Lex Fridman

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And now, dear friends, here's Dan Hauser.

You've helped create some of the most incredible characters, stories, and open worlds in video game history.

But when you grew up in the late 70s and 80s, open world video games wasn't a thing.

So you've credited literature and film as early inspiration.

So let's talk about film first, if we can.

What are some of the candidates for the greatest films of all time, maybe films that were highly influential on you?

I mean, Godfather.

How much of the greatness of Godfather do you think is the writing?

How much is the cinematography and how much is the acting?

You got De Niro, you got young Pacino.