{"id":1454,"date":"2023-05-09T18:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2025-02-08T19:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:32:14","slug":"dead-island-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/dead-island-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Island 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/samanthablackmon.net\/bgarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/17041909-dead-island-2-xbox-one-front-cover.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1455\" style=\"width:400px;height:600px\" 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