Oh man, is that worse for the baby or for the 360?

I wish girls fell for me when I call them "gay homos lols lols lols" over voice chat.

first it makes kids violent, then it causes pregnancies? we must do something about these "video games"! ill go inform the media!

im off to fox news headquarters!

@Xeros606: I wonder if they were re-enacting those virtual rape moments from that Mass Effect Porn.

I hope that baby doesn't RROD. >_>
(someone had to do it)

Wow, that has to be the biggest load of cheese I've ever heard. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

Congrats~! I hope your baby doesn't get the red ring.

start the presses ladie has e sex and get pregnant read all about it.

Really now people that play video games alday are very lonely. I'm not surprised at least they are happy. I know for one im loney but i still try and look in the real world for my ladies... wait maybe i should start looking on xboxlive.

Some people might find this E-Romantic, to me its E-Ridiculous..

why are they cooking their children ?

Well there's something you don't hear everyday.

But such a success story for the rest of us looking for e-whores is looking real slim.

Congrats to the happy couple though.

@k_dash:
Me too. I don't know why. I think it's the credits they give to Xbox Live or whatever they happen to meet with.
So if I meet my wife in a gym, i have to send flowers and thank you gifts/cards to the gym owner.

Where do I get the shiny 360?

@naznatips:
Weak. Just weak.

@symphony_of_the_night:

LOL

I think this was a bit of a wake up call to me. Theres not more assholes playing xbox, theres just a general amount like in everyday life. As I'm forcefully shown here, theres an equal amount of good things happening because of the social connections being made.

But really, R6 Lockdown? I hated that game. My dad might love every R6 there is, but I'm just a Vegas man.

I really doubt he is much of a "man" if she met him playing on Xbox live. Xbox live is full of kids and adults who act like kids. I've been on live since 2004 and there are only a couple of people that I have ever met that I would be able to tolerate in person.

Did the man-juice shoot from the 360 console, remote controller, or the headset?

I'm believing now that Microsoft has a dildo add-on for the ladies and a vagina for the men. Miracously through a new technology called SoIP, we can make e-love along with moaning and groaning through VoIP.

Need to research more.

Lucky they didn't meet on V1 Xbox - the controller would have crushed the kid!

@Eating_Sushi:
Reminds me of a website that was selling something similar for the PC a long time ago. (Don't know if it was a joke or not) It was called "F-u F-me" I think. If it wasn't a joke, it was funny regardless.

What a bunch of freaks.

@IntelSilver: Well said, couldn't have said it better myself. lol

This thing happens a lot in gaming. I remember I once saw on TV about a wife cheating on her husband with a guy she met on EverQuest. Really.. what are the odds?

Wait, September 24, 2007? Is that right?

So the, as they put it, "first Xbox LIVE baby" was born just in time for the parents to get in line for the midnight release of Halo 3?

Eerie.

Did the 360 community migrate over to this page just to ridicule themselves and this couple? Sure sounds like it, and I am choking on the second hand irony.

I, for one, think--nay, I KNOW this is a beautiful thing.

Did the baby frag anyone yet?

and RROD joke in...................

@Afore Notation: Seconded. Stacy's explanation was a bit gushy, but I think the comments of "laaame" and whatnot are from those who can't understand why yelling "omg ur a girl be my gf kthxbai" into their headset doesn't work.

@elevenoverzero: Lol

Nice story i guess, but absolutely one in a million. More likely: [kotaku.com]

Better hope that XBox doesn't overheat...

@Afore Notation: Agreed that the baby is adorable, and some of the mocking in the thread is, let's say, in poor taste.

On the other hand, some of the "negative" comments are reacting less to the birth of this little girl and more to something a little odd about the credit given to the xbox live community. Like Intelsilver said, it's kind of like sending flowers to the gym where you met your mate, and it makes the whole thing feel a little... commercial, I guess.

Not to begrudge this couple their happiness at the birth of their new baby, it's just that the announcement seems a bit strange somehow.

(That, and the coincidence of the birth of the console's "first baby" with the release date of its biggest game makes my Hoax-meter tingle a bit, but stranger things have happened)

You all are a bunch of cynical bastards. This is a real next-gen system here, people. Thing's got support for 8000000p resolution, tons of memory, and force feedback, all standard.

