Yank Out the Excalibur and Become a King Before It Gets Longer and Heavier

thegamer.com:

Remember Excalibur? The sword wedged in the stone as enchanted by the wise magician Merlin in Arthurian legends? If you don’t recall, this sword would not be pulleth out by the hands of a mere mortal, but only by that of the One True King, the One Who’s Divinely Appointed By The Gods, and the True Heir of the legendary Uther Pendragon. Now this fable can be revisited in the free game, ‘The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king’, in which you can put your might—or stamina—to the test. Any failure to do so will earn you the title of a “filthy peasant”, as described ever so succinctly by the game’s Steam page. Whip out your mouse and get ready to yank, king-to-be.

This isn’t as straightforward as it seems, however. There are two modes to this game—an online and offline mode. The offline mode features a sword with a fixed length, along with some accessibility options to make your regal endeavour a little easier, but the online mode is where the crux of the game is. True to the Arthurian tale, you won’t be the only one trying to give this legendary blade a tug here; other players will be, too, and every time a player manages to rip the sword out of the stone it’ll get longer and heavier.

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The payoff for this, of course, is that you’ll earn a nifty Steam achievement for all these efforts, which is a feat that’s only achieved by, hm, 30 percent of its players so far, as well as having your name etched onto a very important-looking scroll, featuring a list of the 100 most recently crowned monarchs. I’ve personally spent a good half an hour heaving at the hilt, and all I’ve achieved is probably a few measly millimetres of metal sticking out of the darned