In a fiery panel at the Tribeca Festival, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser and his longtime creative partner Lazlow shared insights about the freedom players have in exploring their open-world games. On Saturday, they emphasized that as long as players are enjoying the worlds they've created, it doesn't matter if they complete the story or not. However, they would still appreciate it if players finished the story, as they poured countless hours into its development. Lazlow also spoke about burying Easter eggs deep within their games, with some taking years for players to discover. One such mystery was recently uncovered in Red Dead Redemption 2 after seven years. The duo believes that the fun of an open-world game lies in exploring and interacting with the systems they've created, rather than the story itself. Lazlow also discussed the challenge of creating satirical worlds that initially seem absurd, but eventually reflect reality. Absurd Ventures, founded by Houser and Lazlow after leaving Rockstar, has released a comic series, a novel, an animated series, and is currently developing an open-world sci-fi action-adventure game set in the A Better Paradise universe with South Korea's Smilegate as publisher.