Steven Spielberg's wholesome sci-fi classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , became a cultural touchstone following its release in 1982. The film's hastily-developed (as in, you have five weeks to get this to market) Atari 2600 tie-in game became a cultural touchstone for entirely different reasons .
In his new book, The Stuff Games Are Made Of , experimental game maker and assistant professor in design and computation arts at Concordia University