Wired's 2007 Vaporware Awards

Braedley sends word that Wired's annual vaporware list is up, and a number of products this community has discussed made the cut. The top spot, the position of most dishonor, was almost a foregone conclusion. "Another December, another list, another crowning achievement by the Emperor of the Ethereal, the Head Honcho of Hype, Duke Nukem Forever. We were going to disqualify him out of pity, but Sir Duke is back for 2007 thanks to a few leaked screenshots and an overwhelming number of votes. DNF creators 3D Realms even chose this week to debut a well-publicized video trailer for Duke's long-awaited return. Alas, a trailer is not a game, so — long live the king!"

Comments

GNR?

[TofuMatt]

Chinese Democracy has been vaporware for what, eight years now? And is anyone really looking forward to it anyway?

Re:GNR?

[darkrowan]

The way that album is going, China *WILL* be a democracy when it is finally released.

I didn't see Vista onthe list

[richardkelleher]

Just because they shipped it, doesn't mean it is still not vapor. Microsoft has been proving this for years.

Re:Duke Nukem Forever is in beta

[Anonymous Coward]

My GFs brothers mail carrier has a neighbor... Her nannies geeky half cousin (twice removed) says that his boy who is 'deep in the scene' (As he put it) talked to the aunt of one of the programmers mom who says that it won't be ready until at least December. Guess you need to recheck your insider.

I for one

[edittard]

I nominate slashdot's new discussion system.

Re:All I can say is

[teknopurge]

you mean Jon St. John.

Kidding aside, everything from that trailer is using the in-game engine. Everything. zero CGI. I don't think people realize this.

You new fruity console lovers can keep your Master Chef and his queer-eye costume. His food sucks and the only thing he has is a decent story-line. I'll take Duke, a shotgun, pipe bombs and strippers any day of the week.

Jetpack with pipebombs - the absolute best way to make your opponents squeal like babies.

Run child, run for your life.....

He's coming in '08 to kick some ass and chew some bubblegum, and I took his last piece of gum.

Regards,

Re:Good marketing ploy?

[crymeph0]

Unless they fuck up something fundamental, you cannot spend a decade working on something to have something so-so at the end.

Absolutely you can. It's called feature creep, and if left unchecked, not only do you end up with a pig in a dress. You end up with a pig in a bullet-proof dress with wader boots on each hoof, only the hooves have been replaced with knives, so you had to install a sheathing mechanism for the hoof-knives, which requires a motor buried in the pig's ass.

Then when you deliver the pig to the farmer he's like, "How the hell am I supposed to make bacon out of this pig if it's able to fight back with its hoof-knives, and I can't shoot it because of the bullet-proof dress? And the motor is leaking grease all over the ham meat!"

Now, would you buy that pig?

Re:Good marketing ploy?

[Kyokushi]

Are we talking about Vista here?