A Sniper Rifle Has Never Been So Romantic
Forget about the items you've found inside Team Fortress 2 Mann Co. supply crates—there's no way those items are as sweet as the stuff inside this real-life Mann Co. crate.
Mario Is Pretty Much The Go-To Guy For Marriage Proposals These Days
Kotaku reader Brandon's night was very special. It was his turn, you see, to ask Diane, the love of his life, to become his player two. He did this by using a custom Super Mario World level. "She said yes, and after I gave her the ring and such she demanded we play the level again... and again." D'aww.
Team Fortress 2 Brought Them Together. Now They're Married.
It's 2013—people meeting through online dating sites if not through video games is not rare, but in Redditor IdentityProductions' case, it's tough to deny just how intense the love for their partner and Team Fortress 2 is. Even Valve sees it.
Man's Video Gaming Prompts Wife To Petition For Divorce
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A young Chinese man in Sichuan province is in a little hot water with his wife and the courts because of his affinity for video games. The man, Zhang Ping, is being taken to court by his wife for neglecting his household chores in order to play online games, reports News Guangdong.com.
I Sold My Video Games To Pay For My Wedding, And Said Goodbye To Part…
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Stacks of games sit around my living room, as I organize photographs from my phone. I log onto Ebay and check prices. I list a few games. I sell one almost immediately. That one doesn't surprise me. Tales of Symphonia. It's one of the rarer in my collection, and I had expected to make quite a bit, quite quickly. Ebay…
In Fire Emblem, Marriage Can Be A Fate Worse Than Death
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If you're interested in the new 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening, you've probably heard two things about it: first, that if a character dies in battle, they're gone for good. Second, that characters can fall in love and marry one another.
You Could Use The Wii U To Play Games. Or, You Could Use It To Find…
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The Wii U sure has seen some creative usage. First there's the Miiverse, which some people have experimented with to make awesome communities and artwork showcases. Others have found a way to use the Wii U to make movies.
With a Mario Marriage Proposal This Super, How Could He Say No?
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"Will you be my player two?" More beautiful words between two gamers have never been spoken. Offbeat Bride tribesmaid Kaharaminttu raised the phrase to new levels of sweetness with this creative coin box proposal to her husband-to-be.
EA, Zynga, Microsoft Support Challenge to Defense of Marriage Act
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Three companies with major involvement in video games—EA, Zynga and Microsoft—have joined some 40 other companies, including the Gap, Google and Starbucks, along with several cities, including New York, Boston and Los Angeles, in filing a brief to support a legal challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act. The Act,…
That Glorious Moment When Video Games Win Against Marriage
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What Video Games Teach Us About Marriage
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Roughly two million couples in the United States get married each year, give or take a hundred thousand. Every pair does it for their own reasons, from the idea of a fairy tale happily-ever-after to the decidedly more prosaic need to share health insurance costs.
There's No Wedding Proposal Like a Final Fantasy Wedding Proposal
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When Seth Hay arrived at the "Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy" concert last weekend in Toronto, he was met with a lovely surprise. His girlfriend, Cheryl Murray, had bought him tickets to a meet-and-greet with legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and conductor Arnie Roth. After the show, they would get …
The Romance and Enchantment of Rift's In-Game Marriage System Makes Me…
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I was going to title this post "The Romance and Enchantment of Rift's In-Game Marriage System Makes Me Throw Up a Little in My Mouth", but that's far too long, and while spoil the cake?
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Divorce-Happy MMO Providing Help to Troubled Couples
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About 10 days ago, Nexon, the publisher of MapleStory found three out of four marriages initiated in-game end in divorce. So MapleStory's next content update will include features that emphasize couples sticking together.
When GLaDOS Asks You To Marry Someone, You Say Yes
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Gary Hudston commissioned three spectacular custom-built Portal 2 levels complete with fresh dialog from the voice of GLaDOS, Ellen Mclain, just to ask his girlfriend to marry him. After watching the glorious spectacle unfold, I'm ready to marry the guy.
When Your Favorite Game Is Proposing Marriage, The Answer Is 'Yes'
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She said yes. You're dying to know, and Kotaku can confirm that for you now. Even though her marriage proposal came from a smart-aleck robot and contained references to herpes and, well, the big A, last night Tora told Ben yes, she will marry him,
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A Marriage Built On Love, Respect, And The Need To Catch Them All
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In today's love-fueled Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Maureliuswolf explains just how amazing his Pokémon-loving wife as they ramp up to their second anniversary.
The Pokemon Marriage Proposal
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How do you get a Pokemon fan to marry you? Catch her with a Pokeball, of course. [Buzzfeed]