I just don’t see anything in traveling. You go and look at things and then you’re done. What else are you to do? I’ve read logs and accounts of people traveling to random places and across the globe. What do they all have in common? “I saw the ____” and “The people there ____ _____ ____” I’m not interested in picking up on things that people round’ the world get the same effect from. Games are an interactive medium, giving people different experiences based on their interpretations. The people themselves are boring. They’re no different to me than any other person in the world, and there’s a lot to pick from when there’s about 6.7 billion people in the world. Their cultures and lives are of no interest to me either. I’m interested in their minds and problems.
There are two things people have plenty to tell. Their opinion, and their problems. Both of which interest me. First off, opinions can be very valuable or worthless depending on the situation, and knowing what people think of other people or think about things are powerful pieces of knowledge. Being able to predict such crucial information furthers the amount of value in that data.
Knowing people’s problems serve an alternate purpose. Problems require solutions, and someone will attempt to find one regardless of the situation. May it be a matter of something being far too complicated to handle (thus leading to the creation of GUIs for tools normally only accessed via command line) or mental problems like reoccurring nightmares.
Because of this, I often find very little value or point in traveling to other countries to simply view it’s treasures. I would rather create my own treasures, even if they are only valuable to me.
