My conversation with Dan Evans-Lawes, tech art director for Dead Island 2 over at Dambuster Studios, almost gets off on the wrong sawn-off foot. "We did, at one point, have the idea of being able to freeze zombies – so you can get zombies wet and then [do a] liquid nitrogen type thing. I don't know if you've seen the best Friday the 13th film, Jason X?"
I hold myself back from arguing the case for Freddy vs Jason and let him finish. "In Jason X, there's that amazing scene where he freezes that woman's head and smashes it, and also, a similar scene at the end of Demolition Man. We were definitely like, 'well, that could be cool,' but that didn't make it into [the game]."
