This week, Bri prophesies a future where the DMCA destroys Horde Mode forever, Maddy dispels the myth of the cool gamer girlfriend, Steve dreams of a VR arcade, and Georgia tries to stack Name That Game in Maddy's favor, with disastrous results.

Links and Show Notes

What We’re Playing:

• Maddy - Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
• Bri - Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy Record Keeper
• Steve - Axiom Verge

Links:

• NSNorth 2015
• Guile's Theme Goes with Everything
• Videogame Publishers: No Preserving Abandoned Games, Even for Museums and Archives, Because All "Hacking" is Illegal | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• An Exemption to the DMCA Would Let Game Fans Keep Abandoned Games Running | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• GameSpy shutdown will end online play on Wii, Nintendo DS
• The Sad Story Behind A Dead PC Game That Can't Come Back
• How The Gaming Industry Uses Copyright To Prevent You From Playing Abandoned Games
• The Cool Gamer Girlfriend, a.k.a. UNICORNS AREN'T REAL
• What Really Happened To Arcades
• FunSpot
• Star Wars: Battle Pod Arcade Game Coming Jan. 2015
• Cybersmith Nets First Year Success
• Dactyl Nightmare
• CPS-2
• Dreamcast Arcade Boards
• The Evolution of Gamification in the Workplace
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Revealed for PS4
• Game Loop: Will there ever be a market for deeper games on iOS? | Mac|Life