Malstrom is whiny and very full of himself with the whole "Here is Professor Malstrom sitting with a cigar in his mouth" bit.That part annoys me, but I love Malstrom's articles on disruption and the way he just dismantles the predictions and things said by analysts and developers.
The problem with blogs like Hearthstone is if he takes the Malstrom criticism too far, then he will caricature himself as a critic whose blog is furthered by the creative work of Malstrom.
I like both to be honest. Not too often you find an individual blogger such as Malstrom who draws either a love or hate reaction. This type of reaction is usually reserved for someone higher up in the industry like Anita Frazier or Michael Pachter. Malstrom is a one man machine who gets quoted and criticized because his ideas make a lot of sense for many and draw the ire of your usual, elitist crowd who doesn't respect any numbers unless they are by NPD and no opinion unless you are up there with Pachter.
