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While You Were Sleeping

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While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


November 13, 2010
In Real Life

The Best Way To Ask People To Prepare For Your Wedding Cake

Tara and Seth are getting married. They also happen to love Portal. So they hired Gawker artist Sam Spratt to design their save-the-date for their upcoming spring wedding.


July 13, 2010
In Real Life

A Nerdy Wedding Ring (Full Of Memories)

Ray Arifianto, a software development engineer at Microsoft Game Studios, is getting married. He’s got the nerdiest wedding ring to prove it.


May 17, 2010
In Real Life

I Kept Playing — A Happy Ending

In October I told the story of the EverQuest addiction that nearly a decade ago cost me my job, my health, and the woman I loved. Last weekend I asked that woman to marry me.


April 28, 2010
In Real Life

The Video Game Marriage Proposal

Anders Howard, who works by day as a game designer, wanted his marriage proposal to be something special. Something memorable. So he made his girlfriend a game, disguised as a proposal, and called it Dinner Love and the Quest for Soup.


November 24, 2009
In Real Life

New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator

Are you struggling to grab that ice flower? Is Luigi slowing you down? Need a new strategy for New Super Mario Bros. Wii? One man and his wife discovered a breakthrough: Play the game like it’s their marriage.


November 22, 2009
In Real Life

The One About The Guy Who Married A Video Game

This week a church in Guam pronounced a man and his copy of dating sim Love Plus husband and, well, wife, and the happy couple will be hosting a reception in Japan that you are cordially invited to view tomorrow.


October 20, 2009
In Real Life

Looking At Wedding Dresses With Your Virtual Girlfriends

Players of Konami DS title love Love Plus as seen on My Game News Flash. Another pic after the jump.


October 19, 2009
In Real Life

Popping The Question In Super Mario World

If her “awwww! Yes … !” reaction doesn’t melt your heart, then that little dog jumping and wagging his tail when they kiss will definitely finish you off.


September 14, 2009
In Real Life

A Post-Apocalyptic Marriage Proposal

This is the most touching marriage proposal involving the word “motherf–ker” – and a spiked baseball bat – I’ve ever seen. A woman enlisted the help of Fallout’s modding community to build a level in which she popped the question.