Dead Island: A Review

Jacob: I think we might underestimate how much attachment there is to the dead island name given that that first game was like kind of mediocre but still sold a bazillion copies. Even by Dead Rising 4 people are like all right I get it I've had enough of this, he says. "I would be surprised if it if it does sell well," Jacob adds. "It's going to be one of those weird sleeper examples where it's like wow that's a little way more than anybody heard about it"

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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Jacob Geller, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Leo Vader defend the zombie-slaying fun to be head in Dead Island 2, talk about the challenges of an RTS on console with Minecraft Legends, and talk about the promising gameplay of Disney Speedstorm. Then Sarah Podzorski joins the show as we check in on the horror-themed fishing game Dredge, the biggest reveals from Nintendo Indie World, and SEGA's April Fool's Day game that's surprisingly good called The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:55 - Dead Island 2

00:23:52 - Minecraft Legends

00:29:37 - Disney Speedstorm

00:38:12 - Dredge

00:47:00 - Nintendo Indie World reveals