Richard Lemarchand

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Richard Lemarchand is a lead game designer at Naughty Dog, the successful Sony-owned game studio in Santa Monica. He led the design of the PlayStation 3 hits Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. He also worked on Naughty Dog's Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing, and helped create the successful game series Gex, Pandemonium and Soul Reaver at Crystal Dynamics. Richard has made storytelling character-action games the focus of his career, and his role at Naughty Dog includes production as well as design. Born in England, he grew up in a small rural town, dreaming of ancient civilizations and outer space. Prior to his work in the videogame industry, Richard studied Physics and Philosophy at Oxford University.

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