Wired does its annual rundown of vaporware -- software and products that were promised (in some cases, promised for years) and never released. The king of vaporware is, of course, Duke Nukem Forever, so much so that Wired gave it the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2003 to keep it from appearing on this year's edition. Read the full story.

The first of OgreCave's new gaming columns dissects what makes "German-style" board games like Settlers of Catan click. Read the full story.