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Rockstar Doesn't Get Hardcore/Casual Division
Rockstar gets lots of things — like how to make and launch hugely successful games. But what's one thing Rockstar does not get? Like at all? Company co-founder Sam Houser explains:
The division doesn’t make sense to us; good games will usually sell and be popular, bad games will struggle – of any type or genre or style. But we still believe big, high impact games will help the industry evolve and further surpass the movie industry as the next mass-market story telling medium.
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Sam Houser Talks Rockstar Hate
Rockstar Games gets lots of hate. And that's a shame, because Rockstar makes good games, which make lots of money. So we guess that balances it, so whatever. Here's company co-founder/president Sam Houser on that:
Most of the people who hate us are people it is truly an honor to be hated by — reactionary creeps with strange agendas — and the Daily Mail. Most people who know about modern pop culture know about GTA and like or dislike it on its own merits...
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"Don't Make Great Stuff In A Nice Sweater And Drinking A Martini"
BioShock dev Ken Levine isn't all about Ken Levine. He's also all about Grand Theft Auto IV dev Sam Houser. Good for him! Here's Levine on Houser, his new BFF:
He is absolutely the most intense guy in the world... He’s like Rasputin, you know. He’s intense... But that’s how you make great stuff. You don’t make great stuff by wearing a nice sweater and drinking a martini: you make great stuff by digging your fucking teeth in... I know Sam now... I’ve been lucky enough to get to know Sam... Since BioShock’s come out — I was a huge fan of his, and I think he really liked the game, and he felt is was something that was greatly interesting. I can’t speak for Sam, you know, but that’s my interpretation of what he said.
Hey, the martini and nice sweater racket did wonders for Frank Sinatra. That guy was no slouch.
Houser made GTA by digging his “fucking teeth in,” says Levine [VG247]
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Arise, Sirs Dan And Sam Houser?
As savvy a piss-take on modern America as the Grand Theft Auto series has become, it's always worth remembering that it's not an American series. It's a British one. Rockstar are a British company (as were DMA), their founders, British. And with the GTA series nestled securely atop the gaming world in terms of both critical acclaim and popularity, Develop are wondering...when can we expect the series to start getting some serious recognition? Sure, they may have their tongue resting gently inside their cheeks when pondering how long til we see "the inevitable coming of Sir Sam Houser, or Dan Houser OBE", but the point itself is still valid! France are down with bestowing major recognition upon noted game developers, you can't help but wonder when places like Britain (and the US) will start doing likewise.
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Sam Houser: 360 "Needs To Sort Out" Storage
1UP recently interviewed Rockstar's Sam Houser. You should probably go read the whole thing, as it touches on some interesting stuff, but one thing's probably more interesting than the rest. It's where Houser heavily alludes to something we've been saying for a long time now: the 360 needs to sort out the issue of its non-compulsory HDD usage:One of the problems with the 360, and it affects games like Grand Theft Auto if you think about how much content we put in the actual machine, is the fact that they don't have a significantly larger storage medium than the previous systems. It's a slightly bigger DVD disc.
And with a small disc, stuff's compressed, so it takes longer to load, so to cut down on-oh. You're not done. More »9:20 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Luke Plunkett
13,877 views, 150 commentsLatest by Barf#1: @Maldron: If you have enough money for a 360 and the $60 games i doubt you're livin in a shanty. more »
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Subscription Based GTA "Very Doable, Very Compelling"
Grand Theft Auto, the massively multiplayer version, seems like an inevitability. With downloadable content coming for the Xbox 360 version and a game so stuffed with data that it pushes DVD size limitations, an MMO take on the game with digitally delivered content sounds like the next logical step. Sam Houser, one of the founders of Rockstar Games, agrees, telling EGM/1UP that "a subscription-based Grand Theft Auto-type game...is very, very doable and is a very, very compelling proposition." More »
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