I will never forget the day my uncle told me about his neighbour’s cat Malcolm.

Certain retellings sometimes have him peeing on the mat.

Others, puking his guts up.

A screenshot from Death of the Reprobate showing a man talking to a woman next to a well, while another man emerges from the well to say ‘Would you look at the size of these flipping cauliflowers?'

I guess The Lord works in mysterious ways after all, it seems.

Against this preposterous backdrop, Malcolm must commence his do-gooding.

Sure, they resonate now, but will they seem quite as cute in five years’ time?

A screenshot from Death of the Reprobate showing a man talking to two saints who have been injured in a forest.

Ask me again in 2029 when my 40-something cringe-ometer will be well and truly in its element.

is quite low, Reprobate probably isn’t the game for you.

Let the campaign to canonise Malcolm the Shit start here, because this is really quite heavenly.

A screenshot from Death of the Reprobate showing a town square scene with every interactable object highlighted.

A copy of Death of the Reprobate was provided for review by developer Joe Richardson.

A screenshot from Death of the Reprobate showing a man entering an art gallery occupied by two nobles and two rotten zombies.

A screenshot from Death of the Reprobate showing a forest scene with a man standing in the foreground facing some gravediggers. One of the men says ‘Looks like a Powerful David’.

A screenshot from Death of the Reprobate showing a raucous dining room scene with several screaming children and exasperated adults while a lute player sits on a large doll house in the centre.