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== Press coverage == ''Wired News'' has awarded ''Duke Nukem Forever'' its [[Vaporware]] Awards several times. It placed second in June 2000 and topped the list in 2001 and 2002.Wired created the Vaporware Lifetime Achievement Award exclusively for ''DNF'' and awarded it in 2003. George Broussard accepted the award, simply stating, "We're undeniably late and we know it. In 2004, the game did not make the top 10; ''Wired'' editors said that they had given ''DNF'' the Lifetime Achievement Award to get it off of the list. However, upon readers' demands, ''Wired'' changed its mind, and ''DNF'' won first place in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2008, Wired staff officially considered removing DNF from their annual list, citing that "even the best jokes get old eventually", only to reconsider upon viewing the handheld camera footage of the game in The Jace Hall Show, awarding the game with first place once again. In 2009, Wired published ''Wired News' Vaporware Awards 2009'': Duke Nukem Forever is not in list, but only because Wired decided to give a pass to it. ''Duke Nukem Forever'' has drawn a number of jokes related to its development timeline. The video gaming media and public in general have routinely suggested several names in place of ''Forever'', calling it "Never", "(Taking) Forever", "Whenever", "ForNever", "Neverever", and "If Ever". The game has also been ridiculed as ''Duke Nukem: Forever In Development'', "the longest game ever in production" and "an elaborate in-joke at the expense of the industry". When the [[GameSpy]] editors compiled a list of the "Top 25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming History" in June 2003, ''Duke Nukem Forever'' placed #18. Top 25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming History. GameSpy. June 10, 2003. Jason Hall, host of ''The Jace Hall Show'', featured ''Duke Nukem Forever'' in the show's premiere episode on June 4, 2008 and described his hands-on play experience with the game as "perfect", ending the segment with "I saw it. They have been working. It's not a myth. You're going to be pleased." In a subsequent interview with [[1UP.com]], Jason Hall described the game as "amazing" with the summation, "This might be the only game in history worth waiting 12 years for, perhaps longer.... It was good."
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