However, when you think about it, his life is shown to be worthwhile because his presence in the timeline saved all of Canada from being wiped off the map. Presumably, the Game caught on (possibly thanks to the Critic's video itself gaining popularity), enough that it's still popular (and dreaded) in the far-away future of Dr Smith. This seems odd at first glance, since the Critic mentions in the beginning of the review that he just made up the Drinking Game in question, so how could it have killed people before? Except Dr. Smith recognizes that the Critic has been playing the Stephen King Drinking Game, he comments that 'that's been known to kill people'.
In the Stephen King's IT review, when Dr.