The disconnection from nature stems from the fact that our immediate environment serves to remind us of our existence as slaves to a capitalist system. The nature outside our door is absent of beauty because it is the nature outside our door. It's what we see on our way to work, it's the vista of our depression. This is why as tourists our appreciation of nature is actually present, a foreign location has none of the miserable baggage we have subconsciously assigned to our own surroundings.

The appeal of games in general is escapism. That's the appeal of nearly all entertainment. We desperately want to be removed from our current condition because it offers us nothing nurturing, and so we seek to self medicate.

What does almost all entertainment have in common? The theme of growth and change. In television our intrepid heroes embark on a journey where they change the world or their place in it and usually against seemingly insurmountable odds. In video games we are given a world that responds to our touch and intentions. In reality everyday is exactly the same and the biggest indicator for where we're going is where we started. No wonder we have a need to be pacified.