Congrats, and have a happy lifetime of telling her not to sit too close to the TV.

Incoming Microsoft gifts for Stacy.

...like they did for that kid who's 360 got cleaned of custom artwork.

They're probably gonna get a ton of pampers and games or something.

Wow...some of the ridiculous comments here made me forget I was on Kotaku.

Congrats to them seriously , meeting through a video game the epitome of lovefor a nerd, that of marrying the person you makes youre favorite game. but i dont think the latter has happened yet

I would have hated to be on their team before they met. All the flirting over the headset must have been annoying. Possibly the first case of mic-sex.

GOLD BLING OF DEATH

the whole "I hate you" then marraige over games/mmos is more common than a lot of you think :P

Is Stacy a Microsoft employee?

@ArmyofJuan: In COD4: "Oh yeah, baby. Stab me again!"

Congratulations! Birth Achievement Unlocked!

Is it just me or is that kid more adorable than it has any right to be?

that poor kid is gonna hate her parents for putting her on top of a blinged-out 360 later in life...

on second thought,considering her parents met over Live, she might turn out the be the exact kind of person to think it's really awesome...who knows!

Well... Xbox Live can't get me pregant.

That's rad...?

Oh geez, you people, lighten up! Not every person on Xbox Live is a screaming 10-year old. It's perfectly possible to casually meet on any game and have a worthwile conversation.

Congradulations Mike and Stacy on your beautiful daughter!

What really makes me tingly is the fact that yall took the time to get the hard xbox360 all comfy and fluffy with the pink blanket while taking this picture.

Better be careful there though Stacy, your daughter may start prefering the warm motherly pur of the 360.

It's a nice story, but I think it just represents the one time a 1:10000 odds of a successful online-gaming-turned-real-life relationship actually works.

Can't use it as inspiration to find your own partner online. It's just luck. =(

@Captain Impulse: Very keen observation. What is with everyone?

I bet that kid is going to grow up to be screaming swear words and racial slurs with the best of them ^_^

But congrats to Stacy and Mike, showing all people that Xbox Live isn't just full of young screaming kids.

May the little girl have a long and healthy life!

Well, Xbox Live IS full of young screaming kids.
It's just that there ARE exceptions.
Anyway, it's always nice to see that technology is also helping people other than destroying them.
It's also good to know that people share the experience of games, and that it's actually AN EXPERIENCE nowadays.
That's what we wanted from games in all of our life, and I think we finally got it :)

Holy crap

There is so much cynicism in this thread its ridiculous. People just love ripping Microsoft for whatever reason. Microsoft could discover the cure for cancer and fanboys would still find something wrong with it.

Congrats to the happy couple- their daughter is extremely cute and their success is just another example of tech bringing people together.

XBOX LIVE the new eHarmony.

Hmm this thread makes me wonder what kind of Monday we will see next week... :)

@Snuffbox: Well, no one said it's Microsoft's fault that Xbox Live is full of kids.

@RealmRPGer: LoL. I think it's a faceplate.

What a heartwarming story to hear of two people who warmed up to each other until their hearts were set aflame into a burning passion for each other thanks to Xbox Live.

I'm amazed, because:

1) The Xbox helped make a baby instead of crush one (as the user manual repeatedly warns against)
2) I can't possibly see this happening based on my experiences with Uno, CoD4, and Halo 3 online voice chat, unless you have a soft spot in your heart for 13-15 year olds with high voices and mouths that sailors wouldn't dare to piss in.

@Chef: Yeah, that's what I was talking about!!

Wow, some of these comments are in such poor taste I wish the banhammer upon you. Seriously, wash your mouths out.
My particular fave is @LowNemesis: Step 1: Completely discredit and insult all people who may have used X-box live. Step 2: Tell about how you've been using Xbox Live for the past 4 years.

@symphony_of_the_night: Hahaha, that cracked me up. I lol'd, multiple times.

Congrats to the mother and father!

@Chef:

It's funny because it's true.

Thats true NEXT-GEN.

This is no less "E-Ridiculous" or 'lame' as all those WoW weddings and crap. But personally when I meet someone on Live I hate, I mute them, report them and make sure I don't play with them again. Maybe I've been missing a trick there...

we can now use the Phrase "Lets make babies over LIVE"..:p