Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn’t enough when Bernie Peng decided to propose.
Peng changed Tammy Li’s favorite video game, Bejeweled. He made a ring and a marriage proposal show up on the screen when Li reached a certain score. After seeing the screen, she said yes.
The word of the romantic feat spread after Peng posted details on his blog.
Peng is a computer programmer. He said changing the game was tricky and took him a month.
“I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way,” Peng said.
The couple plan to marry at the end of the summer. 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 [changing] 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.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
對柏尼．彭來說，把戒指藏在花束裡求婚只是小兒科。
彭修改了泰咪．李最喜歡的電玩遊戲「寶石方塊」，當李打到一定分數時，一只婚戒和求婚誓詞就會顯現在螢幕上；李看到螢幕上的求婚後，便點頭答應。
當彭把這段浪漫的求婚過程寫上他的部落格後，立刻廣為流傳。
彭是一個電腦程式設計師，他表示，修改這個遊戲有一點棘手，他花了一個月的時間才完成。
彭說：「我覺得這樣很酷，是電腦客才會做的事。」
他們倆人計畫今年夏末完婚。「寶石方塊」這個遊戲是由西雅圖的PopCap公司設計，該公司打算提供機票讓這對新人到西雅圖度蜜月。
PopCap發言人葛斯．舒托說：「多數電玩公司都不喜歡別人改寫他們的遊戲。」
「但是此舉為他贏得美嬌娘，我們這幫電腦客不禁想對他說：『柏尼，真有你的！』」
該公司也將提供「寶石方塊」遊戲，做為婚宴上分送給賓客的小禮物。
（美聯社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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