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SoulCalibur V Characters Engraved into Swedish Mountain, No, Really!
Apparently, the video games industry has gone completely insane and is now defacing nature in ridiculous marketing stunts as it has been announced that two SoulCalibur V characters
have been engraved into a mountain, in Sweden.
To celebrate the release of the game for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Katana-wielding Mitsurugi and sword-fighting Pyrrha have been engraved in granite on a mountain in Tanum, Sweden, where they will remain until the end of time.
“Everyone knows the Soulcalibur characters are among the hardest fighters in gaming – so we’ve decided to immortalise them in granite for thousands of years” says Lee Kirton, marketing director, Namco Bandai.
Apparently, the loss of perspective on the fact that it’s just a video game did not come into the discussions leading up to this decision.
“These characters have only ever existed digitally, so it’s brilliant to record them permanently in a format which remain visible until the end of time.”
Master Stone Engraver Göran Andersson from nearby Hunnebostrand performed the engraving. He is the last remaining stone engraver on the Swedish west coast who performs engravings out in nature and has done engravings for notabilities such as movie star Ingrid Berman and the kings of Norway and Sweden.
“This is the by far most complex and detailed engraving I have ever performed”, Göran Andersson. “But it was very fun to do.”
Namco Bandai enlisted the help of SavedInStone, who have engraved the characters on their mountain close to a UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with Bronze Age stone carvings.
The really weird thing is that SavedInStone owns part of a mountain and has local government support for all that they do. It makes one wonder what the world is coming to. Is this Humanity’s collective ego crying out to be recognized? Perhaps people believe it to be just as valid as ancient cave paintings? However, this just feels like blatant marketing graffiti to some.
Of course, being exposed to the elements as it is means that the engraving won’t actually last forever, as evidence, we present the Grand Canyon.
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