOwl Mart.

The ProOwl online store is loaded with new features and will be automatically installed for users of the OM operating system. "This will save them time," Hexa CEO Jacob Hughes said yesterday.

### Day 7

The first news about police cracking down on the Club appear:

A new unit specializing in this type of crime begins operating. "We're ready to take on online crime," said a police representative.

### Day 8

Scenario which started on Day 5 unfolds:

Winkle has received support from thousands of unhappy citizens as a form of protest and is now leading in the polls. "We prefer a cross-eyed rooster for president over that toupee-wearing crook," one citizen said.

### Day 10

Typically the scenario which starts on Day 5 ends on Day 11, but Walker's wife often withdraws on Day 10.
On top of that, police crackdown on cyber crime (i.e. the Club) continues:

"It doesn't make sense to continue my campaign, my sweetie pie deserves to be president again," she told the press. This means President Walker will run for office unopposed.

### Day 11

Scenario which started on Day 5 ends.

With no trace of the rooster for several days, the opposition party has been forced to withdraw from the race. "What a shame, he was one of my most worthy opponents," Walker said at a dinner with the press.

### Day 13

Final news predicting an end to the Club's activities appear.

"The more we investigate, the more disturbing their activities and the higher their tentacles reach," a police spokesperson told reporters. "We are very close to putting them behind bars."

### Day 14

Walker arrives at election day unopposed and with the support of powerful social, economic and religious sectors. The winner will be announced tomorrow.

### Day 15

It has also acquired hundreds of document shredders. Official sources deny any link between these actions and the International Human Rights Commission's visit to the country.

## News occurring on specific days only

### Day 1

Cheetoga Creek, the town where Billy Bob went from being a humble butcher to the founding father of the Wylon's Witnesses sect, has already announced three days of celebration in his memory.

### Day 2

The program of amateur videos with violent and sexual content is unstoppable. "This season there will be spectacular rewards for the videos with special merit," its producer announced.

## Random News

Last year the weekly consumption hours per viewer increased from 14 to 19. The two corporations that own all the national networks attribute this change to high quality programming.