Formalizations

"You have to let yourself write bad poetry and, subsequently, admit and accept that it is bad and is still worth existence, in order to improve, and in order to tell the truth." --me, paraphrasing my poetry teacher, paraphrasing Natalie Goldberg

These are games mostly about love, romantic or platonic or otherwise. Some of these, you really play by actually playing. Some of these, you really play by just thinking about actually playing. If it ever matters which is which, it should be clear.