You’d better hurry if you’re aiming to take some sort of geeky-proposal prize; the stakes get higher every week. A companion cube ringbox is so two months ago, and even Sir. Mr. Capt. Picard himself might have a bit of run going for his money in this arena–Gary Hudston is the standing Grand Wizard of all Geek Betrothal Levels:
Hudston hired a skilled developer to create series of custom levels for Portal 2 that his potential betrothed would have to play through. When it heard about his apparently not so secret project, Valve even helped him secure Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS, to record original audio.
If that’s not awesome enough to win a geek over, nothing is. You can enjoy the custom engagement levels yourself, too; check out the video play-through or download the levels at the Gary Hudston Project.
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I'm curious to this guy's budget for the project. I'm sure Valve threw their information in for free, but actually hiring McLain for the voice-over must have cost a few bucks, along with 2 level developers.
don't know, some people are cool like that though. just think they will never forget that. what is more important being remembered for someone's whole life or money?
Money, money means everything dawg.
That right there… is immense. To some people, that sort of thing has no value… But there is more thought, effort and love gone into that, than 90% of the population will ever experience. I Wish them all the best in a long and happy marriage.
"The couple who play together stay together," they say. I'm sure it extends to Portal. :)
He may not even have had to pay Ellen McLain, though, if Valve helped him secure her for the voice. That's HUGE advertisement for the game. They might have just given her to him
Another article I read on this story suggested that his attempt to contact Valve was unsuccessful and that he approched Ellen McLain himself. I don't know the validity of those statements, but I don't think Valve deserve any credit for this story if they blatantly ignored requests for help on the project.
That article can be found here (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/36788/Behind_The_Scenes_Of_The_Portal_Proposal.php)
No matter how many times I watch this video, I get teary eyed…and I'm not a person who cries very much very often.