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The Ultimate Video Game Proposal: Press ‘Start’ for ‘Happily Ever After’

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When it comes to proposals, it’s all in the effort. Whether the end result was a bust or a huge success, the effort behind the gesture should be the most important thing. Fortunately for artist Robert Fink, his plans came to fruition and he came up with an awesome proposal for his girlfriend (now fiance): a video game.

Robert enlisted the help of his friends Ryan Lepinski and Jack Watson, who was a programmer and musician respectively, to create the game. Called Knight Man, the game is all about a quest for love which culminated in the proposal. Now who wouldn’t say yes to this?

You can play Knight Man here.

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Custom Video Game Proposal Is Pixel Perfect

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Take some notes guys. This is the best way ever to propose to your girlfriend and potential wife. If this technique does not win her over, then she is a cold cold witch and you are probably better off without her. Luckily for Robert Fink, a 3D artist, it all went off without a hitch.

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With some help from his friends, Robert created a retro-style platformer called Knight Man for his girlfriend Angel White. You can watch as she plays through the whole game to the end. The end? Not really. That’s where the proposal is revealed and she has to choose either “Yes” or “No” to continue.

Of course, she picked “Yes”. How could she not? This video is sure to give you the feels. Robert should make custom games for guys with gamer girlfriends so that other guys can do this and be all awesome too.

[via Geekosystem]

DARPA’s XS-1 program aims for an unmanned spaceship with aircraft-like costs

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DARPA's XS1 program aims for reusable spaceplanes that can fly daily

The reusable spacecraft we've seen so far haven't really lived up to their billing: vehicles like the Space Shuttle or SpaceShipTwo require elaborate, expensive launches. If DARPA succeeds with its just-announced XS-1 program, however, spaceflight could be an affordable, everyday occurrence. The agency plans to develop an unmanned spacecraft that requires a minimal ground crew, reaches speeds above Mach 10 and flies at least 10 times in as many days. Provided DARPA meets its goals, XS-1 would both speed up the deployment of small satellites and lower the cost per flight to an "aircraft-like" $5 million or less. Don't count on seeing a ship in action anytime soon, though. DARPA will only receive some of the first design proposals on October 7th, and someone still has to build the winning project -- it will likely be years before XS-1 slips the surly bonds of Earth.

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Ready for a Lifetime of Adventures? ‘Adventure Time’ Jake’s Face Engagement Ring

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This is an engagement ring featuring Jake the dog from Adventure Time and it’s just awesome in every sense of the word.

Comic book artist Josh Adams, who’s behind Batman Odyssey and the ongoing Doctor Who series, decided that it was time to propose to his girlfriend Saori Tsujimoto. He decided to go the geeky route and had a ring customized featuring Jake’s signature grin. His eyes have that mischievous glint and they’re shining like diamonds because two big rocks have been set in Jake’s eye sockets.

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When Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward saw the ring, he apparently said, “Holy cow that’s amazing.” We agree, and so did Saori, who said yes.

VIA [ The Mary Sue ]

Check out This Redditor’s Meme-rrific Proposal

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It was a match made in heaven. So when the time was just right, Redditor SirTechnocracy put together a heart-wrenching proposal that made fellow Redditors and non-Redditors alike swoon.

Last Monday morning, he posted a link of a gallery to AdviceAnimals. He shared that his girlfriend, who goes by the handle LadyTechnocracy (see what he did there?), browses Reddit everyday, so it’s highly likely that she would come across his post at some point.

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The entire proposal unfolds quite nicely in a series of memes, as you can see in the gallery below.

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The bottom of the meme gallery points to a link, which hosts another gallery of commissioned art that all depict one message: a proposal.

SirTechnocracy explained on Reddit: “It would be far more romantic to her than just taking her to a restaurant. Especially with all the pictures I commissioned for this (getting all those together took months and a couple thousand dollars).”

A few hours later, LadyTechnocracy apparently found the gallery. Hearing her excitement from the other room, SirTechnocracy entered the room, got down on one knee, and proposed to her in person.

Naturally, she upvoted him, and said “Yes.”

