I'm trying not to be a negative nancy but this topic has twice as many invisible posts as the last one and it's still on the first page for me.

If you think it's too much of a pain to do, I would gladly make another topic, and flesh out the OP to be a kind of introduction to Malstrom.

Most people on this site don't agree with Malstrom, at first I was baffled why, since he seems to have far more intelligent insight than 99% of gaming "journalists" and analysts and provides a refreshing counter point to their near unified and narrowminded opinions of the hardcore. But now I understand why many people here dislike him/don't get him. It's because Malstrom represents the oldschool gamer/expanded audience, while most people you see on gaming message boards are obviously still active gamers playing modern games. So obviously they won't see eye to eye with him. Most of the lapsed/oldschool gamers like Malstrom don't really have their voices heard because they generally don't post on sites like this, and are generally not gaming journalists.

I see myself as somewhere in between. While I still do enjoy some modern games, there are less and less games that are catching my interest, and I find myself going back to many retro games, smaller XBLA/Iphone games and having more fun with them than with modern games. So I can definitly see where Malstrom is coming from.

I think he really has some valid points about how developers are really the ones leaving gamers behind, not the other way around. I find myself not having the patience to getting into the more complex/cinema heavy games these days. 

He is also litterally the ONLY person that predicted the Wii to be a major success, which is something worth noting :P

I use to be part of the 100 few members of his board. Had to take a break since it started to feel like a cult. Everyone agreeing with everything he says all the time. When it comes to business, and industry insight. I agree with him, and believes he notice things the expert don't. When it comes to his games ideas as in how they should be. I'm totally against him since he seems just as hardcore as the people he said he is against. 

I blame him for making me addicted to Minecraft

SuperAdrianK said:

You're not the only one... I'm afraid.

I blame him for making me addicted to Minecraft

Minecraft is user generated content done right.

• It has plenty of content on its own, instead of just depending on you to make the game.
• You can use the content of the world to make stuff, instead of just pulling stuff out of a menu.
• It gives you a reason to make your own stuff (Build or die).
• The tools are simple, yet offer loads of uses.

There are ways to apply these to other games.

Let's say Wii Music 2 had a plot similar to Elite Beat Agents. You have to do good remixes in order to solve problems, just the remixes are still your own. You merely have to meet some requirements for the scoring. Now I understand the point of self scoring, but I'm an artist, and get the point of "Be your own worst critic". Most people wanting to have fun with the game won't get that, and shouldn't have to. Thus the scoring for this would be to get the point of how to do remixing, and thus solve the problems.

Or what about a Halo game where using Forge is vital? You'd get a junkyard full of tools, and you need to make an adequate fort to defend and channel the upcoming invading forces.