Crime pays: meet the brains behind Grand Theft Auto

By Ben McKelvey
Updated January 25 2013 - 2:08pm, first published December 26 2012 - 4:00am
A screengrab from GTA IV.
A screengrab from GTA IV.

When I arrive at the luxurious Soho apartment that's been rented for the demo of new game Grand Theft Auto V and my interview with Dan Houser, co-founder and creative director of Rockstar Games, I'm told Houser won't answer any questions about his personal life. I should especially avoid any mention of his recent purchase of a Brooklyn Heights mansion formerly owned by Truman Capote, which made news in New York as the most expensive non-Manhattan real-estate purchase in the city's history.

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