Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris goes behind the scenes with the developers and future groom behind the Portal 2marriage proposal mod that has swept the web this week.

Stephanie Harbeson – Stephy to her friends and loved ones – wasn’t what you would call a core gamer. Sure, she played her share of casual games and would always offer to play co-op when her boyfriend Gary Hudston got something new, but no title ever really captured her – until she tried Portal 2.

Suddenly, after five years of watching Gary play, she was playing with him – taking charge, in fact, and telling him where to go. For the first time, the pair had a game they both truly enjoyed.

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