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Wired News: 2002's Greatest Vaporware
Quill writes "Wired News has once again compiled a list of last year's greatest (worst?) pieces of vaporware. The winner (I won't spoil the surprise) has been on the list three times now! The nomination process was mentioned a few weeks ago on Slashdot."
[December 18, 1998] - I Want My TF (TM) II
Well folks, Team Fortress (TM) 2 will be here shortly and community sites are popping up all over the web. Clans are starting to form, Tournaments are being planned, and information pages are being posted. If you haven't checked out the sites yet, be sure to visit our links section or visit PlanetFortress.com for more information.
Gee, I hope none of the tournaments have filled up yet, my clan was just getting off the ground.
My #1 would be "Intelligent Posts on slashdot".
help fill in hidden movie endings @ End of the Credits
Come on, even miss Cleo saw this comming.
It's Daikatana, right?
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They've always been honest about their release date, and posted it openly since day 1. It's not their fault if the public can't read properly:
Duke Nukem Forever
from the I-want-new-shiny-things-to-distract-me -from-my-mind-numbly-unfulfilled-life-and-I-want-i t-now! dept.
I admit, I'm guilty of this too.
Based on upvotes, Ageism is the only "-ism" Slashdotters care about and think isn't SJW
This is the mother and father of vaporware. I mean, look of "vaporware" in a dictionary, and you'll find...
GNU Hurd
Couldn't resist!
Slashdot is a waste of time. I enjoy wasting time.
Step 1. Think up an interesting idea for a game. Spend a few days coming up with mockup graphics.
step 2. Keep working on other projects and spend a few hours a month working on more mockups and prototypes.
Repeat step 2 for a couple years, show the 'game' to reporters. Hype relentlessly, but gradually taper off.
Wait a few more years, occasionally report problems 'we switched engines' etc. everyone laughs, you become the quintessential vaporware, etc. Tell everyone you're waiting because the game is going to be perfect. Ship the games you were actually working on
After 4 or 5 years of this, start working on the game. Everyone's heard of it, everyone knows about it. And when you're finished (in a year or so) everyone downloads the demo, even non-hardcore gamers. Of course, you'll need to make sure the game is fun, and polished, but if you succeed you'll have huge mindshare already, and probably a hit.
Unreal was delayed and delayed, and since it was pretty good it sold well. Daikatana took forever, but it was shitty. If it had actually been a good game, it probably would have done well. We'll have to see what happens with DNF, but I bet it would have sold well if it was good.
With my plan, you'll have years of hype and anticipation waiting for a game that only cost a year or so of development costs.
and licensing my patent will only cost you 4% of the development costs!
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.