Aliens come to Earth, and they want you to show them a videogame

[Flailing Escapist]

Galaxia

 

[ediblemitten]

I'd convince them that ET for the Atari has consistently won every 'Best Game of the Year award' since its 1982 release (excluding 1992, where 'Kriss Kross: Make my Video' was the winner).

 

[idodo35]

both portals (assuming they are intelegent)

 

[jacob42]

I'd show them Rock Band 3, and then challenge them to get the obsessive compulsive goal. On pro expert everything.

 

[cl20]

minecraft, happy mining

 

[Iron Lightning]

Destroy All Humans it would convince them that we really, really, want to be destroyed and then they wouldn't do it. It would be like beating up a masochist, that is, it's no fun to hurt someone who wants to be hurt. They'll probably just make an awkward departure, maybe they'll take a few of our brain stems out of pity.

 

[Ninjat_126]

Minecraft, Nethack, Dwarf Fortress or similar, purely for the addicting effect.

 

[Rayne870]

Aliens come to Earth. They threaten to blow it up unless you can show them that the Earth is worth saving. All you have at your disposal is your video game library and your console. What game do you show them to save humanity?

Area 51 on ps2, and then look at them and be like, do you really want us to be right about this?

WH40K: Dawn of War.

I'd claim it was an interactive documentary of what our military has done in the past.

Then cross my fingers and hope that they were really stupid.

Trust me what the militaries have done in real life is far more impressive than in any movie or game, except maybe Sci Fi games and movies.

Dude have you seen what the Space Marines in Warhammer are like? I'm no expert on the stuff and actually only jumped into the 40k universe today because of another thread but I have to say if you could convince aliens that we had the capability of the Space Marines, they would shit bricks.

Aliens come to Earth. They threaten to blow it up unless you can show them that the Earth is worth saving. All you have at your disposal is your video game library and your console. What game do you show them to save humanity?

Mass effect, duh.

It shows human-alien relationships can be peaceful and that we could be useful if they give us time.


Unless we show them a renegade playthrough then we're fucked.

Even with the renegade play-through they would probably side with us, vorcha and batarians are just unlikeable.

 

[The Apothecarry]

They can destroy Earth when they complete every level of Tetris.

 

[Dukenstein]

Duke Nukem, then tell them that the game is based off of a real person. That should send them back home. If they call the bluff...let's just hope they are the hot blue aliens.

 

[ProtoChimp]

Destroy all humans.

 

[ScumbagEddie]

I would give them my library of Need for Speed games. In the 8,741 hours it would take them to play thru them, I would call up Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vin Diesel, the guy from The Prodigy (only because he claims to be a firestarter), Danny Glover, Jason Statham, Dennis Quaid, David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Sean William Scott, Julianne Moore, and the girl who played Milly in the Japanese flick Returner. Most of them have kicked more alien ass than any of us could ever dream. I'd probably call Dolph Lundgren, too, mainly for kicks.

 

[Kyle Roberts]

Metal gear solid there heads will explode out of confusment.

...You mean confusion?

Why not.

 

[GeneralSeasick]

Any Fallout except Tactics and....Brotherhood of Steel.

Bioshock 1

Mass Effect 1 or 2

Any of those would probably make them spare Earth.

 

[gigastrike]

Space invaders.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Screw that I'd beat the hell out of them with the console.

Seriously though, any game that doesn't have aliens. They could get offended. So...Minecraft.

 

[jawakiller]

I would play Angry Birds...

Thinking (due to the game) that our brains have not yet advanced beyond extremely primitive levels, they would leave us in peace for another thousand years.

See, those cheep-ass casual games are good for something. Averting an alien apocalypse.

Destroy all humans.

Or we could do the exact opposite and hope they don't like watching humans die too much.

Or we could force them to play Minecraft, thus addicting them to it and forcing them into servitude. That might work.

Mass effect, duh.

It shows human-alien relationships can be peaceful and that we could be useful if they give us time.


Unless we show them a renegade playthrough then we're fucked.

Well if they see the sex scene at the end of 2 we might all be fucked... Literally.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Does it count if I have a DVD in my drive right now, cause if it counts, I'd show them V For Vendetta.

 

[Jedamethis]

Minecraft?
"So, you like spending time building imaginary things? Pff. We'll kill you with a real fucking planet destroyer. Kill 'em all."

Tetris?
"You're trying to build a wall with the stupidest bricks possible. And then when you succeed, it disappears? How the fuck did you even manage to build civilization? I bet you cheated. Kill 'em all."

Portal?
"Holy fuck, how can you fit your mind into that?! You must be intelligent creatures."

Mass Effect?
"So...you imagine space to be filled with sexy almost-human females, barbarians, badasses, and jumpy insect things? Everybody speaks your language? And only a human can save everybody? Huh. Kill 'em all."