What Dan Houser thinks about America

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Co-founder of Rockstar Games, lead writer of the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series, and founder of Absurd Ventures since leaving in 2020.

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31 Oct 2025

Our readingGrand Theft Auto could not have been moved to London or anywhere outside America, because so much of what the series is is Americana.

Their wordsI think for a full GTA game, we always decided it was that there was so much Americana inherent in the IP, it would be really hard to make it work in London or anywhere else.

↗Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #484youtube.com 10th of 22 in this recording