Homebrew Bejeweled game used to initiate marriage proposal

Although this is far from being the weirdest union (or proposal, for that matter) we've ever seen, Xanga user p3ng decided to throw tradition to the wind (at least momentarily) when proposing to his now-fiancée. Put simply, he built a custom version of Bejeweled (the lady's favorite game in the whole wide world) in which a pixelated engagement ring scrolled onto the screen once a certain score was hit. Needless to say, his awestruck girlfriend could barely contain her excitement as she uttered "yes," and we absolutely expect the Guitar Zeros to be the house band at the forthcoming reception.

[Via DSFanboy]

[Rainier @ Mar 7th 2008 2:13PM]

Awww, congrats to p3ng and his fiancée!

[Blink @ Mar 7th 2008 2:15PM]

They should both be required to wear helmets at all times.

[eric @ Mar 7th 2008 2:20PM]

I now know someone famous!!

[Biff @ Mar 7th 2008 2:20PM]

That's awesome and very romantic. He went thorugh all that trouble working the code inorder to present his virtual right to his fiancée. That's a very clever way to propose. Idunno, that's pretty hard to top. Congratulations p3ng!

[vaudeve @ Mar 7th 2008 2:25PM]

awww! I would love it if a guy did that for me!

[ma5t3rw1tt @ Mar 7th 2008 2:39PM]

awww, I like reading stories like this. Congrats :D

[Steve Jobs @ Mar 7th 2008 2:47PM]

Very cool idea indeed. You're the man p3ng congrats.

[Datacide @ Mar 7th 2008 2:53PM]

I love the the way Ethan did it in this comic: http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060213

But still, gotta give props for programming up a scheme like that, I may borrow the idea...

[ReggieXuk @ Mar 7th 2008 3:03PM]

Wish i could write code.

[ryan @ Mar 7th 2008 3:40PM]

who still uses Xanga??

[Vexx @ Mar 7th 2008 5:33PM]

Judging by the number of comments he's received, a lot of people.

[The Dude @ Mar 7th 2008 7:21PM]

Asians.

Come on, you know it.

[noazark @ Mar 7th 2008 3:41PM]

wow, thats pretty creative, the closest ive gotten is asking a girl to prom on her TI-83. bluhh.

[Eric V @ Mar 7th 2008 8:04PM]

Haha nice! Nerds FTW!

[Marty K. @ Mar 7th 2008 3:45PM]

Lets turn this into a drinking game. Every time a (supposedly) female commenter post a comment containing "aww", have a shot.

Seriously though, that was really sweet of him.

[Hax Or @ Mar 7th 2008 4:37PM]

Homebrew NDS yo'self at palib.info

[mac @ Mar 7th 2008 4:52PM]

That's sweet and clever.

[ijyt @ Mar 7th 2008 6:00PM]

Aaw, they're gonna have a little p4ng. :)

[PeptoJoe @ Mar 7th 2008 6:00PM]

she's got nice legs. I'd do her.

[Siilenced @ Mar 7th 2008 6:19PM]

...LOL...thats sorta cool

but sorta lame too

but...hey..HE GOT THE GIRL...


...all that matters...

[Mog @ Mar 7th 2008 6:59PM]

I think it's cute and clever. "Bejeweled," and all that.

Yeah, it's sort of nerdy, but in an endearing sort of way, which is what I think he was going for.

Congrats to both of them. :)

[Galley @ Mar 7th 2008 10:10PM]

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

Seriously, congrats!

[M @ Mar 8th 2008 3:44AM]

wow...those guys are so made for each other. And why are people still using xanga? it's so lame. so are the people there. check out the pictures of those who commented.

[Dimplemonkey @ Mar 8th 2008 9:02AM]

That was very cool. Not necessarily the Bejeweled part as much as all the time he took to get all of that set up. Geek love, you can't byte it.

[silverblackvoid @ Mar 8th 2008 9:27AM]

nerds rule!!! congrats.

[Drew @ Mar 8th 2008 11:23AM]

I did something like that once. Except it was to ask a girl out. This girl I really liked at the time LOVED to draw using this one application on my Treo. So that sparked an idea. Why not write "will you go out with me" on the coloring pad application on my Treo. Then I though how should I get her to open it? So I invited her over to watch a movie and said "hey it's kinda cold in here. Let me go run and fetch some blankets real fast and I'll be back." but then I said "oh and here's my phone if you want to draw on it" which made her happy. When I was out getting blankets I heard "oh my god... YES!!" coming from the room indicating she found the note. She loved it, and she said yes too! ;)

[CKMBA @ Mar 8th 2008 11:43AM]

This is why computer engineers are 10x sexier than rockstars!

[ZeroCorpse @ Mar 8th 2008 12:55PM]

That's very sweet and romantic. It's a good thing she didn't suck at Bejeweled.

And now a personal message to p3ng: RUN AWAY! It's a trap! You'll be much happier if you remain single! Don't let romance blind you! Your single life is about to end and everything you enjoy or like about yourself will be crushed under her boot-heels to make room for more throw pillows! All your stuff will be in a garage sale or closet, and all her stuff will be EVERYWHERE! Your friends will be driven away when she feels threatened by them! Your social life will be terminated! You're looking at countless nights of arguing, silent treatment, and wondering if she poisoned your drink because she saw you chatting with a cute girl at work and is now acting weird. Flee! Flee before your spirit is crushed and your dreams are forcibly abandoned. Run!

Sorry. I just think every man deserves this warning before he gets married. If you're still certain after that, then I guess congratulations are in order, and I hope you're happy together.