This film or show by Beat Games has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: John Carmack, Palmer Luckey. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-08-04 and the most recent from 2025-10-16. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2394 - Palmer Luckey
“He's a huge Beat Saber fan. Beat Saber was great because it really busted this myth that VR was this totally inactive be a fat lazy slob thing.”— Palmer Luckey
The guest here is Palmer Luckey: Founder of Oculus VR (sold to Facebook for billions at age 21) and now defense-tech company Anduril Industries. A self-taught hardware prodigy who built his first VR headset prototype at 14 and now builds AI fighter jets, missiles, and soldier systems for the U.S. military. Anduril founder Palmer Luckey takes Joe Rogan from VR origins to defense tech, China war-gaming, UFOs, and a live demo of his AI battlefield helmet.
John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309
“if you go play an hour of Beat Saber or Supernatural or something that is legit solid exercise and it's more fun than doing it just about any other way”— John Carmack
The guest here is John Carmack: Co-founder and lead programmer at id Software, widely considered one of the greatest programmers ever, behind Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake. Former CTO of Oculus VR and now founder of an AGI startup. Legendary programmer John Carmack spends over five hours with Lex Fridman on Doom, Quake, VR, rockets, and his all-in bet on building AGI.
