Video game dragon sends woman into labor

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In "Skyrim," the dragons are so awe inspiring they'll give you contractions.

A lot of people are excited about the forthcoming medieval role-playing game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim." But it seems none more so than expectant mom Stevi.

Stevi and her fiancé Chaz were attending the QuakeCon 2011 game conference in Dallas Friday and were among the packed crowd on hand to see the 40-minute demonstration of "Skyrim" (which launches Nov. 11.) That's when Stevi went into labor.

As Chaz told Game Informer:

During the demo Todd Howard (director for "Skyrim") showed off the Frost Dragon. This is what started the whole thing, seeing this must have filled Stevi with so much excitement that it sent her into labor.

As it turns out, the couple did not bolt for the hospital. Instead, they stayed on through the rest of the demonstration.

Yes, some know-it-alls have written in to Game Informer to criticize Stevi and Chaz' decision to stay. But Chaz has written in to explain that they stayed for the rest of the demo not only because Stevi loves Skyrim, but because they thought it could have been false labor.

By the way, that is not an unreasonable thing to think. Just because a woman goes into labor, doesn't mean the baby is going to pop out then and there. In fact, as of Sunday, Stevi was still in labor. The whole process was taking so long she had time to write in to Game Informer to explain to readers that her baby's due date is actually not until Sept. 10.

"I saw the frost dragon and had a contraction, been consistent ever since. We are now at 15 minutes apart and the pain is getting worse," she wrote on Sunday. But she also explained, "The doctor said this could take 'several hours or days even.'"

One thing is for sure, QuakeCon is proving to be one very important event for this couple. The two gamers got engaged last year at QuakeCon. Chaz proposed to Stevi onstage at the end of the show. The two had planned to get hitched at this year's QuakeCon ... but yeah, they got a little distracted.

Here's betting their daughter makes her first appearance at the show next year. Yes, they are having a girl and they've already picked a name for her: Atari Lynn.

Surprisingly, no, it seems she was not named after the game machine or game brand.

Explained the laboring mother: "The name Atari comes from the name Ataru which means 'to hit a target' and the word Atari is used when a prediction has come true or someone has won the lottery. Her first and middle name together mean 'To hit a target, from the lake'.

(Thanks to Game Informer for the heads up.)

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