I have the problem as well...This is one that we will require us to wait for a patch. The only option at this time is to use an emulator program to convert keyboard and mouse to the XB360 controller.

Sorry folks... DNF is not the one, and Spore has YEARS to go (let us all hope it never gets close); sadly though, 3D-Realms is the record holding developer (very very sadly).

It is true that Duke Nuk'em Forever is on track for the longest delay, but it is not the current title holder. I guess you have to be REALLY old (as in no longer under 30, or even in your 30s) to know this bit of trivia, because even I was a twenty-something when this should have come out....

The longest-ever delay for a video game to go from announcment to

release on any platform is....

11.5 YEARS!!!

(see Prey - Feb 1995 to July 2006)

Remember that Prey was supposed to come out right around the time of Unreal (the first version; 1998 ). Both Prey and Unreal were in dev at the time, and though it too Epic 3 years to unleash Unreal, Prey continued to remain in dev . Prey was 'in development' for 11 years from it's first announcement in Feb '95, until it's gold cd was minted June 28th, 2006; release followed on July 11, 2006.

Duke Nuk'em will most likely break the records, as it has been in dev since it's announcement on April 28th, 1997. So, we are mere months from breaking the record!!! Wired magazine readers have predicted Duke would do this since 2000 when they 'honored' DNF with the first of many Vaporware acheivement awards. Wired on order to make things interesting, went so far as creating a Vaporware Lifetime Achievement Award exclusively for DNF, awarding it in 2003 to the get the title off the list. However (and this is the best part), when they found it missing from the 2004 awards listings, readers overwhelmingly voted it back in and Forever won first place in 2005, 2006 and 2007. If Duke is not out by the end of Dec 2008, I am almost certain it will win again.

For the record (pun)...DNF will break the record on/about October 27th, 2008. GO FOR IT 3D-Realms, your reputation is riding on it !!!

Cheers from your local game historian,

RaQin

Hmmm...

I am a little out of the loop (as I don't have 'classmates' these days), but Emo seems to be the latest version of recycled teen angst...another name for yet another phase of non-conformist conformity in a long line of people who for the past 60 years choose to be different like everyone else. Also known as Beatniks, Hippies, Mods, Punks...etc.

As to your question, why are there emo people...it is just a thing people do to be part of a crowd. You really won't get emo people unless you become emo yourself. Here is something to think about; a real non-conformist sits in a cabin and writes manifestos. Thank goodness few of us have met any of those in my life.

...and for the record, there are just as many 'normal' people who want to kill themselves; emo doesn't corner the market on this behaviour. ;-0

Cheers,

RQ

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