Homebrew proposal culminates in 'Bejeweled' wedding
by Kyle Orland 
{ Sep 1st 2008 at 5:00PM }
According to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, PopCap chipped in $1,000 for decorations ($500 of which went to a Nintendo DS-shaped cake) and $5,000 for free copies of Bejeweled that were given to all 250 guests. "There are good ways and bad ways to hack software and to us, this is a good way," said PopCap spokesman Garth Chouteau. After a honeymoon in Bali, the happy, nerdy couple will also get a guided tour of Popcap's Seattle headquarters.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Wiinterfang @ Sep 1st 2008 5:06PM
Awwwwwwww :)
Joseph @ Sep 1st 2008 5:06PM
If the guests can play Bejeweled while waiting for the wedding to be over and the reception to start, that would be awesome.
Eric @ Sep 1st 2008 6:30PM
If the guests could play Bejeweled during the wedding, that would be even better...
Temidien @ Sep 1st 2008 5:07PM
Alas, love.
Wiinterfang @ Sep 1st 2008 5:12PM
Arrrrg I can't see my comments.
Ridgecity @ Sep 1st 2008 5:33PM
Hopefully they will add a "Marry me! Mode" or some user creator levels on their next game...
Zorink @ Sep 1st 2008 5:33PM
I can only hope my eventual bride and wedding are even half as nerdy.
tekman94 @ Sep 1st 2008 5:40PM
Now if Journey were going to be the band there that would be my dream wedding
Markusdragon @ Sep 1st 2008 6:34PM
Bambi, not everyone loves Journey as much as you.
Ghaleon @ Sep 2nd 2008 10:19AM
barf
ChickenAndAsparagusPie?YesPlease! @ Sep 1st 2008 5:57PM
If only other game companies were like PopCap!
This story is so adorable!
LocalToast @ Sep 1st 2008 6:00PM
By making a homebrew game based on Bejeweled, he got $6000 worth of wedding material?
It's high time I learn how to use Palib.
Draken Stark @ Sep 1st 2008 6:04PM
Wow... that's a lot of money to be given for making a homebrew app. *wishes he had a nerdy gf*
Haggard @ Sep 1st 2008 7:02PM
Surely it didn't cost them $5k for all those copies of their own game.. What, did they pop down to a shopping mall with a wheelbarrow?
Ranko @ Sep 1st 2008 7:06PM
That's awesome!
kagai @ Sep 1st 2008 7:28PM
So, who's going to make the first LittleBigPlanet proposal?
shaoron @ Sep 1st 2008 8:12PM
that's so sweet of him...
and so freakin sweet of popcap!
Orag @ Sep 1st 2008 9:13PM
Wow, that's the coolest thing ever! Oprah or Ellen should interview them. I wish i had friends who did cool things like that.
Josh @ Sep 2nd 2008 12:10AM
Whoa, this was in NJ? In the Star-Ledger? I better go check the paper...
colin @ Sep 3rd 2008 12:03PM
joke