Reminds me of Spy magazine’s analysis of our good friend Santa Claus: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-physics-of-santa-and-his-reindeer/

“routine”

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

I loved several Infocom games back in the day (the Zorks, Enchanter & Sorcerer, Hitchhikers, etc). Before that I was a Scott Adams (not the Dilbert guy) fan. I especially remember Mission Impossible Adventure.

For a different genre entirely, maybe check out Rogue (see where all the Rogue-like/lite chatter comes from) or NetHack (The Dev Team Thinks of Everything).

NetHack!