Romance

In Real Life

Let’s See Your Nerd Weddings, Kotaku

7:40AM October 20, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

A few days back, I did a story on this not-a-wedding picture whose title riffed on the iconic special move from Street Fighter. That got me thinking about geek wedding, geek proposals and geek romance. And, as if the internet were reading my mind, messages and pictures about all of the above have been floating in. More »

In Real Life

World’s Most Absurd Fake Diamond Ring Awarded To Bejeweled-Playing Lovebirds

6:00AM October 11, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Laura and Chris Sheriff will celebrate their first anniversary this week. Among their favourite past-times: playing video games. He’s more of a Call of Duty. She prefers Bejeweled. More »

News

Mass Effect Fans Worry That Expanded Gay Options Will Create Inconsistencies, Alter Canon

7:00AM May 17, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Mass Effect developer Casey Hudson’s announcement less than a day ago that same-sex romances would be given fuller and more explicit articulation in Mass Effect 3 has unsurprisingly ignited a spark among many followers of the franchise. More »

PC

Romancing The Gnomes Leads To Happily Ever After In Warcraft

11:00AM April 23, 2011 | Owen Good

Cutting-edge trendspotter The New York Times today tackled the phenomenon of MMO-facilitated romance, noting that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft is six times that of Match.com. More »

PC

Offended Gay Gamer Wants Dragon Age 2 Writer Fired

6:20AM April 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Last week we lauded BioWare writer David Gaider for his eloquent defence of the inclusion of love interests for players of any sexual orientation in Dragon Age 2. Now one gamer has started an internet petition asking that Gaider be fired for his poor portrayal of gay men. More »

PC

Control A Video Game By Kissing Passionately

7:00AM February 22, 2011 | StephenTotilo

We sit here stunned, amazed and just a little bit sceptical that artist Hye Yeon Nam has found a way for people to control a bowling video game by French kissing. Kissing and playing video games were just never fun enough on their own, now were they? More »

In Real Life

Want To See A Muppet Play Halo?

8:00PM December 16, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

This may be the sweetest wedding proposal I’ve ever seen. Sid Ceaser, Muppet fan, had two puppets made, one in his likeness, the other, his girlfriend’s. Then he made a movie with them. Then he had the clip played at the movies. More »

In Real Life

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

6:00AM November 13, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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. More »

In Real Life

The Pokemon-Powered Pick-Up Line

12:30AM July 29, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Will the Pokemon dating advice ever stop? We can’t recommend this technique, because we don’t know how it turned out. [Via Twitter, Thanks Xris]

News

Star Wars: The Old Republic Offers Friendship, Romance

1:30AM May 29, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Han had Chewie. Luke had R2-D2. Who will you have by your side as a Companion Character in BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, and will you be able to sleep with them? More »