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Hacker of Bejeweled Scores

2008-04-15

Permalink 12:18:03, by Sylvene Email
Categories: Morning Email

Hacker of Bejeweled Scores

Seldom do you hear of Hackers being rewarded, so this was a surprise enough that I thought I'd blog about it.

CNN Reports that Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.

Li reached the needed score -- and said yes.

The word of the romantic feat last December filtered out after Peng, a financial software programmer, posted details on his blog. The reprogramming was a tricky task and took him a month.

What's unusual is that PopCap is flying the couple out to Seattle where their headquarters is located, for their honeymoon, and giving the couple copies of "Bejeweled" to give out as part favors at their wedding.

1 comment

Comment from: Ophelea [Member]
Ok, hacking into Bejeweled is IMPRESSIVE.

Wow.
2008-04-20 @ 12:52

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