Digging for E.T.

Is finding all the discarded copies of E.T. really the result we want?

Vital Statistics

Date: April 15, 2014

Written and Performed by: Graham Stark, Kathleen De Vere, Paul Saunders

Story Graphics: Paul Saunders

CheckPoint Graphics: Graham Stark

Music: Bradley Rains

Produced by: Graham Stark, Paul Saunders

Today

Sifting through garbage to find more garbage: the search for E.T.

Stories

• Ubisoft is hiring Red Storm to make the weapons for Tom Clancy's The Division.
• Soda Drinker PRO! is coming to Xbox One.
• The landfill containing unsold E.T. Atari cartridges will be excavated as part of a documentary on the making of the game.
• Players of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on PS3 can get it on PS4 for free.
• The world record for longest Armor Attack game on a single quarter has been broken.

Coming Up

Sim City is finally out for Mac. Not the new one that's been available on Mac since August; we mean Sim City 4. You know, the one from 2003.

Trivia

Kathleen laments the fact that Leland Yee, a California State Senator who tried very hard to link video games with real-world violence, got arrested for weapons trafficking while Checkpoint was on vacation.