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Dan Houser

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1426 total appearances

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

You can still make something that's really interesting that isn't super cinematic, but it's an interesting experience in some ways.

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

But the second you're involving actors and motion capture and one of those big experiences, it's going to cost some money.

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

So therefore, if you want to do that, you've got to figure out what companies you want to work out and figure out how you get to work there.

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

Yes.

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

Limited.

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

Absolutely.

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

If used correctly, it will be a great tool.

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

If used incorrectly, it will lead to loads of generic stuff.

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

You know, I've been in games for 29 years and all the time, the piece of tech that's going to make making games much easier and much cheaper is about to turn up.

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

And all that's happened is the games have got much better and way more expensive.

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

So I'm always nervous about saying, finally, we have that bit of tech that makes our lives easier.

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

But it looks as if it might be able to do that when you use it in the right way.

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

If you use it to try and substitute for creativity, it's going to be really generic.

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

To watch the universe.

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

The easiest plausible answer is we are designed by the universe to watch itself and to comment on it in interesting ways.

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

It's the only thing that makes it possibly worth doing.

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

Everything else, everything material is irrelevant.

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

So the only things of value are these immaterial things.

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

You know, I do think metaphysics always trumps physics for me.

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

What a pleasure.