Rockstar's Dan Houser has given a lengthy interview to Hollywood movie blogger (and Gary Neville look-a-like), Ben Fritz in Variety magazine.

Once we'd got over the childish hurt that the usually interview-shy Houser had given a movie-based magazine the big 'in, we settled in to the words.

Fear not, one thing was made clear - even if GTA IV is simply "an interactive gangster movie", there is not going to be a GTA-themed movie-movie coming to a cinema near you too soon.

In terms of new information (if we accept that Rockstar makes games as cultural artefacts and not because games make money) the relevance of downloadable episodic content came up. Rather than waste several thousand words extolling the value of being able to extend the environment and story, Houser was more succinct and certainly less gushing:

"

So, if even the creative force behind Grand Theft Auto can't get too worked up over episodic content, you've got to wonder whether the rest of us should.

We'll leave the final word with Dan to sum up how he feels about pontificating over making games:



You can read the full interview here.