GameHounds 281: Gimme Mordor!

The big games of the year's end are starting to hit consoles, and the GameHounds staff of Nick Dinicola, Holy Goalie, and Edie Sellers bring their A-game to these A-games.    Topics include:   Reviews of NHL 15, Madden 15, Diablo 3, Destiny, and Shadow of Mordor; Lizard Squad attacks servers again, downing Destiny, Call of Duty: Ghosts, FIFA 15, Madden 15, and Sims 4; Boxed versions of Minecraft for Xbox One come to shelves on November 18 for $20; The US Justice Department arrests and charges four men for stealing $200 million in intellectual property and other data from game developers; New unofficial website launches to track public events in Destiny in real time; New unofficial website launches to curate Valve curators; Study reveals that Portal 2 is better at brain training than Luminosity; Another study reveals that homicides drop when violent-video games launch; Assassin's Kittens Unity is as cute as you think, if not cuter; Destiny's infamous "loot cave" is gone, but lots others remain.