Void Bastards is many things when you get your hands on it, but the most important influences that it draws from all combine to form a game that feels uniquely witty, addictively compelling and satisfyingly deep to explore thanks to tight gameplay, a colourful comic book visuals and a style all of its own.

Here’s a look at where you can pick up some of the more prized resources across the land so that you upgrade some ace armour in Dauntless.

Video games are no stranger to get woke go broke phenomenon, with many a game having all kinds of soy sauce running through its veins and resulting in disastrous titles being released to an indifferent audience. Here’s a look at six video games in particular, whose wokeness earned them nothing but rave reviews and massive sales success.

Freedom Finger from Wide Right Interactive is probably a glimpse at the future, one where diplomacy is negotiated in the good ol’ Amercan tradition of flying a gigantic middle finger into sovereign territory and blasting away anything that doesn’t bleed red, white and blue.

Some people were born to be heroes. Others, were thrust into that world despite the fact that they came from the unlikeliest of backgrounds. Then there are those people who literally dialled in the chance to wield extraordinary powers and uphold justice for the common man. Way back in 1966, DC Comics introduced the idea of the H-Dial in Dial …

Some games gave you the option to be history’s greatest villain, while others actually rewarded you for being what the office calls a “Darryn”. They probably mean that in an endearing way. So here we go, here’s a bunch of times where being gad didn’t just feel good, it was actually worth the effort.

For every Sonic, there’s something infinitely worse hiding in those nostalgia mines. The cheapest clone, the rank odour of imitation that came from an age where every publisher wanted a slice of anthropomorphic pie. Here’s a look, at ten of the worst offenders.

Akane always ends in violence, bloodshed and the death of the titular hero. It’s the journey towards that inevitable conclusion, that makes this retro-styled experience one of the finest examples of its genre as it deftly weaves a subtle strategy with some of the tightest action on the market today.