Oh yes, we all know how on-target he's been with his videogame and political predictions, yes.  But this 3DS stuff is really beyond the pale.

First off; he claims the 3DS is disruptive based on the fact that it "may have other features"? He is getting a tad ahead of himself here imo, we need to see and try the entire product before such statements can be validated. Secondly; where is the need for a disruptive handheld from Nintendo? They've pretty much owned the market for twenty years with no signs of it letting up any time soon, the 3DS will be the descendant of the most sold console in history, after all (and by the way; don't tell me the DS was disruptive, what and who did it disrupt?).

If he stops writing about the gaming industry, it won't take long for his zealots to find a new blogger to cling on to and praise to the heavens. Even if the man was jesus himself, I find it quite silly for adults to be so into another human being and defending his every word with such fervor and passion.
His early works are a good read, they are about the industry and a reflected man's take on it, the later works are about Malstrom's glory, his high IQ, his unequaled analytical skills and of course; his sheer brilliance as a human being. I don't think I've ever come across a person that is so full of himself.

Oh my, BLASPHEMY!!! You know you'll be stoned to death, don't you?   

Let the stones fly, I just don't see the point in wanking off a blogger on a daily basis.

ad hominem. Try and make a real argument next time.

If he stops writing about the gaming industry, it won't take long for his zealots to find a new blogger to cling on to and praise to the heavens. Even if the man was jesus himself, I find it quite silly for adults to be so into another human being and defending his every word with such fervor and passion.

People defend it becuase it's logical and it makes sense. It would be hard for anyone rasonable to defend it. And even you admit to his early works being well writen. And people are obviously reading him a lot. Wouldn't it be more likely that he is writing quality stuff (for a blog anyway) then his readers to be nonsensical and worship him.

You might want to learn what ad hominem actually means before using it.  Referring to a person's history of poor predictions is not an insult, it's including facts in an argument about their ability to make additional predictions.  It's not an attack against his character, but his demonstrated ability to perform a task.  Was your gradeschool teacher guilty of ad-hominem when they gave you an F on this subject?  If I called you stupid, it would be unsubstantiated ad hominem.  If I said you appear ignorant of the actual definition of logical fallacies and provided evidence of times that you misused terms, I'd be providing evidence to support an argument.  Try to not make a fool of yourself next time!

Interestingly though the link to the Wii Music article does not appear to predict great sales for Wii Music. He made a prediction about the election and was wrong. Admittedly, I only skim read the blogs, but he seemed to be saying that great sales or not Wii Music is genius.

Personally, I really like his blogs and find the so-called self-aggrandisement and love to be slightly comical and amusing. They may turn out to be wrong, but they seem like likely results at the moment.

The Obama article, fine. I've read it before, (not until well after the election) and thought it was pretty amusing. I do believe he put up another article after the election referencing that one, and what he believes were the reasons why his predictions were so off-base.

As for the Wii Music article, did you read it?

Here is a line from the second paragraph: "Whether Wii Music sells well or sells poorly is not the matter in this case."

So what was his prediction? The only thing I could see that could be interpreted as a prediction was that this game would not be well-received by the general gaming public. Seems pretty accurate on that one to me.

*looks at Seth's blog

Oh, an anti-Malstrom. How cute.

The truth hurts sometime I guess. You can tell Malstrom is doing something right if his harmless articles are enough to invoke such passionate crusades against him. You sure meet some characters on the interwebz...

Have you ever wondered WHY he draws such a following and is ideals praised? Maybe it's because he actually has some intelligent and interesting things to say. He is a lone voice of reason and a breath of fresh air in a sea of stupidity and ignorance from throughout game journalism. Plus, the fact that he was the only, and I do mean THE ONLY one to predict the Wii's success, does boost his credibility a little. If there were more people in the industry and writing about the industry that actually spoke some sense, perhaps Malstrom wouldn't be as popular as he is.

I don't get why people paint the picture of Malstom being full of himself.. I don't see it. Perhaps because they have nothing else on him so they have to resort to personal insults because they have trouble insulting his ideas.

What we should be asking here is why people and websites constantly quote bone headed analysts like Patcher, despite virtually everything he "predicts" ending up being wrong.