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It's a type of Exquisite corpse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_cadaver

According to wikipedia the original version was text only, while I think the pure image version is most common on the internet, but the alternating version is definitely the most fun to play! :)

I've always thought a fascinating thing about the game is how certain images are so iconically associated with particular words that they'll make it through several iterations. (Such as the zombie example elsewhere in the thread -- once a zombie appears, it's so recognizable that it sticks around.)



Unicorns also persist remarkably.




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