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25 years since Jak and Daxter challenged Naughty Dog to find "the most beautiful thing we could pull off" on PS2, its writer "still misses" the action duo's world

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Naughty Dog
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Naughty Dog
Role · Developer
Active · 1988–2020
Latest · The Last of Us Part II
Top genres · fps, adventure, platformer
1121 articles 275 writers 40 games
Jak and Daxter
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Jak and Daxter
Active · 2001–2017
Latest · PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Top genres · fps, platformer, adventure
64 articles 40 writers 13 games
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