Lex Fridman
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Podcast Appearances
And Bull Seaman is a big component of longevity.
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.
Yeah, so, you know, satire of American culture.
Quick pause.
Bath and break?
Sure.
I think GTA V had the biggest launch in video game history, and GTA VI has the potential to topping that.
First of all, do you think it will?
And more broadly, what was your definition of success for a video game?
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.
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.
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
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.
Thank you.
So like what drugs were involved?
Can we just, on a small tangent, when you mentioned you take notes when you're being lazy, what do those notes look like?
Are they like doodles?
that is capable, is involved in a lot of violence, but also cares about his family.
You got the feeling that you can actually do it.
It's true.