A peculiar operation is underway in Alamogodoro, New Mexico: Microsoft has been_digging up a landfill to find copies of Atari’s failed 1982 video game, E.T. to see if the rumored  ing of games there in 1983 really occurred. Picture via Brian Kieffer The company_has finally struck gold and has_actually_found them too, presumably after weeks of hunting for them. The public were invited to_the dig today and shared pictures of the finds, packaging and all, on Twitter, finally confirming the myth. Picture via Chris Kohler Picture via Taylor Hatmaker The dig is part of a documentary funded by Microsoft and looks...

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