In what may be the first marriage proposal on Google+, a man asked his girlfriend to marry him on the network via the game Crime City. On the other hand, it could be just a clever marketing stunt.
According to Funzio, the company behind the game, it went down like this: A player named Mihai (last name unknown) approached Funzio with the idea of using his crime-boss character to propose to his significant other Miruna, who also played the game. Crime City, being a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has in-game objects players can purchase, and the Funzio team hooked up our hero with a virtual engagement ring.
They hatched the plan on Christmas Day. Once Mihai purchased the ring, it appeared in the game for both of them. When Miruna logged in, she found it in her inventory, and Mihai was ready to get down on his virtual knee. Miruna, clearly wanting a permanent partner in crime, said "Yes" right away.
Or so Funzio's story goes. The whole thing sounds a bit like a publicity grab, albeit a clever one. We've reached out to the company for more details, and Funzio is working on connecting us with the happy couple. The company did say that Mihai and Miruna are their real names.
If it's true, it may be the first marriage proposal on Google+ (the first serious one, anyway). Google hasn't yet confirmed to Mashable that this is that case, but our cursory searches on the network came up dry (let us know in the comments if we're wrong).
In any case, it's far from the first engagement via Google services, social media or other digital means. In 2008 Michael Weiss-Malik, Google employee and self-described "Silicon Valley geek," proposed to girlfriend Leslie Moreno by using Google Street View. Weiss-Malik got several friends to pose in front of the Google Campus in Mountain View, Calif., with signs asking Moreno to marry him. Then he arranged for the Street View team to capture the image and upload it to the service.
In January this year, Greg Hill proposed to girlfriend Dana Burck via Groupon. Hill arranged, with Groupon's help, to have the service send her a customized deal email. A link directed her to a page with Hill's proposal, where she clicked "Buy." She was then given a congratulatory message telling her that she was unofficially obliged to marry him.
There aren't many social networks that haven't been used by would-be romeos looking to get creative. StumbleUpon, Facebook and of course Twitter have all at times acted as "engagement platforms," with even Mashable's own Christina Warren on the receiving end of a Twitter proposal (she said "yes").
What do you think of the way this couple used Crime City to seal the deal on their nuptials? And what about digital proposals in general? Share your thoughts in the comments, and browse the gallery below to see how one clever would-be groom used Google Maps to guide his girlfriend into becoming his fiancée.
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