[via C|NET]

Ultimate Gamer Proposal: Guy Hacks Contra Cartridge to Propose to Girlfriend

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NES Proposal

Times have changed. Getting down on one knee and popping the question after a romantic dinner isn’t good enough anymore. At least, not in the eyes of the many men and women who constantly see the amazing and definitely unusual proposals that people have been coming up with these past couple of years.

Another proposal that can be dubbed as “amazing” is the one Redditor Equinn0xX came up with.

He hacked a Contra cartridge and customized a lot of stuff, from the player screen to the game’s ending, which displayed his proposal once the player (in this case, his girlfriend) reached the end.

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He documented the entire thing and summed it all up by saying: “I hacked Contra because she’s worth it.” To a gamer, that’s the ultimate declaration of love.

Their story has a good ending: she said yes!

This is how I did it. In short, I bought Contra, dumped the ROM, hex edited the file, flashed it to a new ROM chip and soldered it all back together. Took some work but worth it. I changed player names to ours and also changed the ending text to ask her once she beat the game. She said yes!

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Guy Hacks NES Contra Game to Propose

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No, these screens weren’t accessed via the Konami code. That’s what I thought too when I came across this. Nope. Instead, Redditor Equinn0xX hacked an old Contra cartridge to propose to his girlfriend. He has some mad proposing skills.

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This is how I did it. In short, I bought Contra, dumped the ROM, hex edited the file, flashed it to a new ROM chip and soldered it all back together. Took some work but worth it. I changed player names to ours and also changed the ending text to ask her once she beat the game. She said yes!

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How could a girl say no to that? He let her win and everything. That’s what marriage is all about. Letting her win.

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[via New Launches via Geekologie]

US Defense Department offers key spectrum to cellular carriers

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Soldiers using a smartphone

The US Department of Defense values its wireless spectrum more than many government agencies, and it has been reluctant to lose those airwaves to private providers through government auctions. It just had a change of heart, however: the Pentagon tells the NTIA that it's now willing to free up spectrum in the 1,755MHz to 1,780MHz range. The proposal would have the military shift much of its wireless use into nearby 1,780MHz to 1,850 MHz bands, while moving other tasks into frequencies between 2,025MHz and 2,110MHz. Problem solved? Not quite, unfortunately -- NAB members use the 2GHz range for TV, and they're more than a little worried about interference. The military's suggestion should kickstart negotiations, though, and carriers are optimistic that there will eventually be a deal that gives them the bandwidth they crave.

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Magical Quidditch Proposal: Don’t Just Catch the Snitch, Open It!

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Now this is a marriage proposal that will resonate with Harry Potter fans. Rachel was ready to propose to her girlfriend Jaquie, so she enlisted the help of CustomMade, which some people have described as a cross between Etsy and Match.com. It’s basically a site that lets people find artisans who can turn their projects into a reality.

I think it’s safe to assume that Harry Potter played a major role in their relationship, because Rachel had her proposal fashioned after the most popular game in the wizarding world: Quidditch.

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The Quidditch proposal set that Rachel commissioned included two Bludgers, one Quaffle, a bat, and of course, the Golden Snitch. All it needs is a charm spell to make everything come alive… Rachel hid the ring in the Snitch (where else?) and presented the set to Jacqui. She said “yes,” Voldemort is still dead, and all is well in the world.

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If you want a custom Quidditch set of your own, then you can get one made by artist Anthony Albano for somewhere between $800 and $1,200 (USD).

Marry Me: A Pictionary Proposal

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Geeks have proven, time and time again, that they’re an extremely creative bunch, especially when it comes to wedding proposals. From fake iPads to custom video game level proposals, to Kinder Surprise proposals, geek guys and girls have gone the extra mile to surprise his or her significant other with the proposal of a lifetime.

This Pictionary proposal is simplistic at best, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome or endearing.

Pictionary Proposal

Here’s how it went down: Reddit user justmli had decided to pop the question and he decided to do it on Pictionary game night. He went through the pile of cards, found one with ‘Marry’ on it, and stenciled in the word ‘Me’ after it. He then rigged the game so that his girlfriend of a year and a half would end up with it.

Sure enough, when she drew the card, everyone began guessing, and eventually he yelled out, “Marry me!” After his girlfriend replied with “Yeah!”, he then pulled out the ring and asked her to marry him.

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Needless to say, she said yes.

[via Reddit]