Robert Smith
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SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
E.T.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
has nothing to phone home about.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
What?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Another review from Electronic Games.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
If E.T.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
does call home, please don't tell him about this.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I see a theme.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
So, A, there are millions of unsold copies.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
The engineer who made the game ends up leaving Atari, leaving the business, eventually becomes a therapist.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I think it was a lot for him to deal with.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
And Atari sucks now, right?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Now the thing is like, oh, I went, I paid a lot of money for this game, and it sucks.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Yeah, you got anything else?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
What's the second book?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Was it Johannes?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
I think it's Johannes, but don't know.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Business history at pushkin.fm.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
End of 82.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
Actually, Warner announces earnings, right?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
From Business History: How E.T. The Extra-Terresterial Destroyed Atari
They're a public company.