OpenAI’s developer account launches COOKED, with Codex building a ramen game live as reset demands flood the comments
OpenAI’s developer account has rolled out a kitchen-themed show called COOKED, where hosts and guests used Codex in its Ultrafast mode to generate an 8-bit ramen game for the new ModRetro handheld. The episode featured AI creator Matthew Berman and editor Brian Knepprath, who described the game by voice while Codex wrote it on the spot. The demo first ran in a desktop emulator and was later loaded onto the handheld, where the game scored the player’s ramen with lines such as 「broth silky」 and 「noodles perfect」. The show also highlighted other OpenAI tools. A persistent agent called dot organized a recipe from photos of ingredients and placed the prep steps into ChatGPT Space, while a GPT-Live-1 voice assistant acted as a cooking copilot at the stove. OpenAI also used the episode to show Codex cloud execution and a refreshed Codex CLI with a fullscreen interface, multi-agent monitoring, and voice input. Still, the reaction quickly shifted away from the demo itself because the episode was framed as day 15 of Codex lead Tibo’s 28-day pledge to ship one improvement every day or reset usage limits for everyone. Commenters repeatedly asked for 「reset」 instead, reflecting frustration over ChatGPT limits that some users said run out within a day and do not feel worth $200.
