Switched has a new home! Huffpost Tech.

Click here to visit the new home of Switched!

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

See More Stories
AOL Tech

Man Who Proposed Via 'Bejeweled' Game Finally Weds Bride IRL

by Evan Shamoon on September 4, 2008 at 02:16 PM



In the "oh no they didn't" category or geekdom, computer programmer Bernie Peng married his bride-to-be Tammy Li in New Jersey over the weekend. What made it so special? Peng popped the question to his girlfriend in arguably the nerdiest way possible: He spent a month reprogramming Li's Sfavorite game, 'Bejeweled,' so that when she reached a certain score a ring and a marriage proposal popped up.

Good news all around: When Li hit the score, she accepted the marriage proposal, and Peng posted the event on his blog. Over the next several months, he received thousands of hits on his blog and news of the cyber-courtship spread around the Web.

All of which was followed by a cool gesture (and ridiculously good marketing opportunity) by PopCap Games -- the creator of 'Bejeweled' -- which actually offered to help pay for the wedding. And it did, providing a cake in the shape of a videogame console, and giving away free copies of the game as wedding favors. [From: NJ.com]




Tags: bejeweled, breaking news, BreakingNews, geek, geek proposals, GeekProposals, marriage, proposal, relationships, romance, wedding

HuffPost AOL Social News Most Popular