Dakan had brought in his grad school buddy, a classics scholar named Jack Emmert, to build a game featuring the science fiction of comic-book superheroes-without paying license fees for established characters like Batman or Spider-Man.

FORBES: Ordinary Hero

To get more of that old-school cruise vibe, dine in Sir Winston's restaurant and lounge, which serves classics like Beef Wellington and Chateaubriand.

BBC: A ghostly visit on the RMS Queen Mary hotel