@restlesshead I call them "Videogame Choices" when I write about #AdventureDesign, because they tend to be so dumbed-down, simplistic and arbitrary that even something as limited as a computer game can model them.

(As you might guess, I do not consider them good design, unless designing for preschoolers ... or actual videogames, of course)

I disagree that 'game designers' favor them, in any general sense. Some do, but some 'game designers' favor all manner of lazy things.