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Slideshow: Jak of All Trades, Master of Fun

The latest installment in this PlayStation 2 action series tries to be all games to all players. To its credit, largely succeeds. By Chris Kohler.
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It's not all gunplay and missile rides. Sometimes you've got to roll up your sleeves and race crazy albino elves riding giant lizards.Jak 3

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Alternatively Jak can channel his rage into a productive happy rainbow and become Light Jak with the ability to heal...

Alternatively, Jak can channel his rage into a productive, happy rainbow and become Light Jak, with the ability to heal himself or freeze time.Jak 3

The variety of offroad vehicles that Jak can pilot across the Wastelands all have one thing in common big big guns.Jak 3

The variety of off-road vehicles that Jak can pilot across the Wastelands all have one thing in common: big, big guns.Jak 3

quotNext on National Geographic we track down the elusive Dark Maker Bot in its natural habitat as it washes up in a...

"Next on National Geographic, we track down the elusive Dark Maker Bot in its natural habitat as it washes up in a stream."Jak 3

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How do you beat a giant robotic anteater with five laser-beam attachments? Simple: Drop a mine car laden with explosives on his head.Jak 3

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Daxter really wanted his very own mission, but he didn't sign up for suicide bombing.Jak 3

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Yes, even li'l Daxter gets to shoot things from time to time. Especially when Jak's putting all his energy into making sure the glider doesn't crash.Jak 3

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When he's really, really cheesed off, Jak can transform into Dark Jak and lay waste to his enemies with a variety of evil powers.Jak 3