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YOU’RE AN ALIEN. YOU’VE SEARCHED FAR AND WIDE FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE, BUT INSTEAD YOU’VE FOUND EARTH. NOW YOU MUST ABDUCT TWO HUMANS TO ACT AS TRANSLATORS AS YOU TRY AND WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THEIR PECULIAR HUMAN BEHAVIORS AND CONCEPTS.
IN 'WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?' YOU’LL BE USING THE PRIMITIVE HUMAN LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE VERY SIMPLE EARTH CONCEPTS TO YOUR HUMAN ABDUCTEES. IN DOING SO, YOU HOPE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN YOUR SUPERIOR LANGUAGE AND THEIRS.
WANT TO TRY THE GAME? IT'S SIMPLE!
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HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
LET'S SAY YOU’RE WORKING WITH THE FOLLOWING CARDS:
YOU WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ONLY USING WORDS THAT START WITH THE LETTERS ON THE ALIEN CARD IN THE ORDER THEY APPEAR ON THE CARD. THIS MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
"OCEAN COMING QUICKLY! NO POLAR BEARS WORLDWIDE, RELISH THESE YEARS...." AND SO ON.
NOTE: AS AN ALIEN, YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY ESSENTIAL HUMAN WORDS LIKE ‘THE’, ‘AND’, ‘AS’, ETC., BUT YOU SHOULDN’T SAY ANY OF THE KEYWORDS ON THE EARTH CARD.
UNDERSCORES & SKIPS
EACH ALIEN CARD INCLUDES A NUMBER OF UNDERSCORES. THESE CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF ANY HUMAN LETTER OF YOUR CHOOSING.
IF YOU EVER GET STUCK ON A LETTER, YOU CAN SKIP TO THE LETTER AFTER THE NEXT UNDERSCORE. IF THERE ARE NO MORE UNDERSCORES ON YOUR CURRENT CARD OR YOU ARE STILL STUCK, SIMPLY GENERATE A NEW ALIEN CARD AND TRY AGAIN.
AND THAT'S IT! YOU'RE READY TO TRY IT OUT! A HUMAN NAMED ROBERT IS YOUR MOTHER'S BROTHER. THAT'S WHAT YOU HUMANS SAY, RIGHT?
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