barring obvious exceptions like politics and religion, the only time I see people get more personally invested than game discussion is when they're talking about technology
the sheer fucking holy wars about incredibly minor stack differences I've seen on 4/g/ have been worse than anything I've seen on 4/v/, and this isn't atypical for other places I've been

still, games just attract a younger, less level headed crowd that does immature shit
and that's life

but yeah, I can solidly say tech posting ends up being angrier than games lul, even if game talk is more immature