@prometheanbound I can be pretty neutral and analytical about things I like in conversations, so I don't always broadcast a lot of passion or praise for them unless asked what I feel/think in depth. It also doesn't really bother me if others don't feel the same way I do, so I usually don't feel moved to defend those things I like or to convince others to feel differently about them if they criticize them (again, unless conversation specifically goes there). I'm usually more interested in what the other person thinks and why, since it's a different perspective. It'd be cool to talk about some of these games in more detail in the future since there's a decent amount of conversation material in this list. For the personal preference versus objective quality approach, I already do a lot of analytical thinking normally when I write about games, so I wanted to try putting that aside and just go with stuff I like whether it all makes sense or not. Maybe you could try making a second version of your list that's based only on personal feelings, too, and put it alongside the original one.