Dan Houser is co-founder of Rockstar Games and is a legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) &#8211; Introduction
(01:29) &#8211; Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
(11:32) &#8211; Greatest films of all time
(23:45) &#8211; Making video games
(26:36) &#8211; GTA 3
(29:55) &#8211; Open world video games
(32:42) &#8211; Character creation
(36:09) &#8211; Superintelligent AI in A Better Paradise
(45:21) &#8211; Can LLMs write video games?
(49:41) &#8211; Creating GTA 4 and GTA 5
(1:01:16) &#8211; Hard work and Rockstar&#8217;s culture of excellence
(1:04:56) &#8211; GTA 6
(1:21:46) &#8211; Red Dead Redemption 2
(2:01:39) &#8211; DLCs for GTA and Red Dead Redemption
(2:07:58) &#8211; Leaving Rockstar Games
(2:17:22) &#8211; Greatest game of all time
(2:22:10) &#8211; Life lessons from father
(2:24:29) &#8211; Mortality
(2:41:47) &#8211; Advice for young people
(2:47:49) &#8211; Future of video games
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