if he was really good (and really loved her) he would've hacked into our nuclear codes and shot off some nukes that spelled out "will you marry me" but I guess that's good enough!!!!

freespeech

A much better story would have been:

Man Hacks Bejeweled, Creates Photo-Realistic Boobs Level.

TheJordanator

Nerds can also unlock the Girls achievement. Huzzah!

designatedrival

For some reason the lower DS screen looked like it was showing a digital version of the womb =\

Tracid

@Covert_Knight: Agreed. Anybody who thinks this is lame must be single and lonely.

Girls appreciate creativity. And its a sweet way to pop the question.

Aww nerd love :)

FrigidAir44

I remember reading about a guy who did this with Tetris on the original Game Boy like 15 years ago.

Still awesome though.

SLiFE

2 geeks in wuv ^.^

he's lucky shes as much a nerd he is.
I'm sure if it were any other chick, they'd jus be like "What the heck is this?.. lets go out to eat."

King Seafoam

@elislider: -20 points for picking on Xanga.

Americo

Aww that's kinda cute. I hope she actually got a real ring to wear in the end, though. ;)

kupoporo

very creative. i'd love to be proposed to or propose like this. she better appreciate his efforts :)

geekgrrl

@Sinnbox: I don't think girls appreciate being knokowed.

Reilaos, Man of Destiny

"Touch screen to spend the rest of your life with homebrewing genius."

tnx3

I'd marry him.

YUYU

Where's the link to download the homebrew? I want to play some Bejeweled on my DS too!

txgb324

Everyone can laugh about it (I giggled), but c'mon... you gotta admit, it's pretty creative.

The guy probably removed her picture because now she feels embarrassed that she is plastered on the web as the girl whose husband proposed to her through a DS.

Naia

Dammit! Just last night I figured out an amazing, unique way to propose and it's very close to what this guy did.

Oh well, I don't even have a girlfriend right now so I'm years away from needing a good proposal technique. I'm sure I'll be able to whip up a quick virtual environment by then on my PS5 in TotallyHugePlanet and arrange stars to spell out a message.

...dammit....Futurama did that already too....

Kazzahdrane

LOL, he removed her face picture because Kotaku posted this.

AnEternalEnigma

"Taking off Tammy's picture because this is on kotaku."

Aw, kotaku, way to mess it up! hahaha.
No, but seriously, I'd loathe to have the lady of my life being put on kotaku.

Channing

To me the very act of proposal is self defeating, and while proposals like this are on the extreme high end of clever, they are also representative of how much control the woman will feel she has over the man given his so deeply involved attempt to get her to accept him.

Why can't people treat "relationships" more like, well, gaming? This guy should have understood more than most that "love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope... Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds. When you sell your soul to someone, that isn't love. That's slavery with a cost of entry.

That being said, this at least sets a nice precedent for the inevitable failure of the marriage. In 10 years when we have fully computer controlled cars all standard equipped with front window displays he can hack her car to drive off a cliff and then display a lovely message, perhaps along the lines of "This marriage has encountered a critical error".

But then what do I know. The only person I know who actually dates women has a historically "questionable" taste. I can't say that him dealing with women whose only sense of culture is watching every movie that comes out for free at the theater she works and then forcing him to watch them all too until he finds one they both like so she can feel, well, "cultured hasn't destroyed my image of women. Maybe I'm the pathetic one. Maybe everything I say is meaningless. Maybe I should stop talking about things I don't understand and not demean stuff that means so much to others...

Maybe, but anyone who disagrees that him shooting her legs out with a sniper rifle as a form of proposal would NOT be infinitely cooler is an idiot. My way or not, he'll still be the one getting a CROTCH SHOT tonight. HIYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Bobby McPresscott

@ArmyofJuan (My 360 gives me evil stares everytime i touch m...: Only in our heads man...

Rebelphoenix83

That is totally awesome!

Witzbold

@Purple Dave: it's not? i could have sworn it was. Seems like a perfect fit for the DS. Well thanks for the info

ArmyofJuan

now that is a cool idea.
Hmmm my girls favorite game is DOA so I should fight her to a near death to ask her to marry me hmmmm...maybe not

_Ted_

Gamer love is so beautiful <3 Congrats to the happy couple and hurrah for homebrew proposals!

MelodyKitn

MAAN now thats some neird shit!

FelicioLostHorizonPT

He should have hacked the boy washing game to have his face. Oh, and a ring around... you know...

Torgen thinks AAA means “Costs $60”

Well...while this isn't exactly relevant...what's the point of taking off your fiancee's picture off the post when the rest of your blog/photos are still open to the public? (Including your fiancee?)

Anyways, congratulations to him and kudos to his unique proposal ^^

Uchikoma

Where the hell do you guys get off calling the person in this article a nerd?

