This Skyrim helmet isn't just for show. It's tough! It could probably actually save your life, should you ever be in everyday situations like "someone is swinging an actual sword at my head," or "someone is shooting actual arrows at my head."

Sure, some people aren't fans of Pokémon that resemble man-made objects. But having Pokémon like, say, Honedge—which resembles a medieval sword—means one thing: we can actually make these Pokémon a reality. (Without having to resort to horrific genetic experiments, I mean.)

In other massively multiplayer online role-playing games, blacksmithing involves find a forge in town and clicking about a bit. In The Elder Scrolls Online, you've got to kill some tigers first.

Not that Aeris's death stopped master sword-smith Tony Swatton from smashing stuff with his newly-forged seven-foot-something long Masamune, which you can watch him make in this video by AWE me. What else would you do with a blade, after all?

While we'll feature a profile on the prolific blacksmith Tony Swatton later this week, for now you get to watch him make the type of Wolverine claws that you wouldn't be able to take anywhere near a convention. These puppies are sharp—at one point during the "smash stuff" section by AweMeChannel, they cut through…

Man At Arms' Tony Swatton has forged all sorts of nerdy swords. It was only a matter of time before he turned to Final Fantasy—specifically, Cloud's iconic sword. And boy howdy, is the Buster sword huge and unwieldy.

After the Minecraft sword and Kingdom Hearts keyblade, you'd think that Man At Arms' Tony Swatton is only interested in straight-up weapons. Not so! He can forge shields too. Shields...which also double as weapons.