Some additional information for you folks, to confirm one thing: Yes, it is satire.
The Atari Poop series is a weekly column that satirizes Atari 2600 games.
Here is the link to the whole series, if you would like to check out some samples.
And here are some specific examples, to further drive home the point.
One of my favorites is when he cites Body Harvest (an ugly Nintendo 64 game) as being the worst-looking Atari 2600 game ever.
Here is one where he displays his specialty, which is concocting outrageously absurd explanations, often of a conspiratorial nature, as to the "true" motives of an Atari 2600 title: Asteroids, which is actually a simulation of being a teenager.
His most recent entry is Pitfall!, and you can read the opening paragraph where he lets readers peek behind the curtain and pretty blatantly explain his prior methods.
I have subbed for him a few times; most recently, I wrote about Radar Lock... and made the silly claim that it was used to train American fighter jet pilots.
In other words: Yeah, they are humor pieces, but we totally understand that satire is not for everyone! So reading through this thread, as his editor, is very amusing. We occasionally catch some flak when Atari fans read one of his articles and fail to realize that it is just for humor, not reality. Some people are REALLY SUPER SERIOUS and actively dislike him for writing these humor pieces.
Whatever the case may be, we at 1MoreCastle just love old video games, and I think we can agree on the greatness of the hobby.
I apologize, though, if we occasionally ruffle some feathers in an unpleasant manner!
But, yes, that's totally why the series is called Atari Poop: It's bullsh*t.
[ Edited just to add my own personal example. ]