In his youth he was known as "William the bastard", but was recognised as the family's heir on his father's death in 1035 and so inherited the Duchy of Normandy.
It is only when words on the walls start appearing, admonishing the player or offering backhanded encouragement after yet another violent explosion into giblets at the hands of a laser-equipped turret or murderous robot, that you realise the bastard is the game.
Hublot, which gave the world the now de rigueur rubber strap, came back from the brink with the brilliantly conceived Big Bang series, unmistakably the bastard child of the Royal Oak, only edgier and probably aimed at wearers who would choose a Lamborghini over a Bentley, or a Black Russian over a glass of Masseto.
The untutored bastard son of a French-Haitian merchant, he saw first-hand that the nascent United States, deficient in so many ways, was rich in wilderness, hosting creatures that even the most erudite mind could never conjure.
Since Tiki debuted in the 1930s, there have been some notable non-rum classics, like the bourbon-y Halekulani Cocktail, the gin-heavy Suffering Bastard and the tequila-based El Diablo.
After the group broke up, Wasser continued to play in bands (the underrated Those Bastard Souls) and contribute to works by Sheryl Crow and Rufus Wainwright, among others.
Which is handy, because Stealth Bastard immediately reminded me of the highly entertaining, unofficial 2D Portal - although it is prettier and more varied.
Stealth Bastard Deluxe glories in one of the best titles of the year (although its subtitle - Total Espionage Arsehole - risks overegging the pudding), but it seems at first inaccurate.
If you are looking for an even more evocative comparison, it might be worth playing the free, non-deluxe version, called simply Stealth Bastard, which can be downloaded for PC here.
The hood ornament on this jalopy is the rusted voice of Gonjasufi, who may just be the most unusual man on the mic since Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard.
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