Funny, yes, but horribly exaggerated. The only real complaint I have about SMG is the horrible swimming controls, and he doesn't even mention those. The camera is just fine 99% of the time, and the story... well... a story in a platformer is like a story in a porn movie: capable of adding a few laughs, but mostly unnecessary.
And, yep, he totally doesn't seem to get Nintendo. Mario is a franchise, not a genre. Nintendo uses him for branding on unrelated games because millions of people around the world recognize him instantly.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
