I've been thinking about enjoying games despite their flaws a lot lately in the context of game criticism. The extreme reactionary behavior of the gamer popula

I've been thinking about enjoying games despite their flaws a lot lately in the context of game criticism. The extreme reactionary behavior of the gamer populace as a whole--even to something as mild as pointing out an issue in a game's menu design--is unsettling. Every time I play a multiplayer game and either I or someone else mentions--in the most dispassionate tone possible--something we think is an issue with the game or an idea for a way to improve it, at least one (and usually several) people react as though we're saying the game is trash. They almost always say something like "then go play something else". It's incredibly consistent. Because of this kind of stuff, I mostly stick to single player games and stay away from game-specific communities[1]. I don't see this kind of thing to anywhere near this degree in any of the other hobby/interest circles I'm exposed to. People seem happy to discuss issues in their favorite shows, movies, and books. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this is just due to the population I'm exposed to of people who discuss games (I assume) skewing significantly younger than those for other hobbies. [1] the only gaming community I do hang around are the comment sections of Rock Paper Shotgun articles. The people there seem in general just much more willing to accept critiques of games