http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_fe_st/odd_programmer_proposal

 "Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score."

 "posted details on his blog. The reprogramming was a tricky task and took him a month."

PopCap is making the most of this story.

Nerds are cool!  I wish I was a nerd. 

great story and the guy deserves a thumbs up for that one

b ^.^ d

Check out his xanga site.

http://www.xanga.com/p3ng/635897016/a-nerdy-proposal-story-im-engaged.html

It showed up on I wanna say Kotaku months ago. Sorry, but old.

Words Of Wisdom said:

 actually it was jan 5th 2008, so technically...

LOL, I love how it shows up on my screen. I've got adblocker and stuff, so it ends up reading like this:

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.

Li reached the needed score — and said ^{ADVERTISEMENT}