Computer programmer Bernie Peng wanted a way to make his proposal to sweetheart Tammy Liu special and memorable. So, Peng spent a month working on a special reprogramming of Liu’s favorite videogame “Bejeweled” to pop the question.
According to Yahoo! News, the game was programmed to display a ring and a proposal when Liu reached a certain score.
“I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way,” Peng told The Star-Ledger of Newark.
The hard work paid off. Liu said yes and the two will marry in September.
The couple plan to marry over Labor Day weekend, and PopCap, the Seattle company that makes “Bejeweled,” will fly the couple to Seattle as part of their honeymoon.
“Most video game companies would frown on people manipulating their games,” said Garth Chouteau, a spokesman for PopCap.
“But it won him a woman. As a bunch of geeks we have to say, ‘Bernie, hats off to you.'”
The company is also supplying copies of “Bejeweled” to hand out as favors to the wedding guests. In the game, players score points by swapping gems to form vertical and horizontal chains.
We should all support PopCap for being so cool – all game companies should be so happy to get this great free advertising!
Congrats, Bernie!