Gaming meets reality!

So every now and then we hear some crazy story about Everquest or World of Warcraft ruining marriages or we hear about an act of violence that resulted over an online gaming “affair” or death of an online character.  Well this has to be the coolest thing I have ever heard of happening with a little help from some video game magic.  In June of this year, a girl who’s boyfriend was very invested in Fallout 3 made an unusual request on the Bethesda forums in the Mods sections.  She wanted to know if it was possible to make a mod for Fallout 3 in which she could propose to her boyfriend.  With the help of the Fallout 3 mod community and a couple months work, including her own voice acting provided for her in-game double that needed rescuing, her wish became a reality.  She originally wanted to mod the 360 game that he completed, but under the advice of the community, and the knowledge that it couldn’t be modded on the 360, she had him buy a copy for her own computer and consulted with the forum members to go about making the mod.  I will link to the YouTube video of the playthrough, but I will warn that there is a lot of very, very strong language on the part of the villain.  After the generosity of the mod community, the mod was installed on her boyfriend’s computer, where he was able to play through it in her presence.  She invited him over to help her play through a part of the game she couldn’t pass, ie the mod.  Of course, there was a happy ending when he said yes(although just in case, the modders included a part where if he said no……well, maybe you should just watch the second video on the youtube page….hehehehe).  It’s nice to hear a story where video games played a good role in a relationship, and not the typical bad role we are used to seeing publicized.  Oh, and I almost forgot—-Congratulations to Kristy and Sean, may God bless you with years of happiness!  Will the cake topper be a Pip Boy bobblehead?

YouTube Video Playthrough