Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing

Dan Houser

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1426 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

And his rather cynical boss is using his religion and some mistakes he's made to blackmail him into murdering business associates.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

He is a somewhat confused, longevity obsessed, rich dude who's run away to Wyoming and is living out an assortment of fantasies.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

Yes, he's very into all the life hacking, you know, roiding HGH and making money.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

And has lost his mind living on a big ranch.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

Yes, based on someone I know who got completely red-pilled.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

And I was fascinated by the fact that this was happening to people.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

I would assume it will because it's so anticipated and anticipation is the best driver of early sales.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

As we saw with GTA 4 versus Red Dead Redemption 1, you know, GTA 4 far more anticipated, sold much better early on.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

So I would assume it will sell really well.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

That was never my definition of success before.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

But you certainly wanted to make money.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

You know, you're spending someone's money.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

So the number one success is, oh, you're making that money back plus a dollar.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

At some level, that has to be the single most important thing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

So you get to do it again.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

You know, you've got big teams of people.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

People need to pay the rent.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

You have to keep the lights on in the business.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

So you have to make a small profit.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#484 โ€“ Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming

If you think in that way, that keeps you being creative.