{"id":12517,"date":"2012-02-03T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=12517"},"modified":"2012-02-03T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T23:14:53","slug":"in-ascension-sometimes-marriage-is-in-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/02\/03\/in-ascension-sometimes-marriage-is-in-the-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"In Ascension, sometimes marriage is in the cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2rXplCdoBeM?fs=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From Justin Gary, the developer of Ascension:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Back at the end of September, I got an e-mail from Alan Gerding with an unusual subject line. &#8220;An Ascension Marriage Proposal.&#8221; Intrigued, I opened it up and learned that Alan wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Crystol Shelton, using the game they love to play together&#8211;Ascension! We jumped at the opportunity, and quickly set to work making it happen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See the results in the above video.  You&#8217;d think he wouldn&#8217;t hit her with a Noxious Soul first. What a jerk.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/ascensiongame.com\/news-archive\/item\/an-ascension-proposal\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Justin Gary, the developer of Ascension: Back at the end of September, I got an e-mail from Alan Gerding with an unusual subject line. &#8220;An Ascension Marriage Proposal.&#8221; Intrigued, I opened it up and learned that Alan wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Crystol Shelton, using the game they love to play together&#8211;Ascension! 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