Man Proposes Through Bejeweled, Developer Helps with Wedding
Proposing marriage through video games is nothing new, but the effort that went behind this one is amazing. New Jersey resident Bernie Peng spent a month coding a custom DS version of Bejeweled, his girlfriend’s favorite game, so that when she hit a certain score in the game, a marriage proposal would appear on-screen.
His effort paid off quite well, as not only did she achieve the score, she said yes. “I thought it was pretty cool,” he said to AP. “In a nerdy way, though.”
Even more interestingly, after Peng posted about this on his blog, PopCap Games, the game’s developer, committed to flying the couple out to Seattle for their honeymoon and providing copies of the game for wedding guests.
“Most video game companies would frown on people manipulating their games,” said PopCap representative Garth Chouteau. “But it won him a woman. As a bunch of geeks, we have to say, ‘Bernie, hats off to you.’”