That Horrible Pen

  Perhaps appropriately for a game that’s all about massive scale, this post is quite large, even by my standards. To help break it up a bit, I have included headings throughout. The post can be roughly divided up by topic, though it is also designed to be read from beginning to end without the breaks. I don’t like the idea of writing “listicles” as blog posts since they give too easy of an out with regard to planning and organization, and I was originally resistant to including the headings since they might give off the wrong impression. In the end, though, I recognize that this is a lot of words. If you need breaks, consider using the headings as a guide. This post contains spoilers for the original God of War , though the discussion here isn’t really focused on the story. Note that there is a bit of somewhat NSFW imagery and discussion in this piece, particularly in the last section. Sections: *If you want to CTRL + F to pick up somewhere or (I guess) find a topic that is ...