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Wired's 2007 Vaporware Awards

Posted by kdawson on from the you-say-vapor-i-say-hot-air dept.

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!"

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  1. Diablo III by Uthic · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't see how this is so much 'vaporware' as 'what people would really like'. Blizzard hasn't made an announcement or even a hint that they're making it, after all. And boy, do I hate seeing the list one item at a time.

  2. Last Line is wrong... by Erioll · · Score: 3, Informative

    The last line in the summary should be "Hail to the King baby!"

    C'mon! How could they do a homage and NOT have that line?

  3. Re:DNF of course by Tridus · · Score: 3, Informative

    They did. Unfortunately the list is decided by reader votes, and despite getting the lifetime achievement award in the hope that it'd stop getting reader votes, it still topped the list.

    So its back.

    --
    -- "So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated." - Bill Gates
  4. WM6 on the Blackjack by bmfs · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's odd... in Europe I installed the WM6 upgrade for the Blackjack (SGH-i600 in these parts) ages ago.

    http://www.samsungmobile.com/promotion/i600/index.jsp

  5. Re:All I can say is by evwah · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_St._John

    just sayin' is all