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Got $10 Million Spare? Be A Rockstar And Buy Dan Houser’s New York Condo…

Less than a year ago Dan Houser, one of the main creative forces behind the Grand Theft Auto series, bought Truman Capote’s former mansion in Brooklyn for $12.5 million. Now he’s selling it for a knock down bargain price of $10 million. Any takers?


Rockstar: The ‘Social Decay That We Were Supposed To Induce Hasn’t Happened’

For a decade the Grand Theft Auto series has had a massive bullseye painted on its rear-end — and mainstream media, lobby groups and their associated loons have rarely missed an opportunity to take shots at that bullseye. Speaking to The Guardian Dan Houser, briefly discussed the fallout of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ notorious ‘hot coffee’ scene, and opened up on the mainstream media’s reaction to the Grand Theft Auto series in general.


Why Grand Theft Auto V Isn’t Next Gen

When Grand Theft Auto V was first revealed, some thought, surely, the game is aimed at next generation consoles, which are just around the corner. Nope! As we now know, the game is headed to current generation consoles.


Grand Theft Auto’s Writer Talks Women, Writing And Creative Larceny

Dan Houser, the 39-year-old chief writer of Rockstar Games and a co-founder of the studio that’s delivered the Grand Theft Auto series, admitted to some screen-looking in an interview this weekend with The New York Times: “Anyone who makes 3D games who says they’ve not borrowed something from Mario or Zelda is lying,” he said.


The Max Payne Comics Will Explain Why Rockstar’s Hard-Boiled Cop Is So Messed-Up

Max Payne doesn’t wear tights. But, if insanely fast reflexes, deadly marksmanship and an ability to swill the worst whisky around count, you could argue that the gritty NYPD detective of Rockstar Games’ shooters has superpowers. Powers or not, he’ll be appearing in a new series from Marvel Comics which is being written by Rockstar’s Dan Houser and Remedy’s Sam Lake.


Rockstar Games’ Co-Founder Spent $US12.5m For Crime Writer’s Home

Dan Houser must really, really like In Cold Blood. According to The New York Observer, one of the minds behind the best-selling Grand Theft Auto just dropped a mob-boss-worthy load of cash on the one-time abode of Truman Capote.


How 9/11 Gave Us Grand Theft Auto’s Iconic Cover Style

There was September 11. Then there was October 22, when Grand Theft Auto III released, at a time when the United States was extremely high strung about things like the violence and moral relativism for which the series is known. Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser, in a rare interview, said that the game did strip out some content as a concession to the tension of the current times.


Why Hasn’t Rockstar Made A Grand Theft Auto Movie Yet?

The makers of Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and the upcoming L.A. Noire haven’t hopped on the “transmedia” bandwagon yet, meaning they haven’t tapped their best known franchises for movies, television shows or comic books. Why not?


Red Dead’s Zombies Are Like A 70′s Horror Movie

The dead walk the earth in the the zombie add-on for Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare. While zombies are tres passe, Rockstar thinks it can put an original spin on them. Here’s why:


Houser Interview Teases Grand Theft Auto V

Strauss Zelnick may be adamant about not announcing the next Grand Theft Auto, but Dan Houser, in a lengthy interview with The Times of London, so casually mentions work on the next GTA that it sounds rather inevitable.


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