The panel convenes to assess the Oofya, share controversial Klonoa opinions, and choose the first five video games to be given the Criterion Collection treatment.

Questions this week:

1. What difficulty mode do you start games on? (00:42)
2. How do you remedy the tone of Grand Theft Auto while maintaining crass irreverence? (05:53)
3. How do you create urgency in a video game without an explicit timer? (16:35)
4. What should Roblox replace its iconic “oof” noise with? (20:31)
5. Jaffe Guesses the Golden Age of Konami – Round 4 (28:37)
6. Tom asks: If the Criterion Collection were to release video games, what might the first five titles be, and what would the ideal special features be for each of them? (30:04)

LIGHTNING ROUND: The Inaugural Criterion Collection of Video Games (01:01:33)

Share your picks for games 6 and onward in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Kingdom Hearts series
• Final Fantasy VII: Remake
• God of War series
• DOOM series
• Rockstar Games Cleaned Up Its Frat-Boy Culture — and Grand Theft Auto, Too
• Grand Theft Auto series
• Red Dead Redemption II
• The Sopranos
• The Simpsons
• Saints Row series
• Tim Roger’s Friend Jason Schreier
• Bully
• Sonic the Hedgehog universe
• Penguin Game tweet
• Super Valis IV
• Bio-Senshi Dan: Increaser to no Tatakai
• Celeste
• Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula series
• Roblox
• Roblox’s new ‘oof’ sound is a big oof
• Jeff Gerstmann’s tweet
• Super Mario series
• Intellivision Amico
• Klonoa series (be nice, klonoa is just a little guy doing his best)
• Tomba!
• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
• The Criterion Collection