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A contemporary adventure hero, Nathan Drake makes his living as a professional treasure hunter. He operates within a questionable fraternity of fortune-seekers, antiques dealers, smugglers and con men. Although he's smart and self-educated, Drake tends to conceal his intellectual side when dealing with the rogues gallery of dangerous individuals who haunt the gray market underworld of the illegal antiques trade. In his dubious line of work, Drake has had to confront trouble o...  Full Biography

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves First Look - February 3, 2009, PS3 Previews
Naughty Dog is a filthy tease. Yesterday, the folks behind the company met with a plethora of videogame journalists, went over the story and details of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and even played through a level set in a bombed out section of Nepal. Yeah, the gameplay looked awesome and the graphics were somehow better than the crisp stuff we saw in Drake's Fortune, but when all that was said and done, Naughty Dog kept talking -- about the possibility of a helicopter shooting out the foundation of a building and Nathan having to navigate his way out of the crumbling structure while the enemies around him try and do the same thing; about fighting on top of a train as it curves and careens through the environment and Nathan having to adjust his balance and shots accordingly; about picking to either run through the train cars or shimmy along the roof. The developers talked about these OMG moments, but they didn't show them. Naughty Dog gives you a taste and leaves you hurting for more. It's criminal.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Interview - February 3, 2009, PS3 Features
Don't deny it: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was awesome. Here at IGN, we named it the PlayStation 3 Game of the Year for 2007, chased down the Platinum Trophy and we pretty much loose our minds any time we see Nathan Drake's dreamy mug.

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