So while the real gaming press is busy salivating over various new game details revealed at THQ’s recent press event in sunny San Francisco, I, like a true modern-day consumer, only bother looking at the pictures. The one displayed here, in particular, is from an upcoming game called Darksiders: Wrath of War, and it makes me want to ask one thing and one thing only: “Can THQ make a sword that even a THQ character can’t lift?” Apparently, the answer is a resounding “NO”. THQ characters can lift ANY sword and that’s final. Even a sword that’s 10 times bigger than the character himself. Even a sword that denies every law of physics by its very existence. Even a sword that’s just too goddamned big to fit on the damn screen. And yes, even a sword whose only practical purpose might be to (yet again!) reshuffle all those “Top 10 biggest swords in video games!” articles.

And the game itself? It’s largely irrelevant to this particular rant, but it looks like a bunch of Shadow of the Colossus type giants who finally got off Prozac and decided to kick some ass. I’ll hold further commentary till the game comes out and I can assess the ridiculous size of those swords in person.

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