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Published · transcript-backedDan Houser: uncertainty
31 Oct 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
“Whether that was the right ending, 100% the best ending from a pure storytelling perspective, I don’t know.”
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- Speaker
- Dan Houser
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- Claim type
- uncertainty
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- 31 Oct 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Yeah, what about the decision with the son? You know, John gives so much effort to make sure that Jack doesn’t end up in a life of violence… And then it’s very Godfather-like. It’s- … he’s dragged back into it through revenge. That was also, the game still had to work as a game. Whether that was the right ending, 100% the best ending from a pure storytelling perspective, I don’t know. But I know that we had to make the game work. Oh, interesting.…
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