Within the gaming industry there is an old legend. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was a game made for the Atari 2600... and its sales were dismal. Diabolical actually. So when the stores returned all of their copies to the publisher they needed somewhere to put them. A conveniently dug hole in the desert was chosen for the truckloads of cartridges, but the location was obviously kept a closely guarded secret. But it seems now the burial site has been discovered due to a patch of desert flowers. You see desert flowers like to grow in high silicone soil and electronic components, such as those found in a video game cartridge, over time revert back to silicone sand. Put the two together and bingo! We now have a patch of irregularly large desert flowers marking the spot. For now the site has been left untouched, but if the nature-nazi's get wind of this... Atari could find themselves in some trouble.
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