After reading and watching GOTY coverage from the crew, and after reading the shit storm in the comments that inevitably followed , I was just wondering what it is that gets people really mad? Specifically with personal Top 10 lists.

Everyone has not only favorite games, but favorite STYLES of games, so is it any surprise that other people may not agree with you? Drew had a God damned FLIGHT SIM on his top ten! A game I had not even heard of before his top 10 video came out. But if you follow the site you would know that this isn't a strange thing, the strange part is that there weren't more obscure games from across the pond on his list. So why is it that people take these things so personally when it is quite obvious that not everyone is going to think your favorite block pulling/adultery simulator is the greatest thing to happen all year.

Personally I thought Renegade Ops was my favorite game all year, as it was the one where I was never actively pissed off while playing it. When I play games I take them seriously, not in the 'games are art' way, but in a 'when I cant do something that I need to do to progress I get mad' way. So I judge a game's value by how much time I am spending having fun versus how much time I am spending banging my head against a wall because I am doing something I don't want too (grinding levels, retrying an annoying part of a level, long/boring dialog, ect). And not everyone is going to judge games this way, so our favorite games are more likely to be different.

I realize video games play a large role in people's lives. Some of my earliest memories are playing Duck Hunt and Super Mario with my dad, so of course video games are a personal thing. But I don't think people should take these lists as a personal attack. It just really irks me seeing flame wars happening in the comments when these lists are to celebrate these games, they are not there to shit on the rest.