00:00Have you ever seen The Strange Man in Red Dead Redemption?
00:03This mustachioed dapper gent has been one of the creepier mysteries in Rockstar's cowboy
00:08epic since the game came out 15 years ago.
00:11He has an almost ethereal presence in Red Dead 2 and its predecessor, haunting John
00:17Marston and sparking rumours amongst NPCs.
00:21But who is he?
00:23Well according to Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, The Strange Man was meant
00:28to be a manifestation of your shadow, your karma, the devil.
00:33And something any artist is scared of, a creative who's kind of sold his soul to the devil.
00:39Rockstar realised without cars, machine guns, cities and most of the people wondering about,
00:44Red Dead Redemption was just about a dude riding a horse in the desert, which was quite boring.
00:51The world needed more stimulation, and what's better than an elusive phantom?
00:57He knows what you're up to, but what's never made clear is, does he know this about everybody?
01:03Houser adds.
01:04Is he following you, or is he able, because of the pact he's made with evil forces, able
01:10to do this for everybody?
01:13I don't think we ever clarify that.
01:15I don't think we ever clarify that.
01:15I don't think we ever clarify that.
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