What bothers me is that gamers seem to be actually LOOKING for something to criticize in every game/console/developer/publisher. Nothing is sufficient, everything has flaws and WE MUST FIND THEM.
I actually find myself doing that sometimes and I hate myself for it. For example, I rate every game that I play on a Word document (pretty basic, eh?) and I'm quite an easy critic, I have a lot of 9.0s and over (Most of the games I buy are critical successes too, I must say). So let's say I finish a game like, hum, Limbo. I play the game, I'm not looking for flaws or anything, just enjoying the experience. I finish the game. Well that was superb, I was entertained throughout and haven't come across any problem that "broke" the game. Well that's basically a 9.5 then, since it was pretty much flawless, no? Then I find myself looking for flaws in the game (I didn't find any while playing) to make up for a most realistic score and shave of a few 0.1s (I actually settled on 9.2... weird).
WHY WOULD I DO THAT? I enjoyed it, I should simply put the score my heart/head tells me and move on. As gamers we tend to over-analyze things (like women, hehe, just kidding) and that ruins a bit of the joy gaming brings. I understand that game critics have to dig deeper because it's basically consumer advice, but "normal" gamers shouldn't be tempted to go that far for every game, it ruins the experience and the fun.
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Its like a game, isn't it? "Hey gamers, look for shiny, tiny glitch! Its oh so shiny, you bet it will make you shine above the rest." or something like that. 
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