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Lex Fridman

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

And Bull Seaman is a big component of longevity.

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

Of course, on the theme of satire, there is a woman who sleeps in tactical gear and is consumed by online conspiracies, like especially pedophiles in D.C.

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

Yeah, so, you know, satire of American culture.

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

Quick pause.

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

Bath and break?

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

Sure.

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

I think GTA V had the biggest launch in video game history, and GTA VI has the potential to topping that.

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

First of all, do you think it will?

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

And more broadly, what was your definition of success for a video game?

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

Is it crazy to you that video games are able to make billions of dollars when if you look at like the 80s and 90s, you know, nobody took video games seriously and even in the awesome.

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

And now they're basically, it's very possible if you look at 10, 20 years from now, that video games surpass film as a way to consume stories.

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

um but it has become true and i think still the games are only going to get better more interesting more creatively you know diverse uh you said that red dead redemption 2 in your opinion is the best thing you've ever done i think there's a strong case to be made that it's the greatest game of all time what are the elements that make that game truly great do you think

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

So of course it was based on Red Dead Revolver, but that's a fundamentally different, I mean, that leap into the great mythic story that was Red Dead Redemption 1, and then even more so Red Dead Redemption 2, that was unlike anything you or maybe anyone has ever created in video games.

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

Thank you.

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

So like what drugs were involved?

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

Can we just, on a small tangent, when you mentioned you take notes when you're being lazy, what do those notes look like?

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

Are they like doodles?

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

that is capable, is involved in a lot of violence, but also cares about his family.

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

You got the feeling that you can actually do it.

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

It's true.