This film or show by Nintendo has come up 5 times across 3 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 5 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Dan Houser, Duncan Trussell, Kevin Rose, Lex Fridman, Todd Howard. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-11-29 and the most recent from 2025-10-31. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #484
“Zelda really pioneered a lot of sort of the feeling of a world... They are these amazing things that could only be video games.”— Dan Houser
The guest here is Dan Houser: Legendary video game creator, co-founder of Rockstar Games, and lead writer behind the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series. He has since founded a new company, Absurdventures, building new worlds across books, comics, audio, and games. Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on creating GTA and Red Dead Redemption, the craft of storytelling in games, and his new studio Absurdventures.
Joe Rogan Experience #2009 - Duncan Trussell
“the new Zelda came out and then blizzard puts out the new Diablo and it's like they're both in their own way just spectacular”— Duncan Trussell
The guest here is Duncan Trussell: Comedian and host of the Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast, a longtime friend of Joe Rogan known for psychedelic, spiritual and philosophical riffing. Joe Rogan and Duncan Trussell, in lab coats, riff on cults, discipline, government secrets, religion, UFOs and internet culture.
George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God | Lex Fridman Podcast #387
“I've recently played Zelda for the first time, Zelda breath of the wild, and like it's very quickly you come out of this cave, this world opens up, it pulls you in”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is George Hotz: Hacker famous for jailbreaking the iPhone and PS3; founder of comma.ai (self-driving) and tiny corp (tinygrad neural-network framework). Briefly an 'intern' at Twitter under Elon Musk. George Hotz returns for a wide-ranging, contrarian talk on AI doom, open-source as the only safe path, tinygrad, decentralizing compute, and standing eye to eye with God.
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“There's a new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, opening May 12th... I am very excited for this release.”— Kevin Rose
The guest here is Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose riff on rare beer, affordable luxuries, AI companions, Balaji's $1M Bitcoin bet, Zen, and hi-fi audio.
Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield | Lex Fridman Podcast #342
“It's my favorite Zelda ... they just did a phenomenal job. It's a magical game.”— Todd Howard
The guest here is Todd Howard: Game director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, widely regarded as one of the greatest video game designers of all time. He has led the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises, including Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and 4, and the new space RPG Starfield. Legendary game director Todd Howard takes Lex Fridman deep into how Bethesda builds living open worlds, from Daggerfall to Starfield and the long-awaited Elder Scrolls VI.
