Okay, call it a coincidence but I’m really starting to suspect my blog is acting as fodder for “original” news stories on other blogs and online pubs. For instance, I wrote yesterday how this summer is a drought for videogaming, and surprisingly Joystiq, a day later, echoes the same sentiments without naming their source of inspiration. Gee, thanks Joystiq. I guess you are so used to ripping off Kotaku that you completely forgot you have to credit original articles. The author of the story is in Philadelphia too, so he might as well be looking over my shoulder as I write.

I also wrote back in January how I predicted Nintendo to be surprisingly strong in their next-gen showing. I’ve seen several articles written since, saying as much, without refering to my original text. And one of the “experts” in the industry, Dan “Shoe” Hsu from EGM and 1UP.com, wrote in a recent magazine editorial saying basically the same thing. Three months later.

I know people troll my blog, but I just thought I was sharing my thoughts and could engage some intelligent discussion with like-minded individuals. Apparently I’m just an idea farm for editors with a bad case of writer’s block.