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<\/figure>\n Star Citizen<\/em>, a video game that exists as a Forever Promise, was first revealed to the world back in 2012 via a Kickstarter campaign that raised $2.1 million. In the decade since, through the announcements of spin-offs, modules, in-game economies and countless other features and half-baked ideas, the game seems no closer to an actual release.<\/p>\n One thing it has accomplished, though, is make some money. Lots of money. As pointed out earlier today in this post<\/span>, the game\u2019s official \u201cfunds raised\u201d tracker on its website just ticked over the $500 million mark, and at time of posting stands at $500,089,473 raised, from 4,096,539 backers. <\/p>\n Half a billion dollars. For a video game that has been in development for over a decade. Were this five years ago this is the point where I\u2019d start questioning the game\u2019s future, or wonder how close it is to being \u201cfinished\u201d, or make some jokes. But it\u2019s 2022, and the whole thing now is just…sad. They could have concluded a whole damn trilogy of these games by now if there had been an ounce of proper management, someone on the team able to separate the game\u2019s unchecked ambition from what was technologically possible then, or even now. <\/p>\n Star Citizen<\/em> is what it is, though, so instead I\u2019m just going to remind you of this trailer, which was released in 2015, while Obama was still President and this website was owned by Gawker Media:<\/p>\n