I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

I missed it 😭

Anyway if you care about game writing you shouldn’t want it to be fettered by the distorting force of e.g. “which is the more optimal choice, in terms of resources / strategy / possibility-space maximization?” To avoid that, you need the second kind of choice.