The Ur-Quan Masters, the PC port of the 3DO game Star Control 2. I love this game to death. The creators made so much and created such a vast galaxy and number of creatures... it's like an early version of spore, where everything's already made, and you just interact with other cultures, mostly in spacebound warfare. Species like the Arilou, who are what we know as these guys:
Even in the game, they're as strange and unreachable as today, and they speak in riddles about how they watch over our people. Creepy little voyeurs.
As bad as it would be if they did exist, I want the Orz to be our first alien contact.
Orz ConversationsI have a feeling, whether we use today's translators, or the far future's, the messages would probably come out the same.
"Bad robot ninjas have kidnapped the wildlife. Are you a fast enough Hedgehog to save the wildlife?" ~RScoKm
"I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio." ~Rodney Dangerfield
"My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." ~Ed Furgol
"Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said." ~Mel Brooks
"Walruses are among the only mammals in the world that do not process liquid waste via a bladder organ. Once digested, liquid waste is absorbed through the lining of the small intestine and secreted through the skin." That's why people ignored Rotor." ~anonymous
"If there were a building that stood for grammatical integrity, your post would be the plane that crashed into it." ~ThePeaGuy
"NO! No summoning evil gods! Bad Mel!" ~Crais Sewell, Mimana Iyar Chronicle