You all are frequenting a video game blog site for goodness sake, you guys have no room to talk.

FinalFettuccinni

*imagines a girl opening DS...snapping in half in an atempt to find the engagment ring hiding...*

QuickPick

Much better than the iPhone proposal.

henhowc

@Trowble (XBL/PSN):
I wondered the same thing XD

but really, that was sweet ^^<3

hrabbit

Did it say game over to her right after? Since, you know, there goes her last chance at the single life!

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

@ArmyofJuan (My 360 gives me evil stares everytime i touch my new PS3): @Erwin:
He said he wrote the program from scratch, so it sounds like he didn't sacrifice a DS Bejeweled cart. You know, that and the fact that it's never been released for DS.

Purple Dave

Cute! :D

Demolition Debbie

Very nice, man. Congratulations!

jaymac

Wow, that's a really sweet idea! :)

FancifulUnicorn

@StevenRafael:

Not bad, but I'd skip all the jazz and just propose at gunpoint. It'd be ironic, since it would most likely be a shotgun wedding.

SuperMaxZero

Who says nerds and geeks never get chicks?

Wookiee1

Wait, I don't mean either way. Why did I say that? I mean it's still cool that he did that.

Personally, I would want to propose with a more active, adrenaline pumping method, like driving a ferrari in the middle of a gunfight across a flooded ship being sucked into a dark gaping portal in the sky.

StevenRafael

It'd be funny if she sucked at Bejeweled and took forever to reach the required score.

Well.. Maybe it wouldn't be funny, but perhaps awkward if he were to stare at her play all evening or take it from her and reach the score himself.

EITHER WAY, cool.

StevenRafael

That's cool. Though it's unfortunate that she looks like Rocky Dennis from Mask.

Dragon_Warrior

he better hope no one files a lawsuit. how exactly did he pull this off anyway?

bigman88zz

wow negative 10 points for linking to xanga

elislider

That is awesome! Nice work!

Usama

*claps* Bravo and congrats. May your marriage be as romantic and nerdy as the proposal!

Szin

good for him. that was a pimp move. congrats to him and his wife to be. i don't wanna hear no shit from nobody goofin on this dude. he did his thing, and came wit da ring.

zanzibarlegend

Pretty darn neat. Good job dude!

Gamebrain87

niceeee
its so romantic...and illegal XD

symphony_of_the_night

@Covert_Knight: This person here said it in the clearest terms for everyone. Anyone who disagrees is a moron.

It's as if people here are self-haters in regards to their interests. As long as both parties (the man and woman) appreciate what's being done, then that's all that matters.

1080Peter

(Pre-emptive strike post) I'm waiting for all the dicks to come in and say "ZOMFG THATS SO STUPID etc etc" As if they were anywhere near more clever or better than them. They're getting married and they're happy, so we should not try to rain on their parade, because when you find someone who makes you happy, you would hope that others would have the respect and decency not to harass you two either. This happens in every single "I proposed to my wife through video games" topic ever created, so I just felt like I had to say it before the pattern triggers again.

Covert_Knight

Awwwwwwwww.

xanxus

@ArmyofJuan (My 360 gives me evil stares everytime i touch m...:
But it's set to One winged Angel. Not the best way to set the mood.

Erwin

Haha, wow thats awesome!

Car2oon

@Sinnbox: You know girls? Sweet, you should introduce me to all of them right away.

Gigith

Sweet move, and a money saver too.

T6Spades

I think she's happy to gain someone special in exchange for her Bejeweled...
Unless she lost her high scores.

Erwin

You think after all this is done she'll realize she can't play bejeweled anymore? All that work...gone....

I always imagine nerd sex as being very quiet. And the FFVII battle victory music plays after the climax.

ArmyofJuan

That's really awesome and definitely isn't your generic down-on-one-knee proposal.

NeoAkira

p3ng is the man

greygecko

Nerd love. They say it's the most innocent kind.

Old-school Sonic fanboy

But then again how many girls in this world would say yes and accept that as a great way of proposing?

Rob

Pretty cool.

Rob

@Gigith: Ya most wemon i know would love to be proposed to by weapons!!!

Sinnbox

Hmm. Or I could do it in forge out of weapons like every other joe out there. Less work.

Gigith

That is probably the coolest thing ever now I feel like recreating my first date with my wife was so lame. I mean i didnt go through the trouble of hacking a game. My hat is off to this nerd

stormcrow85

WOW!!! How many girls would say yes? most that i knokow would say "Heck no leave me alone looser!!!"

Sinnbox

Well that's sweet of him, cause you know it's the thought that counts.

Deltakiral

Not only is it a nerdy way to propose, but its posted on Xanga! Extra nerd points!

Cool way of doin' it though, despite the geekiness. Props.

2NinjasTapedTogether