#its2017

[geoscitruthbomb]

Me when I have to listen to older men talk about missing "the good old days" of the oil industry

[gigi-yammo]

[allowance]

LOOK. Just went to the most diverse fashion show by @hayleyelsaesser and omg thank u!!!! What a treat it is to get out and not feel like ya wanna gauge yourself because unattainable people doing unattainable things and basically keeping up with unattainability. And maaaaaa!!!! I haven't taken pics of myself lately (cause I'm just not feeling like it?! Idk) but I came across these ones I took and I was like fuck it! Put it uppppp!!! I did a YouTube video on anxiety, I listed all the symptoms (maybe you get anxiety and not quite sure?) but if you watched it would make me so happy!!!! Over 5000 self lovers on my YouTube channel and wow makes me wanna cry :') I hope you're all feeling yourselves today too 💕💥💕💥💕💥💕💥 Make sure to feel other ppl too when they be feelin themselves!!! Love your soul, Kenzie ⚡️ #stayposi #loveyourself #whothefuckcares #its2017 #mentalhealthawareness #beyourownkindofbeautiful (at Toronto, Ontario)

[ncyrocks]

Video games are a really private form of art, which is weird

I’ve been thinking about digital interactive exhibitions recently, as a result of being enrolled in ITS, and I got thinking - is there anywhere where people are just exhibiting games? Like, just a dedicated gaming station in a library or a museum or art gallery or something?

I think it would work really well. But I haven’t found any examples yet. Then again, I’m crap at finding that kind of thing.

Searching for video game museums or exhibits or something like that just gives me museums showing off old video game consoles, or exhibits showing the early history of arcade games and stuff. Any games available to play are mostly old arcade ones - nothing against those, in fact, they definitely belong in a museum for everyone to be able to witness. But alone, they’re a little limited.

What I’d love to see is a dedicated gallery or museum exhibit that happens to be a game, with controllers custom made to control the game as easily as possible, a custom display to fit the game’s aesthetic (and maybe even enhance it), so any member of the public can enjoy that kind of art they way they enjoy other art forms that exist in museums and galleries.

Another thing I’d like to see: video game libraries. Like, libraries where you can check out a copy of Halo or Super Mario 64 or something, and you have to return it in X amount of days. I know regular libraries have these, but you have to pay for them, which almost defeats the point of libraries. But maybe I’m just an entitled millennial who just wants free stuff.

I just think it’s weird how the only way we can really play video games is by buying them from a physical or digital shop. Some are available for free online in various forms, but most games force you to pay money - often a lot of it. Then again, they’re a lot cheaper than a movie ticket, per hour of enjoyment.

I guess we have set ways of enjoying certain art media - we get books from a library or from Amazon or something, we buy personal copies of games, we use subscription services for music and TV shows, we see movies in theatres, etc. Then there’s art we see in person, like live theatre and art exhibits.

There’s a lot of overlap, of course - I could buy a DVD of a movie easily or see my favourite band perform live, and subscription services for games are being experimented with (which is great). But I think games are being a bit shorthanded by this system, probably more than the others - but all other media are too, to some degree.

Copies of video games shouldn’t be owned by individuals by default, is what I’m trying to say. If we make them more communal and public, maybe they’ll be seen more legitimately as art and appreciated more in the public consciousness.

[themostmetal]

my grandma went to Sweden and these are literally the only pictures she sent me

[get-weeird]

Haven't posted in a while. Whatup

[trongkhoi1210]

#ITS2017 / 27 Nov / #allorange

[soisuvarn]

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality. 😂🎉 #ItsTheShip #ITS2017 #ItsTheShip2017 #PlayboyAdventure #PlayboyLifestyle #PlayboyThailand #PBTH (at It's the Ship)