Lex Fridman

It's...

it could have very easily been ridiculous and not believable, the dialogue between con boys.

I mean, there's probably so much work went into making it feel real and believable and like a Shakespearean type of drama, but not the cheesy kind.

When did you know how you were going to end Red Dead Redemption 1?

Yeah, and spoiler alert, of course.

How do we tell the story of that?

Well, so he goes through a lot.

John does all the dirty work of hunting down his old gang, and he finally is able to go home and be with his family, be on the ranch, and then the government betrays him and sends troops to kill him, and there is dialogue.

I mean, that is just...

I think the two times I shed a tear in video game history for me is that dialogue.

I think John talking to his wife and,

If I vaguely remember, I think he said, I love you.

But he said very, he didn't, he made it seem like he's going to see her and his son shortly.

That dialogue was masterfully done.

Like a definition of like less is more.

It was just so crisp.

That, and of course the other one is, again, from memory, Arthur riding his horse and the music is playing.

It's very hard not to shed a tear during that.

Anyway, the dialogue of John talking to his wife at the end when he's in a barn and is about to walk out to face certain death.

Do you remember writing that?