"In Defense of E.T. on Atari." In our first article, we attempt to clear up the myriad misconceptions that surround the infamous 1982 release, and determine who is truly to blame for Atari's sad fate.

It’s a good game! It’s misunderstood!

Or so I remembered reading many years ago (almost ten, as it happens).

When trying to find this article, I couldn’t do it because search is incredibly broken now, but with a little help I found it. So here it is.