EPISODE · Mar 16, 2022
#38 - Atari’s E.T.
from The American Journal of Losers · host Adam McShane, Joey Bednarski & Cosmo Nomikos
Finally an episode for the gamers! It’s often called one of the worst games of all time and is credited with tanking the nascent video game industry, but how much damage could a crappy rendering of a beloved alien really do? This week we unwrap the worst Christmas present of 1982: the Atari 2600 adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Footage of the game Sources: Total Failure: Creating The World's Worst Video Game : NPRHoward Scott Warshaw Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Video Games | WIREDOSG Presents Classic Gamer Magazine #2 (Page 35)Atari: Game Over (2014) Adam McShane, Joey Bednarski, and Cosmo Nomikos are stand up comedians based out of Chicago, IL.AJL is part of the Lincoln Lodge Podcast Network: https://www.thelincolnlodge.com/podcasts
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