Despite being in the digital download era today, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser is still of the belief that people remain to be more comfortable buying movies and games on discs. This is the company's premise for putting The Ballad of Gay Tony on a disc as well, apart from its DLC form.

Ever since Rockstar's highly lucrative Grand Theft Auto franchise started raking in the cash, there have been rumors that it was going to be adapted for the silver screen. Heck, even rapper Eminem was rumored to be attached to a GTA movie at one time. Rockstar, on the other hand, has deflected all rumors and offers so far. Why? Because they need to protect their baby from being misrepresented by a suck-tastic movie made only to capitalize on the series' accomplishments.

If you somehow thought Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption was going to be all about prairie dogs and campfire singalongs, think again. Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser recently told IGN that blood will indeed flow in the sequel to Red Dead Revolver.

Dan Houser of Rockstar Games sat down with The Telegraph and said that he enjoys the fact that video games have not been given as much respect as TV or film despite being a similar artform. Why? It's all in the full article.

Move over Niko Bellic, there's a new bad ass in town. Meet Johnny Klebitz, a member of Liberty City's biker gang, The Lost. He'll be the star of the upcoming DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV, which will be available on February 17.

Details after the link.

A lot of you are probably getting itchy waiting for the DLC for the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV, but even Rockstar's Dan Houser doesn't know when exactly it'll come out yet, so be patient. As Houser said: "We're more focused on quality than dates, always have been."

He does say that development's going along really well though. More after the link.

Michael Pachter's made some pretty big predictions before, but this one might take the cake. You know how EA backed off from its attempt to take over Take-Two? It may not have lost ownership, but according to Pachter, it might lose its key creative talents: Sam and Dan Houser, the powerhouse siblings of Rockstar Games. More in the full article.

It's a different take of what Rockstar's founder actually did say in an interview as one of MCV Entertainment's exclusive feature, but it's factually accurate. Sam Houser, who many claim to be the driving force behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise, was executive producer of Grand Theft Auto 3. That game  became the direction of the subsequent iterations of the sandbox game later on. He says that powerful people have been out to put Rockstar out of business, and they're quite plenty.

It seems that Rockstar's own Vice President of Creativity, Dan Houser, has something to say about the recent boom in casual gaming. Before you ask, no, he actually appreciates what the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS are doing - but as far as casual games are concerned, you might as well color him unimpressed. Check out what Dan said in the full article and see what it means to you.

In the video games industry, many of the respected names include Rockstar Games and its Dan Houser. So when the guy talks, you better listen.

Recently, the guy was interviewed about marketing titles and moving away from the annual sales bottleneck during the holiday season. You can read about these after the jump!